Explorer earns God and Country award at First Presbyterian
Explorer Scout Terry Webster 18 of 1605 Brentwood St. received the God and Country medal at First Presbyterian Church, the first in his church. A Mio University student, he earned Eagle and Silver awards previously, contributing about 200 hours to church projects including an illuminated youth altar and choir room work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Webster
First Presbyterian Church
Webster
Richard S. Webster
Brentwood St
Miami University
Russell W. Galloway
Galloway
Council of Christian Education
National Board of Christian Education
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Philadelphia
Mound Builders
Explorer
Ray Block
Middletown High School
Girl Breaks Leg In Fall At Home
Ten year old Julia Ann Coldiron of Elk Creek Road West Middletown suffered a fractured left leg after a fall yesterday. She was treated at Middletown Hospital and dismissed. Injuries from Saturday afternoon included Leonard Adams age 65 of Jacoby Street with a broken left shoulder and John Laughner age 43 of East Sixth Street Franklin with a forehead laceration and nose abrasions. Both were released after emergency ward treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ann Coldiron
George Coldiron
Elk Creek Rd
West Middletown Rt. 2
Middletown Hospital
Leonard Adams
Jacoby St
John Laughner
6Th St
Franklin
Pearl Club to Meet at Mrs Mack’s Home Tonight
The Colored News String of Pearl Club will meet at 8 p.m. at 923 8th Ave the home of Mrs Edyth Mack. City Usher Boards Union meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. at New Era Baptist Church announced by Oliver Smith president of the board.
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String of Pearl Club
Edyth Mack
8Th Ave
City Usher Boards Union
New Era Baptist Church
Oliver Smith
Christmas Decorating Ideas from Better Homes Gardens
From front door to mantel to change table December Better Homes Gardens offers simple decor ideas using common items. Each idea claims ease and uses materials readers already have. A magazine promotion highlights festive touches for home interiors.
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Better Homes Gardens
Better Homes & Gardens
Reiff Nips At Snyder Vote Edge In Recount
County commissioner race in Hamilton's 4th Ward shows recounts amid vote corrections. Reiff gained 117 unofficially, narrowing the 205 vote lead, with Precinct 4-D central to the dispute. Officials warn recount may extend to 198 Butler County precincts as errors could shift results. The official November count had Snyder 30,345 to Reiff 30,140.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Reif
Ross H. Snyder
Hamilton
Reiff
Snyder
Election Board
Butler County
Candite
Columbus Negro officer resigns under pressure claims
Lt. Titus A. Saunders of Meigs Georgia, 25, says the Air Force offered resignation or removal from the rolls. Saunders alleges Pentagon pressure from U.S. Senator John Stennis to dismiss him, and that the decision now rests with the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Air Force
Milk snakes Mississippi myth explained in brief note
A brief note clarifies the name milk snake is a misnomer from an old belief that snakes could milk cows. The explanation counters the myth and preserves the common name.
Dog Hunted After Boy Is Bitten
The Kenneth Rogers family of 4216 Grand Ave searches for a black and white collie that bit nine year old Dick Rogers about ten days earlier while delivering papers. Police dog warden and health department workers have scoured the area. call GA 2.0897 if you know the dog before Saturday.
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Kenneth Rogers
Grand Ave
Dick Rogers
Rogers
Health Department
Car Sales Stay Down In Warren
Warren County new car and truck sales remained roughly steady last month with October at 198 units and September at 179. This marks a decline from a year ago when 232 vehicles were sold. Certificates of title issued reached 2,520, mortgages filed 724, and cancellations 634, with mortgage value estimated at 506,800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Warren County
Cliff C. Beckett
Four of ten fair directors win re election without opposition
Butler County Agricultural Society re elected four of ten directors to three year terms with no opposition. Votes counted Saturday from 14 ballots cast of 1252. Maurice F. E. Murray of Hamilton remains president along with Barton Tru ster of Sevenara as secretary and A. J. Magic of Middletown Rt. 1 and W. D. Stouder of Bethel as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Agricultural Society (Fair Board
Maurice FE. Murray
Hamilton
Barton Truster
Ara
A. J. Magic
Middletown Rt. 1
W. D.stouder
Bet
Kansas Turnpike Reports Its First Fatality
In Kansas City Kansas a Sunday crash on the 2 12 mile turnpike left Edward R Fitzpatrick 48 of Cedar Rapids Ia dead. He was an international representative of the United Packing House Workers Union riding with Kermit Fry 47 district director of the union. Fry's station wagon tore out a 95 foot length of guard rail and he was charged with driving while intoxicated after investigators say he fell asleep.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Turnpike
Edward R. Fitzpatrick
United Packing House Workers Union
Cedar Rapids
Oklahoma Line
Fitzpatrick
Kermit Fry
Kasoas Gin
Eve Fry
Fry
Leisure time grows: Americans gain 1000 hours yearly
The statement notes that the typical American now enjoys roughly one thousand more hours of leisure per year compared with his grandfather. It highlights a broad shift in how people use spare time across generations.
Trio of Area Highway Crashes Injure Five
Five people were injured in three weekend highway crashes on wet roads near Middletown and Blue Ball. James Thompson, 17, was treated at Middletown Hospital after a two car crash at Bernice and Morgan Streets. Joe McKeehan, 17, was bruised when his car hit a fence post after rear ending another vehicle on Tylersville Road. In a separate Ohio 122 crash two miles east of Blue Ball, James McCloud, Grace Sailee, and her son Jimmy Sailee were hospitalized for cuts and bruises after a head on collision with a turning car driven by James Salley.
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Thompson
Post 9
Middletown
Bernice
Morgan Streets
James Thompson
Marshall Road
Woodrow Adams
Omaha St
Joe McKeehan
Mason Rt. 1
Tylersville
Maud
Mason
McKeehan
Ohio 122
Blue Ball
Middletown Hospital
James McCloud
Jackson Sr
Grace Sailee
Franklin Rr
Jimmy Sailee
James Salley
Franklin Rt. 1
Three City Auto Accidents Do $285 Damage
Three minor city crashes caused a total of 285 dollars in damage with no injuries. Willie Porter backed into Audrey Staley at Prospect and Grove. Creed Whitman pulled into Chester Miller after stopping at Woodlawn and Waite. Elmer Bennett and Murray McClain Jr. collided near N Verity Parkway and Manchester Avenue.
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Willie Porter
Grove St
Audrey Staley
Garfield St
Prospect Avenue
Grove Street
Creed Whitman
Hughes St
Woodlawn
Elmer Bennett
Vanderveer
Savings Club Checks Sent Out To 1 000
Lebanon Citizens National Bank and Home Federal Savings and Loan distributed 85 000 among Christmas Savings Clubs this week. About 690 Leb anon-Citizens members received roughly 60 000, up 50 members and 10 000 from last year. Home Federal distributed about 25 000 to 350 members. Both institutions report continued growth and have opened new Christmas accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Lebanon-Citizens National Bank
Home Federal Savings and Loan
Wilstar
Carl D. Stiles
David M. Hines
Hines
Bank
Home Federal
Boy’s Bed Fire From Candle Search for Indians
LONG BEACH Calif Police say 6 year old Wayburn Mace used a lighted candle to search under his bed for Indians. The bed caught fire. Firemen extinguished the flames, their equipment blocking traffic on Pacific Coast Highway for a quarter of a mile in each direction. The boy's father Ray W. Mace 30 told police and firemen he'd give his son a flashlight.
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Long Beach
Calif
Wayburn Mace
Pacific Coast Highway
Ray W. Mace
Vorys Sees Reds Leaving Hungary
Columbus Ohio Sunday remarks by U S Rep John M Vorys predict Russia will withdraw its troops from Hungary before UN economic sanctions. The GOP member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said changes behind the Iron Curtain and stronger UN powers lessen chances for war and cited television discussion as his forum.
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Columbus
Ohio
GOP
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Russia
Police Briefs: Driving Under Revocation and Thefts
State patrolmen last night arrested Boyd Smith 28 Hamilton Rt 1 on Ohio 4 for driving under revocation. Thieves pried off a coin box in a soft drink machine at Middletown Auto Sales 700 Verity Pkwy and stole about 35 dollars. Sgt. Robert Walton investigated.
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Boyd Smith
Hamilton
Rt. 1
Ohio
Middletown
Verity
Robert Walton
Demand For Tankers To Spur Steel Demand
Steel Magazine says Suez crisis will boost tanker orders and boost steel plate demand. With 23 tankers under construction, 31 more applied for, and 50 desired by Eisenhower, half may be built, driving 750000 tons of plates and 250000 tons of other steel products. Domestic output stood at 2,474,202 net tons for the week ending Nov 25.
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Cleveland W
Steel Magazine
Middle East
Metalworking’ Journal
U. S. Maritime Commission
Eisenhower
the Magazine
Nurse Wins Pin Seeks View of New Year Parade
In Pasadena California the chief nurse of Emergency Hospital Mrs Clara Sieben received a 30 year service pin from Municipal Employes Alan and announced her goal to see the Tournament of Roses parade on New Year’s day. She notes the parade brings a rush of casualties to her unit and that the parade often ends before they finish.
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Pasadena
Calif
Alan
Clara Sieben
Hubcaps Stolen From Car on Saturday Night
George Lowe of 40 Vanderveer Street reported the theft of two hubcaps from his car Saturday night. The incident was reported yesterday.
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George Lowe
Vanderveer St
Joy Banished From Office At Ben Malone Mill
In Punta Gorda Florida Joy a two year old parakeet owned by the Ben Malones is banished from the family millworks office after a series of misdemeanors. The bird greeted ladies with wolf whistles perched on customers eyeglasses hitched rides on typewriter carriages and caused frequent telephone chatter whenever the line was in use.
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Punta Gorda
Fla
Joy
Ben Malones
Author Next On Miami's Wilson Fete
Northwestern University professor Arthur S. Link will speak at Miami University’s convocation on Wilson. He is author of Wilson the Road to the White House and Wilson The New Freedom, among others, and has written about twenty articles in major journals. He held Rosenwald and Guggenheim fellowships and taught at North Carolina and Princeton before joining Northwestern in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miami University
Arthur S. Link
Wilson
Miami
R. W. Leopold
Yate Review
Virginia Quarterly Review
the American Historical Review
Mississippi Historical Review
Journal of Southern History
Link
Rosenwald
Institute For Advanced Study
Beveridge
American Historical Aren
New Market
University of North Carolina
Columbia University
Northwestern
Cowgill Installed As 1956 57 Veterans Chapter President
Ray Cowgill was installed as the 1956 57 president of the Middletown Chapter of the 37th Division Veterans Association during the group’s monthly meeting. Installation was conducted by Frank Walker of West Carrollton, past national president. Guests included members and wives from the Miami Valley and Cincinnati chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Cowgill
Middletown
37Th Division Veterans Assn
Clayton Wilson
Frank Walker
West Carrollton
Miami Valley
Cincinnati
Burg Couple Hurt In Mishap
A Miamisburg man James LaFrance 27 and his wife Doris 23 were admitted to Middletown Hospital after a two car collision on Route 725 near Gratis. LaFrance was in fair condition with severe facial cuts and Doris in satisfactory condition with facial cuts. Their children Richard 8 and Sandra 1 received minor bruises. They were transported by Zimmerman ambulance of Gratis. Details were unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miamisburg
Middletown Hospital
Gratis
James LaFrance
Central Ave
Doris
Richard
Sandra
Zimmerman Ambulance of
Russia Builds Large Navy With Submarine Focus
London reports Jane's Fighting Ships says Russia has the second largest navy after the United States but lags in guided missiles and atomic propulsion. Russia and the U S have led in cruiser and destroyer construction, while the U S navys plans include atomic energy and missiles, with many ships potentially powered by atomic energy within 16 years.
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London
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Jane's Fighting Ships
Jane's
Britain
U.S. Navy
U. S. Navy
Teachers Board Plan Salary Talks
A board of education meeting is planned with a session to discuss teacher salaries. The 7 p.m. regular meeting will cover routine personnel items, followed by an executive session of the teachers association salary committee. The board will then meet with Supt. John Blackford and Asst. Supt. Cromwell to discuss funding from a 3.75 mill operating levy approved in the recent election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Teachers Assn
John D. Blackford Sai
Joseph Woodruff
Howard Cromwell
Santos Brazil Largest Coffee Port on Island Shielded by Higher Isle
Santos in Brazil, the world’s largest coffee port, sits on an island protected by a higher neighboring island from Atlantic storms, underscoring its strategic maritime position and natural defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santos
Brazil
Middleton duo treated after night injuries
Prince Jackson 31 of 912 Lincoln St. was admitted with a scalp wound after being hit by a bottle in a hallway of the 1600 block of Garfield Street around 1:30 am. Viola Howard 30 of 1214 Young St. received 15 stitches for a knife wound above the left eye, struck in an alley between 17th and 18th Avenues around 12:90 am. she was dismissed after treatment.
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Prince Jackson
Lincoln St
Ptl
Ralph Trimble
Garfield Street
Viola Howard
Young St
18Th Avenues
Fire Blamed on Stove Causes Flooring Blaze at Cooper Alley
A stove sparked a flooring fire at 512 Cooper Alley last night causing an estimated $25 damage in a two story apartment building. Firefighters from Companies 1 and 3 and the emergency squad responded at 7 06 pm. The dwelling was occupied by Mrs. W Armstrong.
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Cooper Alley
Middletown
W. Armstrong
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Warren
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The
Middletown Dry Cleaners Ass‘n
Vorys
Hungary
Percy Greenaway
Bondsman
Bill Hill
Arthur S&s
Cowgill
Schramt
Clark ST
Rose Toyland
Saintone
Charles
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