Middletown High Seniors Stage Swan Song Variety Show
Middletown High School seniors presented a two hour Swan Song variety show in the auditorium featuring a Goofus Dance, skits, songs and costumes. The program included impersonations of Wally Cox and Al Jolson, a Bunny Hop finale, and a surprise reveal of performers across multiple acts. Students and faculty attended, with a post show outing to Armco Park offering a no-school picnic for 75 cents.
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Middletown High School
Wally Cox
al Jolson
Middletown
Bob Rock
Mr. Peepers
Terry Sam
Armco Park
Time To Cut Weeds City Notice Says
Notices will go to owners of vacant lots requiring weed removal for public health and safety under city ordinances. Owners have five days to arrange weed cutting or allow city crews to act at $5 per hour with a $5 minimum charge. failure leads to city cutting and charges billed to the owner.
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Marwood F. Rupp
C. A. Bucke
Public Service
June Sewer Bond Sale Likely On June Fourth
City Commissioners may set June 4 as the sale date for 82 million in sewer mortgage revenue bonds. Braun, Bosworth Co will manage the issue after recommending a May 20 delay for market reasons. The issue funds most of Middletown’s sewer program, backed by sewer rents on property, with phased financing from 1945 projects.
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Braun, Bosworth Company
Commission
Middledown
Ninth Ave
Second Central Districts
Emergency bill to establish pumping plant engineer trainee role
City commissioners will consider emergency legislation establishing the position of pumping plant engineer trainee in the Water Works Department. They also plan to handle several routine business items at the meeting.
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The
Water Works Department
Three Sent To Mansfield In Robbery Of Marine 19
Three Dayton youths William Patterson Berney Morgan and J B Branham were sentenced by Judge P P Boli in Butler County Common Pleas Court to indeterminate terms in the State Reformatory at Mansfield for armed robbery of marine Paul Perdue 19 Excello Marine. The trio aged in their early 20s were captured after a watch and $93 80 and a wristwatch were stolen following a tavern gathering and a hitchhike bid. The watch was recovered and Perdue identified them in a lineup. In a separate case Judge Bol gave William Webb Earl Webb and Merle Webb six month suspended jail terms and 200 fines for assault and battery with suspensions conditioned on good behavior.
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Paul Perdue
Excello Marine
Dayton
Mansfield
William Patterson
Berney Morgan
J. B. Branham
P. P. Boli
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Boli
Jackson Bosch
Perdue
Middletown
Ohio 73
Patterson
Branham
Morgan
Comfortable Weather May Stay Awhile
The area enjoyed cool air with 57 degree readings at 7 AM and 62 at 10:30 AM. Expect a warmer trend tomorrow with a 75 degree high, contrasting the 93 degree peak yesterday afternoon. Overnight lows may dip to 50 as today’s high settles near 70.
Mrs Wetzel To Tell Club Of Capital Trip
Kathryn English Wetzel of Hamilton, a defeated candidate for state senator last year, will relate her visit with President Eisenhower at the White House during the Kiwanis Club luncheon tomorrow noon at the Manchester Hotel.
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Kathryn English ‘Wetzel
Hamilton
The
Kiwanis Club
Dwight Eisenhower
White House
Manchester
Gade Celebrates 45 Years With CGE Northern Division
William M. Gade 60, office manager in CG&E Northern Division, marked 45 years with Cincinnati Gas and Electric yesterday. He received a diamond 45-year pin, camera, clock, and gifts at a luncheon and dinner. Gade started May 26, 1908, and served in WWI. he is active in veterans affairs and civic groups. He and his wife live at 223 Ardmore Dr with two daughters, a son, and two grandsons.
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William M. Gade
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
Gade
Cg&e Service
Mary Etta Street
Ray E. Bachus
Cincinnati
Tell
Cg&e
Norwood
Butler County
National Office Management Association
St. Paul
Bethlehem Steel Low Bid For Ohio Turnpike Steel
The Ohio Turnpike Commission reports Bethlehem Steel Corp of Bethlehem Pennsylvania submitted the low bid of 2 876 492 dollars for 10 115 tons of fabricated structural steel. The steel will be used for bridges along the Ohio Turnpike in Lorain Erie and Sandusky Counties.
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Bethlehem
Turnpike Steel
Columbus
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethelehem
Lorain
Erie
Sandusky
At The Movies Showtimes For Paramount and Strand
Paramount shows Off Limits at 1 40, 3 40, 5 40, 7 40 and 9 40 p.m. Desert Legion follows on Thursday. Strand screens Murders in Rue Morgue at 1 15, 3 30, 5 50, 8 05 and 10 25 p.m. The Raven is at 2 20, 4 40, 6 55 and 9 15 p.m. Thursday White Zombie at 1 15, 4 05, 6 45 and 10 p.m. The Mummy runs 2 40, 5 30 and 8 35 p.m.
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Paramount
Desert Legion
Rue Morgue
Ship Building Firm Plans Big Improvement
The American Ship Building Co. will spend $500,000 on improvements at its Lorain yards under new president Robert B. Ackerman who succeeded the late W. H. Gerhauser. The plan includes installation of new cranes and reflects Ackerman’s leadership since 1945 as a former vice president.
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Cleveland
American Ship Building Co
Robert B. Ackerman
Lorain
Ackerman
W. H. Gerhauser
A Million Dollars To Relieve Piles
Advertisement claims over a million dollars yearly spent on remedies for piles. Petersons Ointment marketed as cooling and astringent gives relief in minutes. 45c box or 70c tube with money back guarantee.
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Peterson
121 Seniors Get Diplomas At Monroe
A spokesman for AVCO Manufacturing at Coldwater says a strike started March 18 has been tentatively settled with United Steel Workers CIO and company officials. The contract needs union bargaining unit approval before taking effect. details are not yet available.
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Coldwater
O.P
Avco Manufacturing Co
New Idea
Mercer County
United Steel Workers of America, Cio
Lemon-Monroe High School honors 121 grads in commencement
One hundred twenty one seniors received diplomas at Lemon Monroe High School’s annual commencement in the school auditorium. Everett L. Switzer presented diplomas as Rev Karl A. Mueller delivered the address.
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Lemon-Monroe High School
Monroe
Everett L. Switzer
Lemon Local Board of Education
Karl A. Mueller
Zion Lutheran Church
Hamilton
Study Proposed Of McCarren Act
The General Federation of Womens Clubs urged amending the U S Constitution to require Senate quorum and roll call for treaty ratification. A second resolution urged a full review of the 1952 McCarran-Walter Immigration Act and the passage of a new law that protects national interest while honoring American principles.
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Washington
General Federation of Womens Clubs
U. S
Senate
Congress
Final Stag Fish Fry at American Legion Post 218
Adjutant Ed Portsmouth announced that the Final Stag Fish Fry and stag party of the season will be held Wednesday evening at the Legion Home. Local veterans and community members are invited to attend and support the post.
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American Legion Post 218
Legion
Ed Portsmouth
Boy Breaks Arm In Gym Tumble
A 14 year old Middletown boy, Ivan Lawson, sustained a compound fracture of the left arm in a fall at Roosevelt Junior High School gymnasium. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital after emergency care at 3:45 p.m. yesterday. Another child, Jennifer Oldfield, 6, fractured her left wrist after a fence fall and was released after treatment at 4:45 p.m. yesterday.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Ivan Lawson
Jesse Lawson
Tytus Ave
Roosevelt Junior High
Jennifer Oldfield
Raymond Oldfield
Monroe St
Sudden Flood Inundates El Dorado Kansas Town
A Mash flood caused by up to six inches of rain swept El Dorado flooding large parts of the city including the business district. Walnut River and Whitewater Creek rose over their banks with torrents three feet deep in lower areas. residents fled to trees and rooftops. No casualties reported.
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EL Dorado
Kansas
Walnut
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