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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1950
Page
2
Real estate tax bills for Middletown Madison and Lemon Townships will be mailed Monday morning. Deputy treasurer Carl Wedekind notes about 16500 bills are prepared and urges owners who do not receive them to contact the tax office.
Dr. R. C. Caudill pastor of the First Church of God closed the noontide Holy Week services at Calvary Methodist Church. He spoke on the Meaning of the hour in John 11, outlining physical relief, spiritual fulfillment, and an eternal monument, as Protestant churches jointly observed Holy Week to accommodate downtown workers.
Holy Communion services will be held tonight at 7 30 p m at the Evangelical United Brethren Church announced by pastor Dr FE Turner. Turner will use as the theme Thy will done.
Police reported six separate crashes with injuries or property damage. Mary Laurino suffered bruises when struck at Reynolds and Clinton, driver Stanford Boyd cited. damage to other cars on Manchester and Charles noted. several drivers failed to stop or did not return.
The MHS Boosters voted last night to finance trips to Columbus for the drama cast of Antigone to the April 22 finals at Ohio State University. Cast members Darrell Hodge Jack Ballard and Margaret Bailey join the group with other entries in poetry and radio contests.
A Franklin welder, William Adkins, was acquitted in a Pittsburgh court of murdering Herbert Gilmore in a February 1 Clairton lunchroom brawl. Adkins claimed self defense saying Gilmore and his brother attacked him. Gilmore died from multiple stab wounds.
Several hundred campaigners begin work Monday to raise nearly $7 000 for Middletown's share in a national drive for cancer detection and cure. The 10 day drive ends April 20. Co chairs Goldschmidt Jr and Dinneger outline plan with Phi Beta Psi Sorority benefit card party and store receptacles to raise funds. Dr Smith and Dr Dunn stress early detection and success at Middletown Hospital with 120 cancer cases last year and free clinic exams funded by the chapter if needed.
Armco International sent welder parts to Bahia Brazil and, after a $5.18 overcharge, asked for credit or a refund. Erik Doeff, president of the Brazilian firm, replied that the overcharge should be paid to a charity of Armco’s choosing but not to a Communist organization. Armco says the Cancer Fund Drive qualifies.
Funds from a Middletown collection by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Y-Teens will aid national cancer research and provide equipment for the Middletown Hospital cancer lab. Dr. Kenneth Smith notes the gear benefits local citizens and supports lab work for area residents.
The Miami Chanter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers met at noon to hear Thoburn K. Peterson report that Middletown Water Works must expand as development grows. He outlined the pumping station and a planned second reservoir, with a decision to hold weekly noon meetings at Blair's Restaurant.
Ida May Reed 73 longtime Germantown resident died at home on East Market Street at 1 30 pm Wednesday after a seven year illness and a recent stroke She was active in the Lutheran Church Berean Class Church Helpers and Grace Rebekah Lodge Survivors include son Earl two daughters Mrs Benneville Roof Middletown and Mrs Bessie Woolard Dayton 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services are 10 am Saturday at John Arpp Funeral Home Rev Paul Bressler will officiate Burial Germantown Cemetery Friends may call after 7 pm today
John H Benham 69 farmer and community native died after six weeks illness. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge. Survived by widow Etta a sister Mrs Will Brower Dayton and four brothers William of Campbellstown Lawrence Richmond Roy Liberty and Lester Springfield. Services Friday 2 30 p m Barnes Funeral Home with Rev Raymond Michel officiating Burial at Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from Thursday noon until services.
Oakland correspondent Courtenay Brick Terrett, 46, author and newspaperman who reported on the Spanish Civil and Russo-Finish wars, died last night. In Lisbon, Fausto de Figueiredo, who rose from drugstore clerk to ruler of Estoril, was noted, owning almost the city.
William D. Snow representing the Ohio organization outlined the four phases of the national program to more than 50 Middletown Independent Gasoline Dealers Association members. He cited aims including fair market laws, anti trust enforcement, and a gas tax refund plan similar to sales tax rebates, with Ohio pursuing two main goals. Cecil Runyan, president of the focal group, presided and welcomed Dayton guests.
An OCR fragment outlines the entire area of a famed resort on the Atlantic coast outside Lisbon. The text references coastal features and the resort site, indicating a broad regional scope and locational context.
State Patrolmen reported convictions on two traffic violations yesterday. Clark Hurst of 144 Second Ave Hamilton was fined 25 dollars for parking on the highway before Squire Lewis Bolser New Miami. Bill Thomas Conrad of West Middletown Route 1 appeared before Mayor Thomas Lisa Monroe and was fined 10 dollars for failure to obey a stop sign. It is farther from Fi Paso to Beaumont Tex than from New York to Chicago.
Paramount presents Red Hot and Blue with Betty Hutton and Victor Mature at 1 45 3 45 5 45 and 9 45 p m on Thursday and Friday. Strand shows Timber with Dan Dailey and Marjorie Cord at 3 10 6 and 8 45 p m and Legal Entry with Howard Duff and Marta Toren at 1 30 4 15 7 05 and 9 05 p m Friday features Singing Sheriff with Bob Crosby and Fay McKenzie at 1 45 5 15 6 20 and 9 50 p m.
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