French Women End Middletown Visit With Cautious Remarks
A group of 12 French women executives toured Middletown with sponsors Gardner Board & Carton and Armco Steel. They voiced mixed impressions of American life and industry, noting the size of the country, U.S. economy, and unfamiliar housing ownership ideas during a two day visit that included a Sebald Self-Reliance Award dinner and factory tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Edmiston
Middletown
France
Foreign Operations Adminstration
U. S
Foreign Operations Administration
Gardner Board & Carton Co
Armco Steel Corp
Manchester
Washington
Vistors
Gardner
Armco
Sebald
America
Mme
Marie L. G. LaFond
Perigeux
Thirteen Births Set Record At Middletown Hospital
Middletown Hospital reported a new 24 hour birth record with thirteen births, including eight boys and five girls. Assistant administrator Paul Flanagan said the OR operated around the clock amid eight scheduled surgeries and seven emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Paul Flanagan
Flanagan
Man Injured by Chair In Downtown Restaurant Fight
Willie Wilson, 23, of 32 Walnut Street Franklin, suffered scalp and upper lip cuts in a Central Avenue restaurant fight last night. Fourteen stitches were needed at Middletown Hospital after a chair strike. Wilson was later dismissed. Patrolman Dan Pelfry and Deimas Birch reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Wilson
Walnut St
Franklin
Central Avenue
Wilson
Middletown Hospital
Dan Pelfry
Deimas Birch
Deaths and Fune ral Notices for William T Center 84
William T Center 84 of 815 16th Ave died at his son's residence at 5 22 p m Friday He was born in Campton Ky and lived in Middletown since 1918 an insurance agent for 30 years retiring recently He widow Nancie Elizabeth died April 4 Survived by four sons A M Center Brookville Rt 1 H S Center Dayton W K Center Huntington WV and H B Center Burbank Calif two daughters Betty Griswold Arcanum Rt 3 and Mrs John Naudin Middletown 22 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren and a brother J D Center Stanton Ky Services at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Monday 2 pm Rev Earl Dale officiating Friends may call there Sunday 2 5 and 7 10 pm Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at residence noon Monday to 12 30 pm Tuesday when body will be taken to church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Center
16Th Ave
Center
Campton Ky
Middletown
Nancie Elizabeth
A. M
Brookville Rt. 1
H.S. Center
Dayton
W. K
Huntington
W.va
H.B. Center
Burbank
Calif
Betty Griswold
Arcanum Rt
John Naudin
J. D. Center
Stanton, Ky
McCoy- Leffler
Earl Dale
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Woodside Cemetery
Obituary: Lafe Highley 70 dies after long illness in Middletown
Lafe Highley aged 70 of Middletown died at Middletown Hospital at 6 10 p m Friday after being ill for a year He worked 28 years for Middletown Hydraulic Co and retired He is survived by wife Mamie five daughters three sons two stepdaughters two brothers and two sisters Services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Grace Baptist Church conducted by Rev Howard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafe Highley
Elwood St
Middletown Hospital
Highley
Middletown
Middletown Hydraulic Co
Mamie
Millard
George
Charles
Ethel Highley
Bethel Lykins
Alma Roark
Dorothy Waddell
Betty Hill
Susie Leonard
Marjorie Convis
Crospy
Louisville
Edward
Hannah Pierce
Salt Lick Ky
Olive Leonard
Dayton
Grace Baptist Church
Howard
Funeral services for Mrs Jodie Ann Childs
Funeral services for Mrs Jodie Ann Childs aged 58 are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Second Baptist Church. Burial follows at Woodside. Rev. R. F. Hang will officiate. Friends may call Riggs Funeral Home Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. The body will be taken to the church at 12:30 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jodie Ann Childs
N. Broad St
Second Baptist Church
Woodside
R. F. Hang
Riggs
Death of Thomas B Shockey at 73 in Lebanon
Thomas B. Shockey 73 of 24 N High St. Lebanon died yesterday afternoon after a brief illness. A retired farmer, he will be buried in Lebanon Cemetery after services at Oswald Funeral Home led by Rev. Leslie Rogers of Dayton. Survived by wife Nellie four daughters Clara Thomas and Ethel Lake of Lebanon Coy Gilliam Centerville Irma Lemmons Centerville three sons Leonard Dayton Harlan Middletown Wilbur Chicago two sisters Elsie Allen South Lebanon Inez Miller Middletown and two brothers Clifton Middletown Grant South Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Thomas B. Shockey
N. High St
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Leslie Rogers
Dayton
Nellie
Clara Thomas
Ethel Lake
Coy Gilliam
Centerville
Irma Lemmons
Leonard
Harlan
Middletown
Wilbur
Chicago
Elsie Allen
South Lebanon
Inez Miller
Clifford
Grant
Mrs. Mary A. Bigler Dies at 81 in Franklin
Mary A. Bigler 81 of 824 S Main St Franklin died Friday at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since Wednesday She was lifelong Franklin resident widow of John Bigler a road builder who died in 1939 Surviving daughter Mrs Anton Schibilia and brother Lester Lockwood Services Monday 8:30 a.m. at St Marys Church visitation Sunday Anglesby Funeral Home 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Burial Woodhill Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Mary A. Bigler
S. Main St
Middletown Hospital
Obituary notes Sloan and Ladner die Friday
New York George A. Sloan 61 former Met Opera president and director at U S Steel Goodyear Bankers Trust and several insurers died Friday Born in Nashville Tenn Albert H Ladner Jr 72 attorney and renowned fraternal official supreme dictator of the World Loyal Order of the Moose and twice illustrious potentate of Lulu Temple died Friday in Philadelphia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George A. Sloan
The
Metropolitan Opera Assn
U. S. Steel’ Co
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Bankers Trust Co
Nashville
Tenn
Philadelphia
Albert H. Ladner Jr
Supreme Lodge of the World Loyal Order of the Moose
Lulu Temple
Auto Crash Fatal in Franklin County
Garland L. Johnson aged 21 of Columbus was killed when his car collided with a culvert and utility pole along U S 33 in southern Franklin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Garland L. Johnson
U.S. 33
Franklin County
Brief press briefing ends with curt closure
FOA Project Manager James V. Foley ends news conference with the phrase We're through. Introduced are Jean Foucade and Alec Toumayan of the French Embassy. Foucade, interpreter in a radio interview, says he is not obliged to serve and declines to relay questions to the group leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOA
James V. Foley
Jean Foucade
Alec Toumayan
Foucade
Mme. Foinant
City Dentist Heads Society Keeps Butler County Traditions
Dr. John Harkrader of Middletown is the new president of the Keeley Dental Society of Butler County. He succeeds Dr. Paul Taylor of Oxford. Other new officers are Dr. James Glenn of Hamilton, secretary, and Dr. Charles Ortman of Middletown, treasurer. Dr. Lester Hunter of Hamilton is president-elect. Two Hamilton dentists, Dr. Roy Henses and Dr. Hiram Scott, were honored for half a century in dentistry and received gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harkrader
Middletown
Keeley Dental Society
Butler County
Paul Taylor
Oxford
James Glenn
Hamilton
Charles Ortman
Lester Hunter
Roy Henses
Hiram Scott
Dyer Wins Safety Orchid During Courtesy Week
Dyer Hurst, 908 Sorg Pl., received an orchid and two movie passes after yielding right of way at Canal and Central avenues and at 1200 Central Ave. John Kaufman, 1106 Kunz Ave., earned a movie pass for stopping to let a car exit a parking space on S Clinton St. at 5 20 p.m. Safety Week ends today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst Dyer
Sorg Pl
Central Avenue
John Combs
Dyer
Canal
John Kaufman
Kunz Ave
S. Clinton Street
Governor Unknown In Summer Home
J. H. Long sent a letter to Gov. Allan Shivers at his Magnolia Texas summer home but the note came back marked unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Tex
J.H. Long
Allan Shivers
Magnolia
Tex
Driver Held After Auto Hits Tree in Middletown
A car struck a tree at 411 Crawford St injuring Alonzo Hensley 45 of 1204 1st Ave. He was treated and released from Middletown Hospital and later charged with intoxication and resisting arrest. Police reported Hensley fought staff attempting restraint. Vehicle owned by Joseph Gibson. Damage estimated at 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford St
Middletown
Alonzo Hensley
1St Ave
Hensley
Coy Hall
Cecil Short
Joseph Gibson
Water St
LeRoy Baker
S. Main St
Baker
Lawrence Reynolds
Henry Ave
Elsie Back
Manchester Ave
Sutphin Street
Central Avenue
William Palmer
Lafayette Ave
William Gay
Ellenridge
Franklin
Garfield Street
Girard Avenue
William Pope
Oxford State Rd
Eugene Ronto
Baltimore St
Clinton Street
1St Avenue
Two City Break-Ins Reported With Small Stolen Sums
Police were informed of two break-ins in the city. Prior Products Co. plant lost about 5 dollars from a soda machine on Wednesday. Taft School was entered last night through a smashed classroom window. burglars left empty handed. Janitor George Lehman reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford Palmer
Prior Products Co
Herbert Frazier
Harold Gray
Taft School
George Lehman
Calumet Ave
Smoke and Fire Damage Close Kitchen at 1324 Pershing Ave
Firefighters from South Middletown restrict the blaze to one room of a four room frame house at 1324 Pershing Ave. Walter Tapp reported $1 500 to $2 000 in damage after an electrical stove sparked the fire at about 1 30 p m. Fire Chief Wilbur Sroufe said the room’s furniture and appliances were destroyed and that something blew up after the flames grew hotter, though its cause could not be confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Tapp
Pershing Ave
South Middletown
SMFD
Wilbur Sroufe
Sroufe
Weiland Named By Underwriters
David C. Dillon spoke on Why You Need a Will to the Middletown Association of Life Underwriters at Forest Hills Country Club. Clifford A. Weiland of the Metropolitan Co. was elected president with officers Harry E. Norris John R. Hackett and directors Earl Francis Edward W. Jones Albert P. Kelley Kent Little Dick Nunnery and Earl Streifthau presiding as chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David C. Dillon
Middletown Assn
Life
Forest Hills Country Club Lodge
Earl Streifthau
Clifford A. Weiland
The
Metropolitan Co
Pesident
Harry E. Norris
John R. Hackett
Earl Francis
Edward W. Jones
Albert P. Kelley
Kent Little
Dick Nunnery
Streifthau
Judge Offers Quick Justice in Franklin Court
Franklin Municipal Court Judge J. T. Riley disposed of a four case docket in a half hour. Willie Curry, 35, Dayton, was fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless operation. John Biggs, 25, 21 E. 6th St. Franklin, forfeited a 15 dollar bond on a yellow line violation. Two intoxication cases were also disposed of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Juge J. T. Riley
Willie Curry
Dayton
John Biggs
6Th St
Optimists Plan Banquet to Install New Officers
Optimist Club members met at the Manchester Hotel to plan a June 1 banquet for installing new officers. Dale Lindsay will serve as toastmaster. The gathering included a film of last year’s Opti-Der and a report on the district convention by Paul Steigerwald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optimist Club
Manchester
Dale Lindsay
Opti-Derby
Paul Steigerwald
Police Briefs Report DUI Arrest and Warrants
Police arrest Virgil F Evans for driving while intoxicated. Theft reported by Amos Fugate for two fender skirts. Charles Hendricks charged on a capias for failure to appear in a paternity case. Richard Byrd arrested on a juvenile court warrant for contributing to delinquency of minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil F Evans
Keays Road
S. Sutphin Street
Amos Fugate
Yankee Rd
Charles Hendricks
Young Sr
Cuyahoga County
Richard Byrd
Fleming Rd
Individuals Arrested Overnight on Assault and Disorder Charges
Also arrested yesterday were James Scott, 47, 501 Crawford St., for assault and battery, and Lacy Sparks, 29, 614 Cleveland St., for disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Scott
Crawford St
Lacy Sparks
Cleveland St
Preview of Giant Private Power Plants For Portsmouth Plant
Newsmen toured two massive steam generating plants built by 15 private utilities as part of the Ohio Valley Electric Corp plan to supply power to the Portsmouth area atomic project. Clifty Creek and Kyger Creek plants, begun 1953, will surpass earlier schedules with records for capacity and height, including 682 foot concrete stacks and 1.29 million kilowatts at Clifty Creek. The Dunbar AEC manager and Earl Snodgrass oversaw engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Area
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
Clifty Creek
Madison
Ind
Middletown
Kyger Creek
Gallipolis
Clifty Creek Tour Follows Luncheon for OVEC Leaders
A luncheon for 250 attendees preceded a guided tour of the Clifty Creek plant and grounds. Speakers included Philip Sporn OVEC president and Kenneth, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifty Creek
Philip Sporn
OVEC
Kenneth
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U.S
Edmond Foinant
Armco and
Joseph di Christoforo
Florence St
Sears
Motorola Car Radio
Younginet
Biedie and Seecker
Thomson Radio-Television
Tytus Ave
Associated Press
City Dentist Heads Society
Hampoe Free
Lebanon Rt. 1
Hill Avenue
Moore Street
Vera Martin
Erna Dean Martin
Ollie Lige
Manchester St
Lige
Carl Martin
Charlotte Daugherty
Weiland
Bible School
Anni
Ice
Howard Sears
Wilbraham and
Wilmore
WPFB
Paul Braden
William Robinson
Cg&e
Dave Regan
Journal
Knight Goodman
Journal Public Services
MEL
Robert H. Mizell
Calvary Baptist Church
9Th Ave
All City
Herman J. Copp
Verity Parkway
Gospel Tone Quartet
L. K. Dodge
Evaneelist
John the Baptist
C. W. Trenum
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