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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1961
Page
3
Arch bishop Edward F. Hoban of Cleveland asks Catholics in the diocese to refrain from unnecessary buying and selling on Sunday to honor the Sabbath. A pastoral letter to be read at all masses condemns “unnecessary” and “servile” commerce, urging observance without defining terms.
Mrs. Robert Curran of the Harlan-Butlerville Garden Club was installed as regional director of District 16, Ohio Association of Garden Clubs, with about 180 members from five counties attending at Fellowship Hall, E U B Church. Guest speaker Mrs. Robert Schroeder demonstrated arrangements and the district earned an award for the Victory Reese Scholarship Fund at Ohio State University, surpassing 100 percent of its goal.
World leaders and mourners gather in Uppsala and Stockholm for a state funeral in Sweden honoring Dag Hammarskjöld. Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Adlai Stevenson attend along with U.N. officials as thousands file past his coffin. A solemn procession traces Hammarskjöld's boyhood routes to the family tomb.
A Spotsylvania Circuit Court jury sentenced Melvin Davis Rees Jr. to death for the 1959 kidnap slaying of Carroll V. Jackson Jr. and the murder of his wife Mildred and one daughter in the Apple Grove family massacre. Federal life terms from Baltimore may be commuted, delaying execution until appeals end. Janet Jackson’s death remains unindicted.
Max Pemberton was named to represent the Toastmasters Club in the Area 11 humorous speech contest at the Oakwood YMCA on Oct. 6. Competitors included Bill Lutz, Don Linkous, Le Roy Meier, and Brewer as the alternate. The event followed a meeting at J&J Bowling Lanes with Arthur Thomann presiding and Clif Gorss as toastmaster.
Diamond National Corp reports third quarter earnings of 3.333 million dollars, up 14 percent from 1960, or 71 cents a share on 4.48 million shares. Net sales rose to 55.309 million, 3 percent above last year. For the first 36 weeks, earnings total 163.505 million with a 2 percent drop from 1960.
Stephens Jr. reports Maple Park Elementary Schools earned a certificate of exceptional merit for the fifth year and placement on the National School Safety Honor Roll by the National Safety Council based on a committee's detailed report.
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