TV Preview Tonight Highlights Travel Adventure Series
TV viewers are offered a preview of this year's YMCA Travel and Adventure series opening at Roosevelt Junior High School auditorium Thursday. Stanton Waterman presents a 9 minute color film 3,000 Years Under the Sea and a half hour Channel 2 film Expedition. The underwater voyage covers 1959 discovery of a sunken cargo ship in the Aegean Sea 3000 years old and traces salvaging of copper ingots and bronze weapons plus wreckage of a modern warship and an ancient city.
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YMCA
Roosevelt Junior High School
Stanton Waterman
Channel 2
Waterman
Aegean Sea
Five-part series opens at Roosevelt auditorium this Thursday
The first of five programs in this year’s series begins Thursday night at the Roosevelt auditorium. Season tickets for the five-part series are available from committee members and at the YMCA desk and Davidson's Photo Shop in the Middletown Shopping Center. High school students and underpriced season tickets for $2.
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Roosevelt Auditorium
YMCA
Davidson
Middletown
Sorg Net Shows Gain in Nine Months of 1960
Sorg Paper Co reports a 2 percent rise in nine month net income for 1960 from the prior year. President Donald G. Driscoll cites after tax earnings of $735,076 for the first three quarters versus $460,485 a year earlier, with $15,197.51 in sales and earnings per share of $1.53 after preferred dividends versus $1.22 previously.
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Sorg Paper Co
Donald G. Driscoll
Sore
Driscoll
Armco Steel Opens Greensboro Sales Office
Armco Steel Corp announced the opening of a new sales office in Greensboro North Carolina today to improve service for Armco customers in North Carolina and Virginia. The Greensboro office at 1834 Penbrooke Road lists J D Judd and R K Kingsbury as sales representatives.
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Armco Steel Corp
Greensboro
N. C
Murray B. Wilson
Armco
North Carolina
Virginia
Penbroke Road
J. D. Judd
R. K. Kingsbury
Turbulent Sewell Avery Dies Retired Ward Head
Sewell Lee Avery 86 longtime Montgomery Ward chairman died in his Lake Shore Drive apartment after a yearlong illness a cerebral hemorrhage. The fierce executive battled the federal government and financier Louis Wolfson in landmark 1944 1955 conflicts. His aggressive leadership coincided with numerous top resignations and firings at Montgomery Ward between 1936 and 1955 as the retailer faced labor disputes proxy fights and management churn.
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Chicago
Sewell Lee Avery
U.S. Army
Avery
Montgomery Ward & Co
Lake Shore Drive
University of Michigan Law School
Montgomery Ward
Louis E. Wolfson
War Labor Board
CIO
Ward
United States
Hamilton To Up Rates For Electric
Hamilton council approved a 10 percent rate increase for municipal electric service effective January 1. The decision aims to fund a $3 million reserve by 1966 for future plant expansion, with the ordinance to go to council for final passage.
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Hamilton
Council
Utilities Committee
Jack Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Utilities Commission
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Cg&e
Herbert Mick
Demo Women Plan Coffees With Kennedy Supporters
A Middletown group joins nationwide efforts to host coffees with Sen John Kennedy and his wife via television from 3 to 3 30 p m Wednesday Organizers include Mrs Harold Sherron and hosts Mrs Frank Armbruster Mrs Robert Hawthorne Mrs Donald Henry Mrs John Hopper Mrs Joseph Hotarick Mrs Carl Jackson Mrs Robert Linville and Mrs Rudy Nenni A separate branch will host Democratic candidates the same day
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Middletown
John Kennedy
Harold Sherron
Democratic Campaign Committee
Frank Armbruster
Robert Hawthorne
Donald Henry
John Hopper
Joseph Hotarick
Carl Jackson
Robert Linville
Rudy Nenni
Herbert Lawson
Skater Wins State Junior Freestyle Title At Interring Meet
Doyle Whistler was judged best in the state in junior freestyle roller skating at the all Ohio inter-ring state meet in Fairborn. Middletown winners included Allan Spears second in juvenile freestyle Dave Pieratt third in novice men's freestyle and Marty Hall and Trudy Rosenfelder fourth in junior dance. Winners represented Roller Haven rink and studied under Francie at Jim Phillabaum.
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Doyle Whistler
Fairborn
Middletown
Allan Spears
Dave Pieratt
Marty Hall
Trudy Rosenfelder
Roller Haven
Francie
Jim Phillabaum
Obituary for Ida Cockerham of Campton Kentucky
Services for Ida Cockerham, 58, Campton, Ky., will be held Wednesday at 10 30 a m at Landsaw Church of Christ in Campton. She died Monday morning. Survivors include husband Clarerice of Campton, three sons Earl and A C Cockerham of Middletown and Jimmie, at home, six daughters Mrs Andrew Stamper and Mrs Jim mie Trimble of Middletown, Mrs Charles Tutts of Dayton, Mrs Glen Tyra of Hollowsville Ky, and Opal Lee and Faye at home.
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Ida Cockerham
Campton
Landsaw Church of Christ
Clarerice
Earl
A. C. Cockerham
Middletown
Jimmie
Andrew Stamper
Jimmie Trimble
Charles Tutts
Dayton
Glen Tyra
Hollowsville
Opal Lee
Faye
Obituary for Chalmer Ethell 78 Middletown resident
Chalmer Ethell 78 of 2232 S Main St Middletown died 8 30 pm yesterday at Middletown Hospital after three months illness He retired seven years ago from Hatfield Coal Co Born in Zanesville he had lived in Middletown since 1911 Survived by wife Daisy a sister Mrs Goldie Bateson Chillicothe and two grandchildren Services at 2 pm Thursday McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev Clarence Bateson officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery Calling hours tomorrow 2 5 and 7 9 pm
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Chalmer Ethell
S. Main St
Middletown Hospital
Hatfield Coal Co
Zanesville
Middletown
Daisy
Goldie Bateson
Chillicothe
Services for Chester K White Held at Riggs Funeral Home
Chester K White aged 45 will be buried in Middletown Cemetery after a service at Riggs Funeral Home Thursday at 10 a.m. Friends may call Wednesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. in Ukiah California where he died last Friday from injuries after a vehicle struck him the day before. He was a former Middletown resident who had been in California seeking work.
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Chester K. White
Riggs Funeral Home
Middletown Cemeery
White
Ukiah
Calif
Middletown
California
Obituary Snippets for Howard Riley and Vinson Names
Short death notices list Judith C. Howard aged 17 of 1251 Van derveer Ave with services at 2 p m tomorrow Colligan. Tilden Riley age 68 of 201 S B St with services at 10 a m Thursday Webb. Fred Vinson age 65 of 2450 Stahlheber Road with services at 2 p m tomorrow Klaus.
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Judith C. Howard
Vanderveer Ave
Colligan
Tilden Riley
S B St
Webb
Fred Vinson
Stahlheber Road
Klaus
James H Howe 88 dies founder of Lewis Howe Co
James H. Howe 88 president of the Lewis Howe Co. manufacturer of Tums and Nature's Remedy died Monday of heart disease. He aided in founding the company in 1892.
Moncreff Death Appeal Rejected
The Supreme Court of West Virginia refused to review a Mason County order that awarded $10,000 to the estate of three year old Patricia Moncrief in a fatal collision near Henderson West Virginia. Earl C. Mohr administrator filed the appeal as sheriff of Mason County. The crash in 1959 involved a tractor trailer driven by Neil Schaler of Columbiana. The Moncriefs were en route from Middletown to Richmond to visit relatives.
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Supreme Court of
West Virginia
Ohio
Middletown
Earl C. Mohr
Mason County
W. Va
Patricia Arlene Moncrief
S. Main St
Neil Schaler
Columbiana
Henderson
Moncrief
Richmond
Mother of Nine Dies After Fire Jump
In Cincinnati Mrs Amer ica Parker 38 died from injuries after leaping from a second story window of a burning home last Friday. A child was stillborn Sunday. Fire Marshal Richard Spelman says a sibling playing with matches started the blaze. Bessie Parker 18 suffered multiple injuries after jumping with a brother to a policeman. Horton Parker 40 dropped the infant Charlotte 18 months to safety. Parker was aided by others as the family members nearby escaped.
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Cincinnati
America Parker
Charlotte
Parker
David
Carol
Rainfall Up During October 1960 Weather Report
Middletown’s October rainfall reached 1.96 inches, making it the wettest October since June 1960. Morningstar, the official observer, called October mostly average besides heavy rain, with first frost recorded on the 21st and a light frost elsewhere the prior night. The ten month total stood at 24.65 inches, vs 35.09 inches through October of last year’s 19 months. The October average temperature was 55.5 degrees, with a high of 4 on the 12th and a low of 24 on the 26th, contrasting with October 1959 highs near 89 and lows around 27.
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C. T. Morningstar
Middletown
Morningstar
Horticultural Group To Hear Talk On Mums
The Men's Horticultural Society of Greater Middletown meets November Wednesday at 8 p m in the Firemen's Club House on N Carmody Blvd. Local teacher and chrysanthemum expert Harvey Apple will discuss history types propagation and care with living specimens and movies. Apple grows 20 rare varieties and Tony Agosion leads the Q and A. All men interested in gardening invited.
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Men's Horticultural Society of
Greater Middletown
N. Carmody Boulevard
Harvey Apple
Flemming Rd
Apple
Tony Agosion
Open House Set at Spring Hill School Thursday
Spring Hill School will host an open house Thursday from 7 to 9 p m. All parents are urged to attend.
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Spring Hill
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