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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1961

Page

19

Auction of 30 Bikes Set Saturday

Thirty unclaimed bicycles four auto tires and miscellaneous items will be auctioned to benefit the Police Relief and Pension Fund. The sale begins at 10 a.m. in the City Building parking lot. Under state law unclaimed Police Division property after nine days goes to the highest bidder at a public auction. No weapons included. Arthur Albaugh serves as auctioneer.

Police Relief and Pension Fund Division of Police Arthur Albaugh

Macmillan’s Conservatives Win Big in Local Elections

Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Conservatives gained control of nine major towns and cities in England in a new round of county and local elections. Labour lost key urban centers including Liverpool, Nottingham, and Leicester.

London Harold Macmillan England Labor Party Liverpool Nottingham Leicester

Lenin Plaque In Florida Is Destroyed

A Hernando County grand jury exonerated residents over a Lenin memorial on federal land near Brooksville. The plaque placed by Margaret Robins was melted and thrown into a lake after federal officials ordered its removal. The land owner Col. Raymond Robins deeded the tract to the U S Department of Agriculture before his 1954 death.

Brooksville Fla Hernando County Nikolai Lenin Margaret Robins Raymond Robins U.S. Department of Agriculture Tampa

McKinley Pupils To Present Music Festival

The spring music festival at McKinley Junior High School is set for tonight at 8. The McKinley orchestra chorus and band under Donald Euverard will perform, followed by displays of crafts, art, shop and home economics work.

McKinley Junior High School McKinley Donald Euverard

Spring Hill PTO Elects Officers and Plans Summer Recreation

The Spring Hill PTA meeting last night featured officer elections for Ralph Jones as president Henry Miller as vice president Mrs Donald Cox as secretary and Mrs Eugene Combs as treasurer. Sylvia Hoffmeyer spoke on the summer recreation program and Jack Hursh reported on the lawn fete.

Spring Hill PTO Ralph Jones Henry Miller Donald Cox Eugene Combs Sylvia Hoffmeyer Park Department Jack Hursh

Senate Committee approves bigger federal school aid bill

The Senate Labor Committee approved a 2.55 billion federal school aid bill by 12 to 2. It exceeds Kennedy’s recommendation by 252 million after a new formula for distributing funds was adopted at a late conference with administration officials. House hearings have been lengthy and the bill heads to the Senate floor next Tuesday with backers confident of passage.

Washington Senate Labor Committee Kennedy Senate White House House

Parole Violators Sentenced by Ohio Courts

Four parole violators were sentenced to terms at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield by Common Pleas Court Judge Warren C. Young. A fifth man drew a term at the Ohio State Penitentiary. Names include Hershel Walters William Fred Burns Floyd Rayburn Norman Eugene Plummer and William Pence with various counts and sentences.

Lebanon Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield Warren C. Young Ohio State Penitentiary Hershel Walters Tibball St Franklin William Fred Burns Mason Muncie Floyd Rayburn Warren County Bloomingsburg Norman Eugene Plummer Foster Roachester Middletown William Pence Columbus

Animal Shelter Carnival for Be Kind to Animals Day

The event at the Trenton area animal shelter tomorrow runs from 1 to 5 p m featuring a Cocker Spaniel named Happy Henry a kitten and a bicycle as prizes. A magician rides and refreshments will be offered and bus pickups for children depart Broad Street station at 1 p m with return at 5 p m. The prize drawing is at 3 30 p m.

Henry Trenton Broad Street

Local Woman Receives Five-Year Probation in Assault Case

Rosie Cornelius, 42, of 696 Hudson Ave in Middletown, was placed on probation for five years after pleading guilty to assault and battery in Common Pleas Court before Judge Fred B. Cramer. She had been indicted on a charge of shooting with intent to kill.

Hamilton Middletown Common Pleas Court Fred B. Cramer Rosie Cornelius Hudson Ave

Grant formula revision expands aid to include private schools

The committee rewrote the grant formula mirroring last year’s school bill. It counts private school pupils toward state enrollment for aid, boosting totals in states with large parochial enrollments like Pennsylvania and Michigan. An equalization scheme ties aid to state income, with the poorest states receiving up to three times per pupil compared to the richest. allocations range from 9.26 to 27.77 dollars per pupil. Funds may go to construction or teacher salaries, or both, with 10 percent set aside for special educational projects.

Senate Pennsylvania Michigan Connecticut Mississippi South Carolina Arkansas

Estrellita Horoscope for Tomorrow 1961

The forecast advises calm changes and conservative planning for finances and travel. Those born tomorrow may wed this year, while married couples enjoy stronger ties, with July and August ideal for travel and late December to March inspiring creativity.

Obituaries for William Simpson and Stella Durbin

William Simpson aged 81 died Thursday at Middletown Hospital at 8 40 am family to receive friends Sunday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home service 10 am at church officiant Rev. William Winch burial Woodside Cemetery memorials to Blue Ball Church Arrangements by McCoy Leffler GA 21 LEFFLER Stella Durbin aged 78 died Wednesday at Garden Manor Rest Home family by Leffler Funeral Home service Friday 7 19 am officiant Rev M E Dowson burial Greenwood Cemetery arrangements by McCoy Leffler Dial GA 2691

William Simpson Lamberton St Middletown Hospital McCoy Leffier Stella Durbin Garden Manor Rest Home McCoy Leffler M E Dowson Greenwood Cemetery Dial GA Greenville Navaho St Middletown Enterprise Baptist Church Kelly Ratliff Woodside

Mutual funds and commodities market overview from New York listings

The New York stock and commodity report notes mutual funds including George Putnam Growth and Wellington funds with mixed price ranges. It lists livestock prices for hogs and cattle, with barrows and gilts around 17.60 to 16.60 on various weights, sows steady, and boars down to 12.25. Sheep receipts were too light to establish a trade.

George Putnam Wellington Wellington Equity Mass. Invest

Middletown Securities Bond Rates and Holdings

Middletown Securities lists Aeronca preferred and prior, Crystal Tissue Co, First National Bank 12 percent, Sora Paper Co 21 percent and its preferred at 4, and Lou Blower 5 percent. The document reads as a compact record of rates and holdings for investors.

Aeronca Aeronca Prior Crystal Tissue Co First National Bank Sora Paper Co Lou Blower

Dayton livestock market prices and cattle listings

Dayton livestock market reports show prices for calves cows and bulls with ranges for good to choice cattle and utility cattle. Cincinnati livestock listing notes cattle calves and vealers with scattered lots and prices.

Cincinnati

Airodee Event Rescheduled at Miami University Airport

The Airodee at Miami University Airport in Oxford, rained out last Sunday, is moved to this Sunday. William F. Wilkerson, director of the Aviation Service, says the day is to introduce midwestern private pilots to improved air field facilities with events from 11 am to 1 pm spot landing, 1 to 2 pm bomb-drop, 3 to 4 pm glider demonstration, and drawings at 2:30 and 4 pm for five Miami students to win free flights.

Oxford Miami University William F. Wilkerson Miami University Aviation Service University Miami

YMCA reports first Camp Campbell Gard quota filled

Ray Wertz of the YMCA said 25 boys registered to meet the first period quota for Camp Campbell Gard Hamilton, covering June 24 to 30. Additional periods list registrations including July dates for boys and June 18 to August 2 for girls.

Ray Wertz YMCA Campbell Gard Hamilton Wertz

Operetta at Monroe Tonight by Monroe Elementary Students

The Music Makers Come to Monroe is presented at 7 30 tonight by Monroe Elementary students. The show follows the lives of composers including Schubert Schumann Mozart Brahms Bach Handel Haydn and Beethoven with direction by Mrs Delpha Laycock and assistance from Janice Farquhar and the Monroe faculty.

Monroe Schubert Schumann Mozart Brahms Bach Handel Haydn Delpha Laycock Janice Farquhar

Middletown obituaries for Cyshia Eustath and Greek Orthodox Church service

Multiple obituaries from Middletown hospital and Dayton area list Cyshia Eustath as deceased. Details include funeral arrangements at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home, services at Enterprise Baptist Church and Saint Constantine Celon Greek Orthodox Church, interment at Woodside/Woodend Cemeteries, and memorial fund requests.

Cyshia McGee Middletown Hospital Wea McCoy Leffier Fu Soceugeien Drevers Sts. Constantine Ceelon Greek Orthodox Church Timothy Negrepontis Philimon Paaitis Woodend Dayton O

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