Resident Dies Of Crash Injuries Boosting County Toll
Clifford Clayton Day 31 of Manchester Road died at Middletown Hospital from head on collision injuries on Route 4 south of Excelle. Day’s wife Evelyn and Elmer Johnson 38 remained in serious condition along with two others listed as fair. State Patrol investigates with Day’s car overturning and burning after crossing the center line. Day, born in Brown County Kentucky, worked seven years for Moorman Sand and Gravel and belonged to the Church of God. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Clayton
Manchester Rd
Butler County
Day
Middletown Hospital
Excelle
Evelyn
Elmer Johnson
North Clinton St
Fair
Robert Cornelius
Hamilton
Rosie Carozza
Centennial Ave
Cornelius
Thomas Wenzel
Brown County
Moorman Sand and Gravel Company
Church of God
J. P. Day
Felix
Flemingsburg
Carrozza
Jane Caudill
McCoy-Leffier Funeral Home
Excello
Clifford Day
Middletown
Barnett
Holy Week Union Services Open Today Across Local Churches
Holy Week noon tide services begin at Calvary Methodist Church on South Broad Street and run daily for four days from 12:01 to 12:30 p.m. The opening sermon was by Rev. C. H. Kitts with devotionals led by Rev. M. E. Clay. Good Friday services run noon to 3 p.m. at First Methodist and Church of Ascension. Dr. Daniel C. Campbell leads tomorrow’s noon tide at Calvary with Rev. R. L. Robinson assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Methodist Church
South Broad St
C. H. Kitts
New Jersey Presbyterian Church of
Carlisle
M. E. Clay
Middletown
First Church of the Nazarene
First Methodist Church
Church of Ascension
McGee Ave
Park Dr
Daniel C. Campbell
Monroe United Presbyterian Church
Campbell
R. L. Robinson
Public Relations Plans Set at Middletown Girl Scout Meeting
The Middletown Girl Scout Council Public Relations Committee will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Girl Scout club room. Mrs Frank Chapman Jr chairs the event and will outline publicity plans for the coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publc
Middletown
Middletown Faces Budget Gap If Funds Fall Short
Middletown city operations may suffer unless more money is secured. City attorney Fred J. Schatzmann cites department requests totaling 617 262.05 while certified funds reach only 465 496.03. He calls for home rule and warns of budget cuts, noting real estate taxes and city costs in 1948 and asserting only about 60 000 above anticipated receipts may be available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Fred J. Seatzmann
Solid
Schatzmann
United States
City Commission
Fellowship of Prayer Devotional for Lent 1949
Prepared by George Miles Gibson for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. A devotional meditation on Christ, the Church, and its purification, tracing the church from penitent to militant to triumphant, ending with a prayer thanking Christ for sharing in the Father’s glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miles Gibson
The
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Christ
House of Prayer
Church Militant
Spirit of Christ
Calvary
Church Triumphant
At the Movies Paramount Schedule
Paramount offers Blood on the Moon starring Robert Mitchum and Robert Preston at 1 15, 3 24, 5 33, 7 42 and 9 51 p m Wake of the Red Witch with John Wayne and Gail Russell at 2 25, 5 30 and 8 45 p m Grand Canyon Trail starring Roy Rogers and Andy Devine at 1 15, 4 15, 7 20 and 10 35 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mitchum
Robert Preston
John Wayne
Gail Russell
Roy Rogers
Andy Devine
Ohio weekend traffic deaths rise to at least ten lives
A weekend spate of Ohio crashes left ten people dead. Names linked to fatalities include Morris S. Miller and Forest Shoup of Xenia, Artie B. McAllister of Wilmington, and Frank Dravniak and James Pernoskey in Cleveland. Others were William and Edward Harter near Painesville, Russell Goodson near Washington D. H, Earl Hoffman in Cleveland, and eight year old Mary Jo Muckley visiting Canton relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Ohio
Route
Wilmington
Morris S. Miller
Xenia
Forest Shoup
Ellen
Artie B. McAllister
Frank Dravniak
James Pernoskey
Cleveland
William C. Harter
Mentor-On-The-Lake
Edward J. Harter
Painesville
Route 44
Russell Ervin Goodson
Reeseville
Clinton County
Vital Statistics for Newman and Ingram in Ohio and Hamilton
Vital statistics show Jimmy E. Newman aged 12 from Mar tinsville Ohio and Mrs Catherine Ingram aged 81 from Hamilton. The brief notice records ages and locations without further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy E. Newman
Martinsville, O
Catherine Ingram
Hamilton
Local Drivers Lauded At Awards Conference
Wade Miller commends 21 Middletown firms for safety in a commercial vehicle contest at the Manchester Hotel. L. T. Kenney notes 46 firms logged 3,269,288 miles with only 40 accidents, an accident rate far below the national average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Iller
L. T. Kenney
Mid- Safety Council
F. W. Chew
Kenney
Middletown Ice and Coal Company
Middletown Sand and Gravel Company
Area Couples Welcome Newborn Girls and Boys
A series of birth notices lists several families and their newborn children. Pete Larris in Sutphin Street and Ellis Hall in Oxford Street each report a daughter. Frank Hunter in Springboro and Leonard Wilson on South Broad Street report a girl and a boy respectively. The Montgomeries in Middletown report a son. Samuel Shephard and Andrew Dobrozsi welcome daughters, as do George Wilder in Excello, Gordon Allen in Franklin, Russell Dougherty in Camden, and Herbert Forrest on Park Street with a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Larris
South Sutphin St
Ellis Hall
Oxford St
Frank Hunter
Springboro
Leonard Wilson
South Broad St
Sunny
Paul Montgomery
Middletown
Samuel Shepherd
Claradon Ave
Andrew Dobrozsi
First Ave
George Wilder
Excello
Gordon Allen
Franklin
Russell Dougherty
Camden
Herbert Forrest
Park St
Marriage Licenses Henry B Lytle and Anne E White
Henry B Lytle 35 salesman 235 Yankee Rd Mid dletown and Anne E White 30 librarian Mid dletown obtain a marriage license from the county clerk listed in the official notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Lytle
Yankee Rd
Anne E. White
Middletown
Local Births and Medical News Highlight Community Surnames
The notice lists several residents from Yankee Rd Kunz Ave Shafer St and other avenues. Names include Darrell Kinser Michael Mayer Elizabeth Gould Rodney Williams Horace G Fitzpatrick Wallace Drury Linda Sue Goff and Everett Myers with Merits of surgical or medical conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Kinser
C. E. Kinser
Yankee Rd
Surgical
Michael Mayer
R. C. Mayer
Kunz Ave
Elizabeth Gould
R. H. Gould
Shafer St
Rodney Williams
Horace G._ Fitzpatrick
Franklin
Wallace Drury
Pershing Ave
Linda Sue Goff
James Goff
Oxford State Rd
Medical
Mrs. Everett Myers
Highland St
Brundos Welcome A Son at Patterson Field Hospital
Mrs Monroe Brund and husband welcomed a baby boy named George W at Patterson Field Hospital Fairfield. Ellsie Miller listed as maternal grandparent and the Brunds are residents of Monroe with Fairfield ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Miller
Monroe, O
Monroe Brundage
Elsie Miller
Monroe
George W., Patterson Field Hospital
Fairfield, C
Area Mishaps Leave Ten Injured in Weekend Accidents
Seven adults and three children suffered injuries in area accidents over the weekend. None were serious. A family escaped major harm when their car hit a pole after colliding with another vehicle at Fifteenth Ave and Main St. Walter Dobzyneck and family, all treated for minor injuries, were involved. Police noted the car cut back into traffic before the pole broke. Earlier, three people were injured when their car overturned and struck a pole on Ohio 741 near Springboro. Driver Keith M Wray sustained a neck injury and severe ear cuts. Dorothy Kress had rib fractures and cuts. Mary Robinette suffered rib fractures and an eye injury. All treated at Middletown Hospital and released. accident car a 1947 convertible was demolished.
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Fifteenth Ave
Main St
Walter Dobzyneck
Veterans’ Village
Betty
Loraine
Juanita
Walter
Dobzyneck
Don E. Miller
Aberdeen Dr
Electric Company
Ohio
Springboro
Keith M. Wray
East Fifth St
Dayton
Dorothy Kress
Warren St
Mary Robinette
North Ave
Middletown Hospital
Eaton's Ambulance
Two Hamilton Men Injured In Driver's Debacle On Kyle's Station Rd
Patrolmen report a car crash on Kyle's Station Rd. injuring George Hipp driver of Hamilton Route 1 with a nose fracture and severe leg cuts, and Louis Kupper of 1306 Franklin St Hamilton with a left shoulder fracture and several lost teeth. Both were treated at Middletown Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Kyle’s Station Rd
George Hipp
Hamilton Route 1
Louis Kupper
Franklin St
Middletown Hospital
Dr Reuben F Pieters to Lead Long Beach Church
Dr Reuben F Pieters longtime pastor of First Presbyterian Middletown will assume the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church in Long Beach California around June 1 He disclosed plans after receiving a formal call and will seek dissolution of his Middletown pastorate at a congregational meeting May etc. He is credited with civic activities and youth programs and plans for a new church edifice on East Central Ave Middletown. He was born in Seoul and educated at Mercersburg Princeton Columbia Drew Miami receiving honorary Doctor of Divinity from Miami in 1948 He came to Middletown in 1940 and served in various church and civic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben F. Pieters
First Presbyterian Church
Long Beach
Calif
Dayton
Xenia
Presbytery
Los Angeles
Pieters
Middletown
East Central Ave
Seoul
Korea
Mercersburg Academy
Princeton University
Princeton Theological Seminary
Colum
Bia University
Drew Theological Seminary
Miami University
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Middletown Ministerial Association
Butler County Mental Hygiene Association
Garfield Mission
The
Civic Association
Salvation Army
Hospital Nurses
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D.es
Calvary Church
D. C. Campbell
Fellowship OF Prayer
Paramount
Central Avenue
Bobby Ray Cisco
North Broad St
Edith Salter
Clark St
William McClain
Pearl St
Lonnie Cates
Charles Ferguson
Girardie
Jess Gilbert
Jewell St
John Jones
Cathrym Jones
Michael Frazee
George Frazee
Kie Terrell
Grove St
John Bryant
Glen Ave
Clarence Popp
Curtis
Willie Detrow
Bert Detrow
Oneca St
Harry Comstock
Mary Sadler
Crawford St
William Springer
Ardmore
Emma Turner
South Sutphin
John Stringham
Easton Ave
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Armco Drainage and Metal Products
Sorg Paper Company
Middletown Journal
State Highway Department
Miami Valley Canteen Service
Diver Coal and Feed Company
Health Department
Borden's Ice Cream Company
Water Softening
Schaffenberger Florist
Crystal Tissue Company
Acme
Union Sanitary Laundry
Matthews Renovating
P. Lorillard Company
Reedy’s Foods
Pence’s
Williamson-Ziegler Furnace CO
N. Broad ST
Iladys
Casa Hern
Rea Ua
WSE
EE Laundromat Ic
Westinghouse Laundromat
Westinghouse
Melampy
Central Ave
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