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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1957
Page
2
Middletown's Civic Association will fund and construct a 35 by 75 foot concrete pool at Girl Scout Camp Stonybrook. B. D. Morgan Construction Co. won the $44,683 contract and work should start soon, aiming to be ready for next summer's camping season.
At the Manchester Hotel a banquet staged a spoof sewer project with long cardboard pipes towering over diners. Merchants and costumed workers mocked the event as chairman Robert Bender stalled his speech while wife Louise interrupted. Francis Carmody, Don Dillon, Lawrence Schell and James Wertz spoke as 14 models modeled vintage costumes and reels from 1955 were shown.
A Middletown child Trudy Childers aged 3 fell into a neighbor’s bonfire and suffered first degree facial burns and second and third degree burns on both hands and arms and her left ear. She remained in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital after minor surgery for a finger injury to Chester Peck 26 of Jacksonburg Road. Joe Hatfield Jr son of Joseph Hatfield of 422 Spring Ave Franklin fractured his right forearm in a school fall. All were released after treatment.
Dr Hasemeier named best speaker and most improved speaker at the Toastmasters Club at the Civic Association. Robert Moore won best critic with Ralph Gaynor as general critic and Charles Domanick topic master. Don Gephart served as toastmaster. Officers to be nominated for 1957 58 at next Thursday night meeting.
Two teenage boys attempted to rob Son’s Grill and the Paramount Theater on Broad Street using a cap pistol. They demanded money from Lois House and Joyce Daniels but fled when confronted by manager James Rairdon. Police searched for the youths but did not locate them.
Boy Scout Troop 18 held an honor court at Camp Hook with Civitan Club sponsorship. 55 attendees heard awards to Ray Ashton Lee Dennis Kenny Schrout plus merit badges and first and second class ranks. leaders Joe Caldwell and E S Sherron announced a camp out and paper drive for Sept 20-21.
Rain halted just in time to hold the Germantown dedication outdoors for a new 25000 post office building. Rep. Paul Schenck gave the dedicatory speech and presented a Capitol flown flag to Postmaster Clarence Emrick. Attendees included Norman Steiger and Harry Cochran from Cincinnati, Mayor Donald Moyer, Ross Winning, and Hale Dodds. The ceremony accompanied by street light switch on and other events marks a wider three day Celerama promotion.
The Rev Louis R Walter and Russell Weatherwax attend the first annual meeting of the Methodist Provisional Organization tomorrow at 19 am at the Seneca Hotel Columbus. The body plans a new theological school on a 55 acre campus three miles south of Delaware with a target mid 1958 for contracts and a fall 1960 opening for at least 150 students.
Police report two car crashes here with total damage around 1100 dollars. Mary Moorman and Robert Taylor cited for traffic violations after a collision involving a Moorman car and a Great Lakes Forwarding Co. truck. Several minor incidents listed with minimal injuries and one bicycle incident with no injuries.
Industrial management consultant Charles Winkelman spoke to Middletown Lions Club at the Manchester Hotel about his trip to Norway. He showed color slides and described his experiences with a Norwegian ship building firm and a vacation tour through the country.
Malcolm Paynter a 23 year old from 522 Moore Street was admitted to Middletown Hospital after a car ran off the road four miles north of Route 122 on Franklin Trenton Road overturning. State patrol said a blowout caused the loss of control and possible back injury. He was listed in good condition.
Reid Kenyon of Armco Steel Corp presented color slides showing his trip to the Caribbean at a Kiwanis luncheon yesterday at the Manchester Hotel.
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