Early Plowing and Planting Boost Miami Valley Farmers
Middletown area farmers report a warm spell allowing rapid plowing completion in Butler Preble Warren and Montgomery counties. Farmers mounting tractor lights worked day and night to begin corn planting with hopes for a higher yield, aided by fertilizer and suitable hybrids. If weather holds, May will see corn planting followed by hay making in June as experts note steady acreage and strong corn prices may follow, with tomatoes anticipated to rise as a minor change in truck crops.
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Middletown
Butler
Preble
Warren
Montgomery
Miami Valley
Butler County
Bible School Planned at Franklin Church
The First Church of God in Franklin will hold a Daily Vacation Bible School at River Street Church, starting May 26 for two weeks, 9 am to 12 noon five days weekly excluding Memorial Day, with a closing program on June 8. Director is Mrs. E E Caldwell, with staff including Miss Joan Brown as pianist and teachers for beginner to intermediate departments. All local children aged 4 to 14 are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Klaber
Eugene DeHart
Brown Kindred
Barara Hall
Wade Richardson
T. H. Richardson
Walter Patrick
Howard Bowles
Springboro to Graduate 20 Seniors
Springboro High School will graduate 20 seniors at the annual commencement in the school auditorium on Monday. Rev. Paul Jones of Hillsboro will deliver the address. Baccalaureate services are Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Eugene Griffith of Dayton giving the sermon.
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Springboro
Springboro High School
Paul Jones
Hillsboro
Eugene Griffith
Dayton
Patty Allen
George Brackney
Arnold Amburg
Beulah Florence
Carl Go
Blood Donor Quota Set For Preble County
Preble County aims to collect 1000 pints of blood from June 16, 1952, to June 17, 1953, under Harold V. Sell as Red Cross chair. John C. Taylor leads Cincinnati Defense Blood Center. Rose Brouse chairs local efforts. Over 100 pints were already donated in a single mobile unit visit. next collection is Monday, May 19, with 110 pints expected.
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Eaton
Preble
Harold V. Sell
Preble County
Red Cross
John Colville Taylor
Cincinnati
Memphis Man Grows Cotton Patch for Tourists
Memphis police man Jim Millwood planted a cotton patch in an alley behind the Hotel Peabody as a special service for visitors. He notes tourists often ask how cotton grows and hopes to educate them while dispelling myths about cottonwood trees.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jim Millwood
Hotel Peabody
Milwood
United Nations Delegate To Address Gratis Gritis
Gratis High School will host a graduation address by Dr. Nik laneth Chavre of India's United Nations delegation. A class of 22 seniors will graduate on Wednesday May 21 at 8 p m in the school gym. Principal Albert Kiracofe will introduce the class and Charles Friend will present diplomas. The Senior Girls will provide music. The senior class departs May 24 for a four day trip to Washington DC by private car.
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Gratis
Niklaneth Chavre
India
United Nations
Gratis High School
Albert Kiracofe
Kiracore
Charles Friend
Board of Education
First Brethren Church
R. A. Norris
Methodist Church
Washington, D. C
Ralph Via
Gary Stubbs
Dotty Swartz
Don Willis
Jay Dee Ferrer
Don Brown
Lois Hileman
Leah Hamm
Wanda O'Banion
Donna Coleman
Edward Johnson
Robert Creech
Helen Creech
Jean Emerick
Sara Hayes
Christina Day
Don Stubbs
Norma Hanks
Helen Kalnai
Mary Cunningham
Anita Leach
Tom Smith
Preble County Garden Show Set For June 6
Eaton will host the annual Spring Garden School and Flower Show on Friday June 6 at the Court House. Organizer Bertha O Neal of Eaton Home Garden Club co leads with Herman Plunkett and Marie Reynolds. Nine garden clubs join in 24 classes with open competition for county amateurs. Judge George Judy of Xenia will preside as program plans advance. Entries accepted June 6 from 8 to 10 am with 10 am display deadline. program to begin at 10:30 am and afternoon session at 1:30 pm.
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Eaton
Preble County Garden Clubs
Court House
Bertha O'Neal
Eaton Home Garden Club
Herman Plunkett
Marie Reynolds
West Alexandria
Preble County Garden Club
O'Neal
George Judy
Xenia
Reynolds
Franklin Jaycees to Sponsor Scoreboard Benefit Game
Franklin Jaycees approve plan to sponsor a fall benefit basketball game to raise funds for gymnasium scoreboards. Don Hawthorne presided. Ted Grosvenor absent. The Jaycees and American Legion Post plan joint carnivals and will elect officers May 26.
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Franklin Jaycees
Franklin
Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Legion Home
Don Hawthorne
Ted Grosvenor
American Legion
Legion
Germantown Boosters Plan June Carnival
Germantown boosters announce the annual carnival will run June 19 through 21 with a large fireworks display on Saturday night and grand prizes awarded afterward. Richard Egan, president of the Cardinal Boosters Club, says committees are planning to make this year's event bigger and better. Awards are on display at Dayton Power and Light Company, Virgil Minnich chairs the advertising committee, and the Germantown Chamber of Commerce will handle a Saturday street spectacle. The full program and timetable will be released soon.
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Germantown
Richard Egan
Cardinal Boosters Club
Egan
Dayton Power and Light Company
Virgil Minnich
Lebanon Man Pleads Guilty and Is Held for Grand Jury
Wood row Williams of Lebanon pleaded guilty to assault and battery when cited before Mayor William Fraser on Tuesday. He is held for grand jury action under a $500 bond after arrest by Officer Tom Johnson on a warrant signed by Katherine Payne Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Woodrow Williams
William Fraser
Williams
Tom Johnson
Katherine Payne
Valley Date Book
Wednesday events and Thursday meetings across towns list church groups, clubs, and social gatherings with times and locations including Blue Ball, Monroe, Butler County, Collinsville, Seven Mile, Franklin, Trenton, and related hosted venues and hosts.
Police Retake Two Convicts in Angleton Hostage Rescue
Police recaptured two of four Ram sey State Prison Farm escapees in Angleton Texas. A mother Lydia Sproles and daughter Clara Jo were freed after being held hostage. Convicts Pulliam and Welch were nabbed, while Chick and Theodorou remain at large. Rose Vandorn, a taxi driver, witnessed the escape.
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Angleton
Tex
Ramsey State Prison Farm
M. V. Crain
Lydia Sproles
Clara Jo
Liverpool
Alvin
Russell H. Pulliam
John E. Welch
Liberty
Robert Arthur Chick
George Theodorou
Velasco
Rose Vandorn
Missing $10 From 1935 Purse Reappears in Letter
Police chief Joseph Blackmore investigates a decades old case after receiving a note and $10 addressed to Middletown Police Department. The letter claims the money was taken from a lady’s purse at Stone’s Grill 17 years ago and asks for return or donation to charity.
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Joseph Blackmore
Blackmore
Police Department
Central Ave
Middletown
Stone's Grill
Cuts in Aid Budget Favored by Senate Panels
Washington lawmakers pressed to trim foreign aid as Armed Services members favored a 6 to 1 reduction of 400 million dollars with proxy votes possible. Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier cut 1 billion from the $7.9 billion mutual security request by President Truman.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Pleasant Ridge church holds monthly meeting at Knorr home
Pleasant Ridge The Wide Awake Class of Pleasant Ridge Evangelical United Brethren Church will hold their monthly meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Knorr at 132 Curtis St Middletown Friday at 8 p m Fred Nuxall has returned to his home from the hospital and is improving Willard Rasner is ill at his home.
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Pleasant Ridge
Fidelity Class of Evan gelical United Brethren Church Meets
Jacksonburg The Fidelity Class met Saturday evening in the social room of the church with Mr and Mrs Herschel Gummel as hosts. The Unity Class will meet next Saturday at 8 pm in the social room with Mr and Mrs Harry Scheafer as hosts. Sunday dinner guests were Mr and Mrs Willard Gephart and Louie Strobeck of Middletown. afternoon guests were Mr and Mrs John Brelsford and Mr and Mrs Anthony and family of Middletown.
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Jacksonburg
Fidelity
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Herschel Gummel
Unity
Harry Scheafer
Willard Gephart
Louie Strobeck
Middletown
Ivy Marts
John Brelsford
Anthony
Convict Claims He Had Share In Brink's Robbery
A Rhode Island convict, Alfred A. Gagnon of Pawtucket, says he helped in the Brink's robbery by supplying jackets and chauffeur hats and helped sort 258000 dollars of loot in a Rhode Island racketeer’s home. Massachusetts and FBI officials weigh the claim as Gagnon undergoes questioning at Rhode Island State Prison.
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Boston
Rhode Island
Alfred A. Gagnon
Pawtucket
R. I
Massachusetts
Providence
Francis E. Kelly
Gagnon
FBI
Walter Stone
James Crowley
Kelly
Thomas Conaty
Cranston
R. L
Crowley
Official Says Housing Rules May Be Eased
Washington housing administrator Raymond Foley said it is quite possible credit controls on new houses costing above 12000 dollars may be relaxed. He noted Regulation X should not be revoked and that changes for homes above 12000 could mirror adjustments made for lower priced houses last fall.
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Washington
Raymond Foley
Foley
National Savings and Loan League
Reserve Board
Housing Office
Congress
Columbus Wins Traffic Safety Award for 1951
Columbus received a plaque for the best traffic safety record among Ohio’s largest cities in 1951 in the 300000-or-more population class. Toledo ranked second, with Cleveland and Cincinnati following. Hamilton earned third in the 50000-100000 division, behind Cleveland Heights and Lakewood.
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Columbus, O
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Traffic Safety Council
State Highway Department
Toledo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Cleveland Heights
Lakewood
Bey of Tunis Placed Under Guard as Martial Law Declared
French troops replaced the Bey of Tunis honor guard at his summer palace and placed him under house arrest after he balked at signing a martial law decree. Authorities also restricted two of his children from entering or leaving the palace. A blast struck the public works office amid rising violence in the protectorate.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Sidi Mohammed Al-Amin
Carthage
Tobin Backs WSB Plan On Steel Pay
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin voiced strong support for the United Steelworkers at their sixth constitutional convention in Philadelphia He backed the Wage Stabilization Board recommendations a 1742 cent an hour rise over 18 months plus fringe benefits Tobin said a strike would only be avoided by accepting the board s decision and urged the union to stick with the national interest despite objections
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Philadelphia
Maurice Tobin
CIO
Tobin
United Steelworkers Union
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Cow Diet Shifts With Forage Height
A cow eats about 125 pounds of five inch high forage daily to yield 50 pounds of milk at 3.5 percent. When grass stands two to three inches high she consumes only 45 pounds per day.
Preble Farm Tour Slated for Tuesday
The Preble County Agronomy tour, planned for Tuesday May 20, will feature methods to improve hay and pastures. Stops include the John Renner farm with 70 acres of sprayed clover hay, the James Mitchell Farm with a six year rotation and sod waterways, Henry Landis Farm focusing on hay silage and fertilizer practices, and Nevin Grice Farm showing erosion control and meadow rejuvenation with diverse forage and water systems.
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EATON
Preble County Agronomy
C. C. Bowen
Bowen
John Renner
Castle Rd
James Mitchell
Mitchell
Henry Landis
Lewisburg Rd
Nevin Grice
Ross Bowman
Lanier Township
Home Head Quits Post at Warren County Home
After nearly three years as superintendent and matron, Mr and Mrs Denver Keplinger resign effective June 15 to become superintendent and matron of Lorain County Children's Home at Oberlin Keplinger notes Lorain County is the eighth largest in the state Warren County home ranks 36th in size Applications to fill vacancies already arrived, but county commissioners have not acted.
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Warren County
Warren Gets Vehicle Tax Allocation Distribution
Lebanon County Auditor A M Parker reports the first 1952 motor vehicle registration fees of 67 397 76 received. The funds will be split between road and bridge funds totaling 56 046 76 and corporations 11 351 with Lebanon 4 189 Franklin 3 510 Butlerville 12 75 Corwin 92 75 Harveysburg 245 Loveland 54 25 Maineville 123 75 Mason 854 50 Morrow 879 50 Pleasant Plain 136 South Lebanon 408 Springboro 176 75 Waynesville 668 75.
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Lebanon — County
A. M. Parker
Lebanon
Franklin
Butlerville
Corwin
Harveysburg
Loveland
Maineville
Mason
Morrow
Pleasant Plain
South Lebanon
Springboro
Waynesville
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George van Gieson
Jack Frost
George R. Wilson
Bible
John Dobrozsi, Jr
John Dobrovsi Jr
Fast End's
Dial
Gratis Gritis
Preble County Garden Show
Germantown Boosters
G. P. Lewis
Valley Date
Blue Ball
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
Russell Martin
Monroe
Altar Society of the Seven Dolors Church
Henry Clausing
Collinsville
Spangler
Clarke Marion
Seven Mile
Presbyterian Womans’ Guild
George Truster
Kings Daughters
Presbyterian Church
Franklin Lions Club
Franklin High School
Trenton
The
Mennonite League
Good Fellowship
Monroe Methodist Church
Robert Garver
Bill Veith
Journal
Audrey Yinger
Mildred Mengle
Charles J. Waggoner
L. J.gray
Hazel S. Phillips
Hazel Brookes
John Oswald
Charters D. Maple
Carl D. Stiles
J. R. Gray
Harold Sheets
Gardner H. Townsley
Corwin Nixon
William O. Hay
Norrris
Maytag Melampy
Brink’s
Bey of
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Coke
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