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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1956

Page

2

Union dispute stalls at Shartle plant in Middletown

Union machinists and Shartle Division Black Clawson Co face delayed talks after workers from Vaughn Construction returned to site. Eight construction workers held a line, while six pattern makers and office staff resumed work. A federal mediation meeting was tentatively set but not confirmed. The company proposed a two year contract with 15 cent total raise. the union seeks a one year deal with a 15 cent immediate increase.

Middletown Shartle Black Clawson Co Vaughn Construction Co Hamilton Local 1850 International Assn. of Machinists Afl-Cio Machinists Union Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Black Clawson Dis- Clawson Aan Clark St Benedict

Boy Scouts Head to Otterbein Farm for Weekend Camporee

About 170 Middletown area scouts explorers and leaders travel to Otterbein Home farm grounds for a weekend camporee with 50 participants at the first Mound-Builders event. Activities include first aid rope work cooking and archery with a visitors campfire at 8 p.m.

Middletown Otterbein Richard Hopper Camporee Rvice Old Union

Corn Fire Halts Harvest in Poasttown Field

An explosion-like flash damaged a tractor corn picker on the H. Franklin Trenton Road two miles east of Poasttown. Blevins, operator for H. C. Barnes, escaped unharmed as flames spread to unpicked corn. firemen arrived within ten minutes and confined the blaze with minor equipment damage totaling over $1,000. Elmer Schiegel and local farmers assisted as the fire was contained before gusts carried it to adjoining fields.

Poasttown H. Franklin Trenton Road Blevins H. C. Barnes Peasttown Barnes Elmer Schiegel Brevins Robert Ford Ee Park Ison William Stagner Elmer Scene Doc Blevins Madison Township Journal

Dayton motorist cited after pole strike at N Verity Park

Police cited Ray Robinson, 20, after his eastbound car struck a utility pole at N Verity Park and Elwood Street causing about 500 dollars in damage. He said another driver changed lanes in front of him. he escaped injury. The incident occurred around 5 90 p.m. near the int.

N. Verity Park Elwood Street Ray Robinson Robinson

Davis, D yeareld fires baller tops Nashville season

Cincinnati bulletin notes Davis with 10 wins and five losses for Nashville in the Southern Association last year. Jansen posted a 2-3 record for the Red.

Davis Nashville Jansen Red

Indian Lake Water Level Being Lowered

Property owners at Indian Lake are advised that the Ohio Division of Parks will begin lowering the lake level next Monday. Park official Colvin Colum said the water level will drop to prepare for bank and dock repairs.

Indian Lake Ohio Division of Parks Park Colvin Colum

Local Movie Theaters Friday and Saturday Showings

Paramount offers The First Texan and Crime in the Streets with multiple showings Friday through Saturday. Strand screens Seven Men From Now and Garden of Evil, plus Garden and Seven Men From Now on repeated times. Colonial presents Cash on Delivery and While the City Sleeps with dense night slots. Dixie Cruise In features Seven Men From Now and East of Eden across evening shows.

Colonial Priday Dixie Cruise Eden

Bigger Birthday Cake Built For Eisenhower Day

Mrs Maggie Page of Page Manor Catering planned a three foot diameter by eighteen inch cake for President Eisenhowers birthday. She baked four eight by twelve inch cakes and joined them with frosting to serve patients at Middletown Hospital Administrator William Bohman. Nurses Joan Bailey helped. The effort mirrored a national Ike Day celebration with slices shared in veterans hospitals and aged homes nationwide. Mamie Doud Eisenhower sent a thank you note.

Maggie Page Page Manor Catering Service Eisenhower Middletown William Bohman Joan Bailey Bohmanay Washington Mamie Doud Eisenhower

Liberal Market worker injured in fall and car crash

Francis Beilharz, 22, Liberal Market employee, was treated for a lacerated scalp after canned goods fell on him at work. He later dislocated a vertebrae in a street incident near 19 E. Babbitt St Dayton. James Gilbert, Franklin Rt. 2 resident, dislocated a neck vertebrae in a separate accident. he is listed in satisfactory condition.

Francis Eugene Beilharz Town Hospital E. Babbitt St Dayton Middletown James Gilbert Harold Gilbert Franklin Rt. 2

Draft quotas and enlistment figures from past year

The report lists a Next Draft Quota of 4 with prior calls of 995 in October and 1,218 in November. It notes the youngest possible inductee must be 22 by November 1 unless exempt as a volunteer or delinquent from a previous call. It adds the high call occurred in March with 1,634 men.

Police Briefs Arrests on Warrants and Licenses

Officers yesterday took Ed eee in Garfield on a warrant for failure to provide. A Kia Avenue resident was arrested on charges of driving without a license and speeding.

Edeee Garfield Kia Ave

Passel of Pigs Poses Troubles in Preble County

Preble County Sheriff Floyd Spitler and deputies Joe Lee and John Stover tackle vandalism spikes amid a stray herd of over 30 hogs found in a pasture. Damages from Woodward and Lanier schools reflect window-breaking and debris, while a cement-based highway sign moved onto railroad tracks near Eldorado, hindering clues to ownership.

Eaton Preble County Floyd Spider Spitler Joe Lee John Stover Lanier Eldorado

Toastmasters Plan Officer Installation

Jack Seigfried served as toastmaster with Howard Holts as general critic and Doma Nick as topic master during the meeting to plan officer installation.

Toastmasters Plan Jack Seigfried Howard Holtsclaw Domanick

Firemen's Ball Set for Tomorrow Night at 8:30

Firemen announce a ball tomorrow night at 8 30 at the Go Stew Chester Hotel to raise funds for city fire services. Wrights and ax music headline the event with tickets available at the door after noon tomorrow.

Firemen’s Ball Stewchester Hotel Muby Wright

Jaycees Back County Jail Bond and School Improvements

Dewitt Chappel and Herb Walch urged Middletown Jaycees to support a .75 mill county jail bond and a $90,000 Middletown school bond for buildings and improvements. The club at Colony Restaurant voted to go on record for both measures and to back the upcoming election.

Dewitt Chappel Herb Walch Butler County Middletown

Hi-Y Dance Tonight at YMCA Gym

The Bi-Y Council sponsors a dance tonight at the YMCA gym Hanwa from 9 p.m. to midnight. This community event offers music and socializing for attendees.

YMCA

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