Robert Moore Wins Oratorical Contest at Middle Town High
Middle Town High School senior Robert Earl Moore won the Arwitz Oratorical Contest during the weekly assembly. He spoke on The Road to Success. Second place went to Don Crowley with What Price Freedom? and Mike Holland earned honorable mention with We Know Not What We Do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Earl Moore
Middletown
Moore
Don Crowley
Mike Holland
Hubert Hart
Jack Ballard
Darrell Hodge
United States
Dixie League Election Set For Thursday
The Dixie League plans its monthly meeting at Maple Park School at 8 p.m. on Thursday to elect officers. Unopposed president candidate C. F. Myers. vice president John Perry and Nerval Leichty. secretary nominees Mrs. Hazel Dennis and Mrs. Bette Grant. treasurer Ed Schiller and other nominations to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Maple Park Scho
C. F. Myers
John Perry
Nerval Leichty
Hazel Dennis
Bette Grant
Harold Lechty
Judy Leichty
Ed Schiller
Three Injured in Route 122 Collision near West Middletown
A Route 122 collision west of West Alexandria Rd injured three people. Kenneth Irwin, 27, of 510 Oxford State Rd, backing from a lane, struck Edwin B. Smith, 39, of Beet Middletown. Irwin suffered head contusions and a concussion. Smith had a severe facial cut and contusions. Both were taken by ambulance to Middletown Hospital. Smith was released after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Fitrgivens
Route 122
West Alexandria Rd
Fitrgivens
Velte Farm Equipment Store
West Middletown
Kenneth Irwin
Onxford State Rd
Edwin B. Smith
Beet Middletown
Irwin
Smith
Middletown
McCoy-Leffier
Car Crash Sends Frakes To Middletown Hospital
Frank P. Frakes 2 of 2025 Winton Sr. was treated for cuts to the scalp and right leg after his car left the road and struck a woven wire fence at 2 30 a m on Oxford State Rd near the Route 4 junction. He told patrolmen he fell asleep and was treated and released from Middletown Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Frakes
Winton Sr
Oxford State Rd
Frakes
Middletown Hospital
Bus Terminal Proposal Considered by Lebanon Council
Lebanon village council heard a plan for a consolidated bus terminal to ease Broadway Street congestion where three lines unload passengers. John Hufford of Beel Bus Line urged the project as a shared facility for Greyhound Middletown Monroe and Beel Lines. No action was taken. study and joint meetings will follow.
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Lebanon
Broadway St
Johnn Hufford
Beel
Greyhound Bus Line
Middletown - Monroe + Lebanon
St John School to Close Friday PTA Meeting Declares
St John’s PTA announced Friday closure of St John School. The meeting named Mrs John Dobrovsi chair of the nominating committee with several others. Elections planned in May after a covered dish dinner with a sewing machine donation for the Sisters Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's School
St. John’s
PTA
John Dobrovsi
Ann Kittel
Josephine Keathan
Pauline Werner
Harold Blank
Singer
Mary Wille
Gilbert Reider
Howard Reider
Melvin Steele
Bible Class Leader Speaks at Middletown Co-Operative Club
Jamee Wikoff, director of the Stiles Bible Class, addressed the Middletown Co-Operative Club at the Manchester Hotel. He presented a History of Ohio detailing early days, natural resources, and industry development. Tom Brown was named chair of a joint committee with the Federation of Women’s Clubs for a spring campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamee Wikoff
Stiles Bible Clase
Middletown
Brown
Tom Haird, Jr
Carl Jay
David Armbruster
Davien man injured by falling brick at Gordon Theater
Jene Heaten, 31, of 424 Fast Sixth St Davien, sustained a fractured skull yesterday at the old Gordon Theater building. He is reported in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital after being struck on the head by a falling brick and knocked from a ladder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jene Heaten
Fast Sixth St
Davien
Gordon Theater
Middletown
Attorney Protest Over Building Standards Board Plan Here
Maxwell Finkleman attorney protests a proposed ordinance to form a five member Board of Building Standards and Appeals. He calls the plan unconstitutional, cites lack of appellate rules and court access, and warns of referendum or court action. City commissioners hear the protest as readings proceed. In Cincinnati, City Manager W R Kelley backs a Building Standards board initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Building Standards and Appeals
Maxwell Finkleman
Finkleman
Peronal
Finklerton
Cormunission
Building Code Committee
Orville Coreen
Cincinnati
W. R. Kelley
City Commissioners to receive final building code report
The Building Code Revision Committee will present its shortened revised code to the City Commission tonight. J. D. Sawyer, chair, says a subcommittee trimmed proposals and a fully new code may be adopted later. Also on the agenda is J. A. Ryan’s report on midtown crossings and a March police stat noting drops in arrests and thefts compared with 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
J. D. Sawyer
Sawyer
Orville Carson
Pear
Board of
Building Standards and Appeals
J. A. Ryan
Columbia Ave
New York Central Railroad
Ryan
Fred J. Schatzmann
Central Ave
Bvean
Alita Viera
Alta Vista
March
Police Thugs In Gun Fight Leave Two Hit In Akron Raid
Police fired more than 60 bullets in a gun battle with two hoodlums trapped in the Fostern Cartage truck garage. One suspect, Charles Pinkerton, 72, was shot while escaping. Ralph Reid Raines, 26, surrendered after Pinkerton fell. Detective James Flanagan was grazed. both sides suffered casualties. The duo, with long police records, planned to steal a truck for a safe cracking job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Fostern Cartage Company
Charles Pinkerton
People's Hospital
James Flanagan
Pinkerton
Ralph Reid Raines
Radio Editor of AP Dies in New York
Ray Bird Johnson 58 radio editor for the Associated Press in New York City died yesterday at Nassau County sanatorium after tuberculosis treatment. Born in Norwalk he worked for the Cleveland News Detroit Free Press Philadelphia Public Ledger and joined AP in 1927. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
APS
Ray Bird Johnson
Associated Press
New York City
Nassau County
Jenson
Norwalk
Cleveland News
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia Public Ledger
New York
Havas Agency
Trans-Radio Press
Johnson
Train crash near Bareilly kills fifty in Uttarpra desh
Fifty people died when a passenger train derailed and plunged into a stream 45 miles south of Bareilly in Uttarpra desh. Seventy three were reported injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Bareilly
Uttarpradesh
Audit Scheduled for Salvation Army Accounts
Kenneth Sharp com mandant of the local Salvation Army unit reported this morn ing that a semi annual audit of the Salvation Army accounts here will be taken Friday.
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Kenneth Sharp
Salvation Army
Cinderella at Paramount and Isnt 1 Romantic at Strand
Paramount shows Cinderella in a Walt Disney cartoon at 1 50 3 50 5 50 7 50 and 9 50 p m Wednesday and Thursday Strand features Isn t 1 Romantic with Veronica Lake and Patric Knowles at 1 15 4 45 and 3 20 pm and The Accused with Loretta Young and Robert Cummings at 2 45 6 20 and 9 50 p m.
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Paramount
Veronica Lake
Patric Knowles
Loretta Young
Robert Cummings
Scout Committee Meeting Tonight At Civic Association
The Pokey Griffith Boy Scout district committee meet ing will be held tonight at 7 30 at the Civic Association building. Scout executive Paul Parker says the meeting was called by Harold Sebald district committee chairman. The operating committee chairman and institutional representatives will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pokey Griffith
Civic Association
Paul Parker
Harold Sebald
Fourth Man Charged in Cincinnati Holdup
A year-old Cincinnati man faced robbery charges in a $7,000 holdup of a building and loan company last Friday. George P. Honeycutt was the fourth suspect linked to the crime and had reportedly pledged to help his co-defendants obtain bonds and defense counsel if caught. He was released under bail terms.
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Cincinnati
George P. Honeycutt
Tressurer
Herman Wiehe
Honeycutt
Honey
Bon
Vernon Jones Elected President of SPEBSOSA Chapter
Vernon Jones named president of the Raz or's ege SPEBSOSA chapter for 1950. Robert Baker becomes vice president with Richard Trout as secretary and W A Kuwenzel as treasurer. Temeron Thorn and Ray Lovely are reelected directors. The group hosts Veterans of Foreign Wars at the April 25 open house and April 21 Ladies Night with Lebanon Chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Razor’s Ege
Spebsosa
Vernon Jones
Robert Baker
Richard Trout
W.A. Kuwenzel
Temeron Thorn
Ray Lovely
Lebanon
Four Adult Classes To Meet Thursday
A combined meeting of the four Salvation Army Sunday School classes will be held Thursday at 7 15 PM in the Citadel. Ground from Citadel Garfield Miction Rolling Mill Park and Miltonville will attend. Miss Violet Franklin leads the social hour and refreshments are served by the Citadel Class group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Armee
Citadel
Thomas Piergall
Garfield
Violet Franklin
Jamboree Committee Meeting Set by Area Council
Members of the Mound Builders Area Council Boy Scout Jamboree Committee will meet at 7 30 p m tonight at the Chaney Partner Company office in Franklin. E H Bindley will preside with Charles Gray Springboro Jack Gray Mason and George Harvey and Evan Hamilton Middletown also attending. Main business includes final decision on this council's representation at the jamboree and training of the area unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound Builders’ Area Council
Franklin
Chaney Parner Company
E. H. Bindley
Charles Gray
Springboro
Jack Gray
Mason
George Harvey
Evan Hamilton
Middletown
Rock of Gibraltar Faces Crumbling and Shrinking
Geological experts warn that the Rock of Gibraltar is deteriorating as erosion and rockfalls continue. Scientists cite ongoing weathering and structural instability threatening cliff faces and coastal areas around the promontory.
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Rock of
Gibraltar
County Roads To Be Repaired In Butler County
Contracts awarded at Columbus for highway improvements by the Ohio Highway Department. In Butler County seven projects will be done by L. P. Cavette Company of Lockland for 39 943 dollars, well below the 48 861 dollar estimate. Work covers Route miles in Lemon Township and Madison Lemon Townships, miles of Route 73 in Madison Wayne and St Clair Townships, Route 744 in Milford Wayne Madison Townships, Route 177 in Milford Township, and Route 732 in Oxford and Reily Townships.
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Columbus
Orie Highway Department
Butler County
L. P. Cavette Company
Lockland
Lemon Township
Madison
Lemon Townships
Madison, Wayne and
St. Clair
Rowe
Milford
Wayne
Madison Townships
Milford Township
Oxford
Reily
Princeton Pike Road Closure for Repairs This Week
State route 747 Princeton Pike is closed this week for repairs between the junction south of LeSourdeville on Route 4 and Giessale. The closure is expected to last four weeks with local detours in place.
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Princeton Pike
LeSourdeville
Giessale
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Calvin Young
Walter Bender
L. C. Lynch
George Bach
D. R. Haker
B. F. Hurwitz
Robert FE. Moore
Dixie League
Yankee Rd
Johnston's
Crawford &T. Dial
ST. John School
Watt
Comase
Coolerator
Gem City
GEM City Ice Cream CO
Scout
Mary Ellen McDaniels
Public AccountAnt
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Woodlawn
American Forestry CO
Hamilton
Interstate Securities
DIAL
Progres
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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