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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates and mailing details. Rates include 6 cents per weekday, 15 cents for Sundays, 50 cents weekly by carrier, 10 dollars yearly by mail within trading area, 20 dollars outside trading area, and 35 dollars outside the U S A. All payments in advance.
A city campaign urges adults to back the Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up program to model civic involvement for children. It argues parent support strengthens lessons, boosts health safety and property values, and keeps youth enthusiasm high. The note closes with a joke about seven astronauts declining Houston gift houses to avoid public criticism.
An essay urges caution as spring drives Americans to travel noting highway hazards rise with more cars. It urges drivers to keep cars in top mechanical shape and to maintain focus and steady handling to reduce accidents. The piece concludes with a mysterious line about a new SECRET ARMY ORGANISATION commander in Algeria who vows to fight to the end.
The piece describes a machine that reassembles cut-up chicken pieces into their original layout and then wraps the whole bird in transparent plastic. The result looks like a whole chicken but segments apart when unwrapped, promising ease for housewives and calmer nerves for nervous carvers.
A family obituary reflecting on Ralph Rockwell a farm caretaker in Dutchess County NY and his bond with residents including a beloved dog Lassie. The piece recalls Rockwell’s reliable character his care for children animals and neighbors and uses Shakespeare to emphasize lasting friendship and memory.
The reader notes humor about knee breeches worn by President Monroe as a relic of public life. A printer named Milt criticizes after dinner speakers who begin with I am unaccustomed to public speaking and then proceed to prove it, highlighting era humor and public speaking tropes.
The article recalls Father Oberlander’s ordination year at St. John's Church and his praise for Middletown’s cleanliness and friendly high school students. It includes anecdotes about Amish attitudes toward machinery, a German dialect conversation about power steering, and local quirks from Joe Woodruff’s misread want ads.
Paul Harvey chronicles Canton Ohio where the Jaycees mobilized 95 percent voter turnout in a transformative effort. They overhauled a corrupt administration, exposed payroll scandals, and installed Jimmy Lawhan as mayor after cross party support and widespread citizen participation.
George Sokolsky reports on retired Brig. Gen. Herbert Holdridge’s press materials attacking Kennedy, the Vatican, Wall Street, and liberal elites. The piece notes Holdridge’s anti Catholic stance and claims of treason while acknowledging criticism from both parties and urging unity against the Soviet threat. It contrasts wartime danger with generational shifts and evolving world views through analysis of culture, economics, and science.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports a night at the Copa where Eddie Fisher and Milton Blackstone left when Bobby Darin was replaced by Jackie Wilson. The piece also notes a London to New York show facing a drug scandal, Hattie Carnegie’s site talks, Yael Lotan’s book, a Moses Panuch clash, Edith Piaf’s romance, and Barbra Streisand’s engagement rumors. It covers Canton Jaycees leadership, Tony Bennett Heart Fund chair, a TV special talk, Pat Boone’s wedding, Juan Belmonte bio, a Reveson beam for Barbara Waller, Fran Warren surgery rumors, Chubby Checkers’ tour, Count Basie salary rumor, Jackie Look sunglasses, and bootleg records concerns. It closes with the Road to Hong Kong premiere, George Montgomery post-divorce plans, and a wave of ex-husbands.
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