Memorial Day Parade in Middletown Remains Packed with Units
The annual Memorial Day parade in Middletown steps off at 10 a.m. led by parade commander Cecil Run yan and Chief of Police Joseph Blackmore. Dozens of bands, floats and military units march from Manchester Avenue to Woodside Cemetery with mid parade ceremonies at the cemetery and a full program of speakers and honors. If rain cancels, memorial services shift to American Legion Post 211.
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Cecil Runyan
Joseph Blackmore
American Legion
John Clark
Grand Marshall
Mininie Delaney
Spanish American War Auxiliary
Eve Schwall
Rose Flisher
Middletown
Lemon - Monroe
Fenwick
McKinley
Roosevelt
Amanda
Manchester
American Red Cross
Middletown Council
Girl Scouts
Mound Builders’ Area Boy Scouts
Miami Valley Council Daughters of America
Madison
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Middletown Safety Council
Fraternal Order of Police
Lean
American Legion Auxiliary
Hunter Clark Post
VFW
VFW Auxiliary
Military Order of the Cooties
Pup
VEW
Agilary
Clint Orr
Armbruster
American Legion Post
SS Main S&j
War Memorial Plaza
Post 218
Middletown High School
Mr. Weber
First Baptist Church
Sining
America
Earl Mendenhall
Glen Henderson
Mr March
St Peters Lutheran Church
Trenton
Brakes Fail Causes Truck to Hit Fence and Sign
Police report two traffic incidents from yesterday. Robert Thacker's truck failed brakes, jumped the curb at Eighth Avenue and Yankee Road, crashed through a fence, and knocked down a street sign, injuring no one. Minor damage reported. Thacker cited for insufficient brakes.
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Robert Thacker
Meadow Ave
Eighth Avenue
Yankee Road
Harold Fordyce
Thacker
Decline in Tokyo market follows New York drop
TOKYO AP The Tokyo Stock Exchange posted a moderate broad decline after New York fell. Morning quotes slipped 3 to 12 yen or about 0.03 dollars. Ajinomoto fell 12 yen. No large selling wave appeared in the morning session.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Stock Exchange
New York Exchange
Ajinomoto
Middletown schools urged to expand MPATI program
A Middletown Curriculum Committee recommends continuing MPATI with expanded evaluation, workshop training for teachers, and potential extension to junior high classes. The plan includes equipping all local schools with at least one TV installation, studying effectiveness in high versus elementary levels, and focusing use on areas of greatest need. The board did not act yet on continuance.
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Middletown
Curriculum Counc
THF
Armie! Construction Co
Oneida
Jefferson, Edison Amanda Junior High
Amanda
Sheley Blacktopping Co
Hamilton
Holiday deadlines set for Memorial Day edition
The Journal observes a half holiday and goes to press before noon. Deadlines move earlier for sports at 8:30 am, society texts 9:30 am, obituaries and local news 10 am, and Wednesday want ads by 9 am.
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Farly
Journal
Society Texs
Liquor Sale Charge Filed Against Local Clerk
Policewoman Jo Ann Staten' alert led to the arrest of Charles Nelson a 64 year old liquor store employee at 1007 Arlington Ave after he sold liquor to a 17 year old youth Saturday. Nelson was charged yesterday with selling liquor to a minor and released on a 200 dollar bond. He is to appear in court Friday to face the charge.
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Jo Ann Staten
Staten
Charles Nelson
Arlington Ave
Nelson
Extra Chuckle Rights Among Suburbanites Mentioned
A humorous note claims suburban residents possess inalienable rights including life liberty and the pursuit of crabgrase in a playful riff on the phrase from founding documents.
Franklin Council approves water sewer job charge plan
Franklin City Council approved a per unit assessment of 675 for Hollywood area water and sewer improvements. Residents face five weeks to file objections, with July/August actions to certify charges to the county auditor. The measure uses a benefit basis. an industrial site would pay about 2700. Abney contested two taps for two homes. officials reiterated two charges. The council also addressed curb and gutter progress, lease talks with the American Legion, a new water pump, street widening bonds, a noise issue at Dream Bar, and truck mud litter control.
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Franklin
Hollywood Area Water and Sewer
Leland Orendorff
Hollywood Area
Iim
Fred Abney
Abney Lane
Orendorff
Abney
Paper mill employee injured at Mason plant
Gerald Bende of Middletown Route 3 was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton at 4:00 am today after reportedly crushing his right foot in a paper roller at the International Paper Co plant in Mason. Mason Life Squad conveyed him to the hospital.
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Gerald Bende
Middletown Rt
Mercy
Hamilton
Bende
International Paper Co
Mason Hospital
Mason Life Squad
Mayfield Board hires new teachers and approves upgrades
The Mayfield Board of Education approved several lead er appointments for Mayfield School. They accepted Reynolds Electric Co.’s 4793.70 bid for electrical facilities and an alarm system for 19 classrooms. Resignations noted include Pauline Bowling Gilbert Bowling Thelma Brady Dole Martin Pris Gila Heavel Janice Teets and Mary Ann Morgan.
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Board of Education
Reynolds Electrics Co
Middletown
Mayfield
Daniel Y. Davis
Danville
Glen Helton
Waverly
Ohio
James L. Lewis
Murray, Ky
Judith ‘Horn
Berea
Jona ‘M
Bette Metacar
Wolver Rose
Mebinies Junior High
Nancy Baiget
Patsy Davis
Carolyn Hail
Pauline Bowling
Tait School
Gilbert Bowling
Sherman
Thelma Brady
Amanda
Dole Martin
Oneida
Royal D Martin
Pris Gila Heavel
Manchester
Janice Teets
Mary Ann Morgan
Roosevelt Juno High
Memorial service decorates veteran graves changes at Woodside
At Woodside Cemetery tomorrow attendees will see a new plan for decorating graves. Robert Armbruster states the committee will decorate the World War I and II plots as before, but relatives will decorate veterans buried outside those areas. Plaques and flags may be picked up during the service from 11:15 am to noon.
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Woodside Cemetery
Robert Armbruster
Armbruster
Woodside
Crash Toll for Nation On Increase
CHICAGO AP The nation s traffic death toll for the first four months of the year reached 1 60 an increase of six percent from 10 700 in the same period in 1961 The National Safety Council reported 4 119 fatalities in April a record and up four percent from April 1960 Among large cities Chicago led with the lowest death rate 1 4 per 10 000 vehicles Los Angeles second at 30 Detroit Philadelphia and New York posted rates 33 38 and 49 with fatalities 67 66 and 26 respectively
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Los Angeles
Detroit
Philadelphia
New York
Wall Street Slide Reflected in Local Trading Surge
The national stock surge showed in local brokerage offices with strong sales and above average volume. Greene & Ladd and Westheimer & Co reported rising activity as investors bought selectively, switched to dividend stocks, and held steady on Armnco Aeronca Diamond National and Hoover. Trading volume in the New York Exchange reached 3.75 million shares in the first two hours as tape ran late.
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Greene & Ladd
Westheimer & Co
Armnco
Aeronca
Diamond National
Hoover
New York Stock Exchange
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Manchester Avenue
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Main Street
14Th Avenue
Memorial Plaza
Bernard Bruening
St. John’s
Rain/War Auxiliary
American Golden Girls
Naval Reserve
Hattie Hardeman
Clifford Harris
Vickie Harback
Roy Smith
Arthur Stubbs
American Gold’ Star
Orman Elam
Chester Hoillenbaugh
Charles Welk
Georgia Fullen
Addie Bailey
Edwin Sherwood
Nelvin Rogers
Lucretia Carr
Joy Tayior
Goldman, Ave
Tonia
Thenether Auto
Goldman Avenue
Orchard Street
Taylor
Jack A. Barr
Oberon
Bettie L. Gentry
West Middletown
Eva Gill
Sheffield St
Bella Popovich
Central Ave
George W. Knott
Bellomonte Street
John Cassidy
Main St
Jerry W. Brown
Webster St
Columbia Ave
Japan
Franklin High School
Indianapolis
Bill LeBlanc
E. Sixth St
Morgan
Central
MHS
Howard Cromwell
Thomas F. Webb
Robert Johnson
Norman Korn
Central School
Hitler
Haile
Barnitz Stadium
Foy
Coraston
Hannah Paint CO
N. Verity Pkwy
Parkway
Franklin Council
By Frank Morgan
L. N. Clary Gravel Co
Dayton
Clary
Franklin Ministerial Association
Jack Tracy I
Russell McElfresh
E. Fourth Street
the Legion
Layne Co
E. Second Street
Swaney ~ Cartwright Co
Columbus
Projet
Chris Darling
Dream Bar
F Second St
Nancy Tavlor
Taylorette
Joox
Middletown Business College
Marge
First National Bank
Warkers
Park ST
Echautauqua
Maple Park
Tytus
Park Street
Lewis
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