Civic Association extends canvass as $2,620 short of goal
The sixth annual Civic Association membership drive extends to next Tuesday with $17,380 reported, 86.9 percent of the $20,000 target. Industrial division totals beat its quota at $14,301, while retail and service lag with $3,079 toward an $8,000 goal. Final joint meeting set for 4 p.m. Tuesday to clean up incomplete reports. Major firms with 100 percent membership include Armco Fabricating and Middletown Journal among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Association
Jack Linzie
Heart” of
Middletown
Armco Fabricating
Crystal Tissue Co
Fairbanks Fiber Co
M Harding- Jones Paper Co
Shartle Bros. Serg Paper Co
Warren Steel Corp
Middletown Journal
German Visitors Praise Middletown Clean Streets
Two Western German county managers Christian Kreuzer and Heinrich Salzmann tour Middletown with City Manager Kra mer and state they are impressed by American life. They tour industries and city projects, admire clean streets, and plan to visit Afmco before returning to Columbus. The trip, part of a German official group, runs through Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Howard H. Kramer
Heinrich Salzmann
Christian Kreuzer
Journal
Middletown
Wunderbar
Governmental Affairs Institute
Washington, D. C
Harvey Walker
Ohio State Political Science Faculty
Tors
Kramer
Salzmann
Kreuzer
Trier
Bayrische
Columbus
America
Red Water Calls Misdirected Causes City Concerns
Complaints of red water in Mayfield address misdirected weekend calls to Robert Mettler distribution chief. He notes daytime calls should go to his office 2-1732 or City Building 2-6381 ext 24. Crews flushed hydrants and city lines to reduce iron via chlorine after lowering ammonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mettler
Mettler
Mayfield
Dan Rothe
Driver Fined After Mishap
A two car collision on Ohio 4 just south of Eagles Corner at 3 15 p m yesterday left no injuries. Vernon Sheffield 43 of Dayton was fined 20 dollars and costs for reckless operation by Squire Lammie Bailey after the arrest. He rammed the rear of Harold Fugett 29 of 2447 Sherman Ave who had stopped for a school bus. Extensive damage resulted. Two motorists were fined a total 35 dollars and costs for speeding in area courts yesterday Penny Tarlton Mason 20 dollars Wel don Hizar Lebanon and Johnnie Saylor Hamilton 15 dollars Monroe mayor Thomas Linn reported.
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Ohio 4
Eagles Corner
Vernon Sheffield
Dayton
Squire Lammie Bailey
Sheffield
Harold Fugett
Sherman Ave
Penny Tarlton
Mason
Squire Weldon Hizar
Lebanon
Johnnie Saylor
Hamilton
Thomas Linn
Monroe
Damage Reported In Two Car Collision On Columbia Avenue
Police reported $225 in damage after a two car crash at 1 06 p m yesterday at Columbia Avenue and Clinton Street. Emma Sample 73 of 1002 Midway Street halted at a stop sign and moved onto Columbia Avenue colliding with George W Blount 33 of 2101 Logan Avenue. Blount car skidded 42 feet.
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Columbia Avenue
Clinton Street
Emma Sample
Midway St
George W. Blount
Logan Ave
Blount
Insect Count Report on Meadow Acre Surfaces
An estimate suggests that one acre of meadow supports about 15,000,000 insects. The figure highlights the dense biodiversity in grassy ecosystems and underscores the ecological scale of insect populations in a single tract of land.
MHS Honors 17 Seniors
Mid dletown High School principal D. R. Baker announced at morning assembly that 17 seniors were named to the National Honor Society. The honorees include Richard McIntire Shirley Armitage Mack Maffett Carol West Becky Petrocy Arthur Draut Bill Dorenbusch Nancy Berkey Louis Christy Lynn Hayes Kenneth Blount Joyce Hackney Elaine Hohman Pat Burns Patty Gerber Shirley Stegemiller and Nancy Lee Yocom. The new members represent the top five percent of the senior class. Baker said a second list including 10 percent of seniors would be announced on another date.
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D. R. Baker
Middletown High School
Richard McIntire
Shirley Armitage
Mack Maffett
Carol West
Becky Petrocy
Arthur Draut
Bill Dorenbusch
Nancy Berkey
Louis Christy
Lynn Hayes Kenneth Blount
Joyce Hackney
Elaine Hohman
Pat Burns
Patty Gerber
Shirley Stegemiller
Nancy Lee Yocom
Baker
Hamilton Restaurant Fees May Go To $23
Hamilton city weighs raising restaurant license fees from 1 to 23 dollars a year to cover costs of stricter inspections. City Manager Charles F. Schwalm said 255 establishments would be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Charles F. Schwalm
Train Hits Truck Kill Driver in Dayton Crash
In Dayton Ohio a passenger train collided with a concrete mixer truck yesterday killing the driver Herbert E Fickert 28 of Vandalia. The accident halted rail traffic as investigators examined the scene and officials confirmed the fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Herbert E. Fickert
Vandalia
Bus Driver Jailed After Cleveland Heights Collision
A bus driven by Bernard D. Pogue collided with the rear of a truck near Cleveland Heights. Police jailed Pogue on a drunk driving charge. The bus, en route from Windsor in Ashtabula County, is owned by a private firm.
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Cleveland
Bernard D. Pogue
Cleveland Heights
Windsor
Ashtabula County
Itch Mite Remedy EXSORA Promises Quick Cure
A health claim states scabies is highly contagious and lifelong unless treated. EXSORA is marketed as killing the itch-mite almost instantly with a three day course. Available at all drug stores.
Band Associates Pledge Half of Festival Trip Costs
Middletown High School band will receive at least half the $4,000 cost for its trip to Washington for the Cherry Blossom Festival. President George Koeppel announced at the Associates meeting. Receipts from a preview basketball game, a card party, a Harlem Globetrotters game, and a band concert will fund part of the expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Associates
Middletown High School
Washington, D. C
George Koeppel
MHS
American Legion
Harlem Globetrotters
Theft of bicycle from Charles Street storage barn cited
Ernest Streifthau of Ern ests Hardware reported a $24 bicycle theft from a rear storage barn at 214 Charles St entered before 10 p.m. yesterday. A bicycle stolen from Ronnie Griffin at 618 Baltimore St was recovered on E Grand Ave last night. Gerald Springfield, 22, of 1334 Reynolds Ave, was arrested on a non-support warrant and turned over to Franklin police yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Streifthau
Ernest
Charles Street
Streifthau
Charles St
Ronnie Griffin
Baltimore St
E. Grand Avenue
Gerald Springfield
Reynolds Ave
Franklin Police
Paramount and Strand Showings This Week
Paramount shows Mo gambo at 1 50 4 20 6 45 and 9 10 p.m. Strand books Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at 1 15 4 10 7 05 and 3 50 p.m. Massacre River runs at 2 45 5 40 and 8 35 p.m. Thursday Fighting Lawman screens 1 15 4 25 7 25 and 10 15 p.m. 12 50 5 55 and 8 55 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Fighting Lawman
Commission To Consider Yale Plans
City commissioners meet at 7 45 tonight to approve two Christmas plans. Insurance to cover downtown street decorations and Salvation Army kettles on the streets from Nov 30 to Dec 24 are on the agenda. Also up for action are 90 minute parking on Leibee Street, a Grimes Street parking report, a Verity Park popcorn stand, plats for two new subdivisions, and a second reading of an ordinance banning parking on the east side of McKnight Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Leibee Street
Central
Manchester Avenues
Howard Kramer
Grimes Street
Verity Parkway
1St Avenue
McKnight Drive
Nip Whaling Fleet Sails With Copter For Antarctic
A Japanese whaling fleet left Yokosuka led by the 17,000 ton Nisshin Maru with six catcher boats to operate a helicopter for weather observation and whale and iceberg spotting. Also notes Jefferson Davis was the Confederate president when its nation fell in 1865.
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Tokyo
Yokosuka
Antarctic
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States
Confederacy
Grass Fire Threatens East End Homes
A four hour grass fire burned about 50 acres near Highview Road, menacing at least 25 homes before firefighters redirected the flames. Responding at 2 16 p m, Companies 2 and 3, led by Assistant Chief Robert Lukens, battled the blaze and kept it within the field. Cause unknown, it did no damage outside the field. Fire crews remained until 6 p m to extinguish remaining tinder. The field lies behind several Highview Road homes, with ownership listed as Charl Zapp, Robert Gruver and others. A separate blaze at 12 p m damaged a 1940 Ford used by F P Ward. a faulty wire caused that fire.
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Robert Lukens
Highvie Road
Avnue
Grand
Diet Place
Kensings Street
Highview
Charl Zapp
Robert Gruver
Company 2
F.P Ward
Franklin S
Waverly Seeks U S School Aid For Three Projects
Waverly Board of Education seeks 1,688,500 in state and federal aid to finance three school projects driven by Pike County atomic plant expansion. If approved, a recommendation will go to the U S Education Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Ohio
Waverly Board of Education
Pike County
State Education Department
U. S. Education Office
Fire Chief LeRoy Halstead to retire in December
Youngstown Ohio Fire Chief LeRoy Halstead will retire December 1 after six years of service. He was appointed by Mayor Charles P. Henderson, who was defeated in the last election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
LeRoy Halstead
Charles P. Henderson
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McCarthy Motor Sales, Inc
Carmelettes
Joyce
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Yale
U.S
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