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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1955

Page

3

Baty Wins Grand Prize In Aerial Treasure Hunt

Baty and Lois Baty in a Cessna 170 topped 18 planes at Middletown Airport capturing Class 3 and overall prize. The event also awarded multiple first place trophies to pilots and navigators from Middletown and Cincinnati. Clues mapped a zigzag route from Oxford to Richmond to Ohio then Middletown, with Baty finishing in one hour 53 minutes.

Baty Dletown Aviation Club Lois F.E. Vigor George Wedekind Lloyd Sink Jack Hoover Middletown Stinson Mel Onderdonk Jim Way Middle Queen City Flying Club McCloy- Leffiter Funeral Home Dakar Co Gilbert Middletown Aviation Club Dale Converse Bob McNutt Oxford Richmond Oahio Bruce Baty Paul Henke

Deaths And Funerals Harry F Lindquist Dies

Harry Ferdinand Lindquist 60 of 828 Yankee Rd died at 5 55 a m at home He was a civil engineer with Wright Patterson AFB for 15 years a Chicago native who had lived here 14 years Surviving wife Alice two brothers four sisters services 10 30 a m Wednesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home cremation burial in Woodside Cemetery officiant Rev H C Grunewald Friends may call at residence after noon tomorrow and until time of services Wednesday

Harry Ferdinand Lindquist Yankee Rd Lindquist Wright Patterson Air Force Base Chicago Alice John Lindquist Joseph Lindquist New Buffalo Mich Mary Wilkerson Elizabeth Bradley Helen Lindquist

Mrs Bertha Moore Services For Detroit Woman

Funeral services are planned for Mrs Bertha Moore who died Saturday at Middletown Hospital. She resided at 18626 Charles Street in Detroit. Details of the services and burial were not immediately available in the notice.

Bertha Moore Charles St. Detroit Middletown

Mrs Shannon Elected President Of Trenton PTA

Mrs. Marvin Shannon has been elected president of the Trenton School PTA for the year. Mrs. Cecil Ash is vice president and Mrs. Charles Burgess secretary. Mrs. Chester Bowlus treasurer and Elwood Slough in charge of publicity. PTA meets at the school the second Tuesday of every month.

Trenton Marvin Shannon PTA Cecil Ash Charles Burgess Chester Bowlus Elwood Slough Phil Robertson James Stewart William Howell Arthur Tolley Morton Lawson Elwood Vennetton

All-American Palomino Show Benefits New Hospital

The 10th annual All-American Palomino Show concludes at Montgomery County fairgrounds Dayton with proceeds to Variety Manor for Children. Two performances today at 2 and 8 p.m. follow last night’s opening. Over $6,500 in prizes and trophies will be awarded across 60 classes to winners including palominoes from the Indiana State Fair.

Dayton Montgomery County Fairgrounds Eaton Variety Manor Indianapolis Kansas City

Monroe Grange Plans October Paper Drive for Building Fund

Monroe Grange announces a paper drive on October 1 to raise funds for the Building Fund. Donations can be made via four coordinators in Lebanon, Bethany, Monroe, and Middletown. A farm sale on Greentree Road was successful and a pancake supper is set for October 29 at the Catholic Recreation Hall. The Monroe degree team will perform for Pomona Grange in February, and the next meeting October 3 will install officers.

Monroe Ways and Means Monroe Grange Grange Donald Settlemire Lebanon Exchange Eugene McKinney Bethany Exchange Raymond McKinley Glen Zecher Middletown Eisele Farm Greentree Road Catholic Recreation Hall Pomona Grange

Ohio 4 H Club Congress honors Franklin Nock as parliamentarian

Franklin Jane Nock, one of 886 Ohio 4 H Club members at the 4 H Club Congress on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, was chosen parliamentarian during mock legislative trials. Her photo appeared with Nancy Con acting as speaker of the house and Roger McCloud. She joined a forum with International Farm Youth Exchange students from India Burma Ecuador and Australia and will study home economics at Ohio State University after returning from the event.

Jane Nock Ohio Ohio State University Columbus Nancy Con Roger McCloud International Farm Youth Exchange India Burma Ecuador Australia Miss Nock

Deaf Population in the United States Reaches 800000

An estimated 800000 Deaf individuals live in the United States highlighting a substantial deaf community. The figure underscores needs for accessible services and inclusive communication across education employment and public life.

United States

Funeral services for Erma Fields in Lebanon

Erma Fields 17 of Lebanon died after an auto accident near Lexington Kentucky. Funeral services at 2 p m tomorrow at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. She was a Lebanon High School graduate and a student nurse at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton. Survived by Mr and Mrs Alexander Fields and a brother Ray. Her uncle Gordon Hewett 47 injured in the crash.

Lebanon Erma Fields Alexander Fields Main St Lexington Oswald Lebanon Cemetery Miss Fields Lebanon High School St. Elizabeth Hospital Dayton Gordon Hewett Andersonville Tenn Hewett Ray

Jail At Eaton To Be Repaired Contract Let

Preble County commissioners awarded a $6,000 contract to Fries and Son Steel Construction for extensive jail improvements at the Eaton courthouse. The project includes a safety vestibule and new banks. The journal also notes $4,824 to the State Highway Department as the county’s share of a Route 725 bridge project near Camden and $1,750 from Harold Ward and Producers' Milk Co. for damage to a Four Mile Creek bridge.

Camden Camden Village Cecil Welsh Harold Ward Producers Milk Co Four Mile Creek Ward

Liquid air Boils At Subzero Temperatures

A scientific note states liquid air boils at temperatures well below zero, specifically under 200 degrees Fahrenheit below zero, indicating extreme cold properties and behavior of liquefied gases in low temperatures.

Dr Azel Ames Dies After Heart Attack In Hamilton

Dr Azel Ames 51 Hamilton surgeon died at Mercy Hospital after a heart attack at home 1345 Smith Rd He practiced here since 1939 and led Mercy and Fort Hamilton hospitals as chief of staff He served briefly in the U S Navy in 1942 and was active in YMCA Boy Scouts and local clubs Surviving are his wife Josephine mother Mrs Azel Ames son Azel two daughters Sarah Jo and Janie and sister Mrs Eleanor Powell The piece notes long term health statistics for 1950 births at year end

Hamilton Azel Ames Mercy Hospital Smith Rd Ames First National Bank U. S. Navy YMCA Hamilton City Club Trinity Episcopal Church Mercy Fort Hamilton Butler County Board of Health County Tuberculosis and Health Assn Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Assn Josephine New York Azel Daughers Sarah Jo Janie Eleanor Powell Stanford, Conn

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