Civic Association 1959 Canvass Kickoff Dinner Set
About 400 invitations were mailed for the Civic Association kickoff dinner at 6 30 p m Thursday in the Manchester Hotel senior ballroom. J Richard Miller and Rowan Crawford will speak on canvassing do s and don ts while youth agencies participate. The event begins the 1959 membership drive aiming for 2000 new members at 12 a year with a 25 member campaign cabinet directing solicitors under chairmen and captains.
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Civic Association
J. Knight Goodman
Manchester
Goodman
J. Richard Miller
Rowan Crawford
Jim Finley
Tom iClass
G. W. Barr
Dale ‘Wilson
Robert Bender
Crawford
Monroe band director creates homemade cap light for games
Paul Morrow of Lemon Monroe High School built a compact, self assembled cap light for the marching band. He sourced a 2½ volt bulb and a 3 volt dry cell, costing about 50 cents with a two year life, designed to fit the caps and avoid falling off or battery corrosion.
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Paul Morrow
Lemon Monroe
Morrow
Monroe
Journal
Thomas
Income Tax Rolls Dropwide Drop In Tax Filings
The Internal Revenue Service estimates about 800,000 fewer income tax returns filed this year compared with 1958’s 60 million record. Officials blame recession and fewer part time workers though final figures may show a larger drop. Despite the lower filings, tax collections rose by over two billion dollars to around 40.5 billion, suggesting many missing filers had little income. IRS hopes the missing taxpayers return next year with prosperity.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Bryce W. Bratt
IRS Statistics Section
TRS
IRS
Ayds Diet Ad Campaign Highlights Actress Debra Paget
Ad claims weight control with the Ayds Plan featuring Debra Paget. She says taking one or two before meals curbs appetite and reduces desire to eat. Doctors at a New England clinic endorsed the plan and the ad offers a first box for 3.25 dollars with money back guarantee.
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Debra Paget
Hollywood
New England
Eight arraigned in dynamiting of first Negro home
Seven men and a woman faced indictments for dynamiting the home of George Rayfield the first Negro family to settle in a Delaware suburb. Two pleaded innocent and six stood mute as lawyers challenged the grand jury, citing a missing juror. Bail set at 65 000. The Rayfields later returned to Wilmington. The article notes the Drake well’s 1859 discovery.
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Wilmington
Del
William J. Storey
Superior Court
George Rayfield
Rayfields
Storey
Bridges Too Much Truck Driver Quits
TRONTON Ohio AP Damaging two bridges in two months prompted Frank Derfield to quit after his 17 ton cement mixer struck a bridge. A month earlier a Lawrence County bridge collapsed under his truck.
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Tronton
Ohio
Frank Derfield
Rt. 2
Wheelersburg
Lawrence County
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CSC
Iture Shop
Franklin, Ohio
Ayds
John Ross
Debra
Arantee
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Gene Fay
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North Verity
Middletown
U. S
United States
Drake
Titusville
Duetohn
Boontonware
Redeem
Ross
Valle
Layaway Toys
Ross! Thrill
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Layette
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