Mayfield Annexation Drive Sparks Community Meeting
A Mayfield pro annexation group formed after last night’s meeting in the Mayfield School auditorium. Five volunteers joined Barker’s organizing committee, with Ray Walker Norman Mac C D Nichols Mrs Richard Marksbury Thomas Webb and Andrew Myers later added. Supporters urged benefits of joining Middletown while opponents pressed concerns over rates water and fire protection. Attendance reached 125 as residents debated tax and service implications and the city’s policy of selecting areas for development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield School
Claude Barker
Township School Board
Barker
Ray Walker
Norman Mac
C. D. Nichols
Richard Marksbury
Thomas Webb
Andrew Myers
Middletown
City Commission
Township
Mayfield
Wilbur Flory
Kiwanians Hear Talk on Zulus at Noon Meeting
T D Greenway visiting metallurgist from ISCOR South Africa spoke to Kiwanians at the Manchester Hotel about Zulu customs. He described deer as a courtship ritual and a dowry tied to the bridegroom’s cattle wealth. Howard A Murray was named vice president of the Third Division Council. Otis Smith and William Cooper assumed local offices as eleven clubs attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Greenway
South Africa
Manchester
Greenway
Sign and Steel Industrial Company
ISCOR
Howard A. Murray
Council of
Kiwanis
Engineers Club
Dayton
Otis Smith
West Alexandria
William Cooper
Northridge
Dayton Club
Alpha Council Inspection Held at North Broad Street
William E. Burdsall of Hamilton led the inspection of Alpha Council No. 326 Jr OUAM conducted last night at 19 North Broad St. Five candidates received two degrees during initiation with the third to follow next Thursday. Short talks by Tom Stubbs and William Shahan. A past councilors meeting is set for Waynesville on Friday April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Burdsall
Hamilton
Alpha Council No. 326, Jr. Ouam
North Broad St
Tom Stubbs
William Shahan
Waynesville
At the Movies Paramount Showtimes
Friday and Saturday feature Albuquerque with Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton at 1 15 4 38 7 28 and 10 43 p m Tenth Avenue Angel stars Margaret OBrien and George Murphy showing at 3 24 6 14 and 9 29 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Albuquerque
Randolph Scott
Barbara Britton
Tenth Avenue Angel
Margaret O’brien
George Murphy
Crossed Trails and Fighting Mad Showings This Weekend
Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton star in Crossed Trails with showings Friday at 3 10 pm 6 10 pm 9 05 pm and Saturday at 2 05 pm 5 30 pm 8 30 pm 11 20 pm. Joe Kirkwood and Leon Errol headline Fighting Mad with screenings Friday at 1 20 pm 4 15 pm 7 10 pm and 10 pm and Saturday at 3 45 pm 7 10 pm 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton
Joe Kirkwood
Leon Errol
400 Students To Display Art In Downtown Windows
Four hundred pupils from public and parochial schools will demonstrate art in storefront windows as a preview for an April 20 Civic Association exhibit. From first graders to junior high, students will present crayon drawing stencil cutting printing construction handicraft papier mache free chalk modeling puppetry and more in cooperation with downtown shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Association
C. E. Greathouse and Son
John Ross
Middletown Paint and Glass Co
Cappels
Roy A. White Co
May Stern Co
John Hardware and Paint Co
Sears Roebuck Co
Giles and Link
Filson’s
Reed-Kropp Co
Central Store
Rathman Troup Furniture
Television tax report in error misinterpretation clarified
In Cincinnati yesterday Internal Revenue collector Thomas A. Gallagher said yesterday’s statement on the cabaret tax for cafes and taverns with television sets was misinterpreted. He explained the phrase motion pictures with or without sound does not include television sets and that venues showing TV only do not fall under the tax if no other entertainment is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Thomas A. Gallagher
Internal Revenue
City Briefs From Local Organizations This Evening
National Association of Power Engineers meets at 7 30 p m at the YMCA. Lafayette Lodge No 37 Knights of Pythias holds its weekly business at 7 30 p m at Castle Hall. Dial Radio Club, VFW sponsor, meets at 8 p m at headquarters. Gerald A Morris SCS farm planner to speak at noon to Middle town Social Workers Club in the Manchester Hotel. Armco Fabricating Division Foremen's Club dinner talk on Human Relations The Art of Togetherness by Fred Smith GSC employee relations chief. Dinner at 6 30 p m in the Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castleall
Gerald A. Morris
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Middletown Social Workers Club
Manchester Hotel
Armco Fabricating Division Foremen’s Club
Fred Smith
General Shoe Corp
Manchester
Minstrel Show Planned by Church At Avalon Church
A minstrel arranged by the Church of Christ will be presented at the Avalon Presbyterian Church at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Avalon Presbyterian Church
Cub Scouts Pack 6 Meet for City Building Tour
Cub Scouts of Pack 6 in uniform with parents will gather at 7 p.m. at the City Building for a guided tour of the city showing local landmarks and municipal features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub
Captain Charles R Porter Dies At Columbus Hospital
Captain Charles R Porter 43 of 2904 Oxford St died last night at University Hospital Columbus after a year and a half illness from a rare blood disease. He served the police department eighteen and a half years rising from patrolman in 1930 to captain in 1943, acting high chief, on leave due to illness. Active in YMCA work andPolice Pension Board member, he leaves widow Ruby son Donald daughter Betty mother Mrs Lucinda Porter four brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements with Klaus/McCoy-Leffler to be announced. burial Rose Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Porter
Oxford St
Police Department
University Hospital
Columbus
Porter
Middletown Hospital
Hugh A. King
YMCA
Police Pension Board
First Church of God
Crawford St
Captain Porter
Stark County
Ruby
Donald
Betty
Lucinda Porter
City
William
Middletown
Floyd
Dayton
Elliott
Springfield
Andrew
George Jackson
de Johnson
West Middletown
Sara DeHart
Elton
Wisconsin
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Brown Jewell Dies After Car Crash in Ohio Ravine
Brown Jewell 32 of Dayton died at 8:25 am in Middletown Hospital after a weekend hospital stay. He drove a car that sideswiped a Maineville man’s vehicle on April 4, then plunged 40 feet into a ravine off State Route 48 near South Lebanon. Body to be taken to Austin Indiana for services and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Jewell
Dayton
Middletown
Jewell
Thomas Wise
Maineville
South
Lebanon
Austin
Ind
Death Claims Mrs. Mary Rybolt at 59 in Middletown
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rybolt, 59, longtime Middletown resident and former secretary and nurse for Dr. C. T. Atkinson, died Thursday night after feeling ill. She and husband Alva had Been caretakers for the Sportsmen's Club on Michael Rd. Funeral arrangements are pending at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Rybolt
Sportsmen’s Club
Michael Rd
West Middletown
Alva
Middletown Hospital
Journal
Methodist Church
Pythian Sisters
Richard
Middletown
Charles
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles Greene
Long Island
Nat Greene
Chicago
John Greene
Tampa
Fla
Alma Greene
Milford, O
Delia Adams
Alice Lewis
Oroville
Calif
Ollie Brion
Columbus
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Ollie C King Dies at 66 in Mercy Hospital
Ollie Clay King 66 of 725 S Eighth St died yesterday at Mercy Hospital from a heart attack. He was a crane operator at the Lima Hamilton Corp. Survived by widow Leona two sons one daughter two brothers and three sisters. Services set for 2 p m Saturday at the funeral home.
Dillard Croucher services set for Saturday
Dillard Croucher, 44, of 910 S Eighth St, died Wednesday. Services will be at 10 a m Saturday at his brother Joseph Croucher’s home 26 A Veteran Village. Burial will be Greenwood Cemetery. Continued on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Dillard Croucher
S. Eighth St
Joseph Croucher
Greenwood Cemetery
Friendship Truck Sent by CIO Union on Relief Run
A Friendship Truck organized by the CIO Food and Tobacco Workers Union left Hamilton this morning and will travel through Middletown Findlay Lima Akron Toledo Detroit and Saginaw before ending at Harbor Beach Michigan. It aims to collect and dispatch more than 1 000 food and tobacco items for CIO members in Harbor Beach on strike. Alvin Green, CIO representative, said about 600 union members contributed to the effort while the truck sat near the P Lorillard and Company plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Food and Tobacco Workers Union
Harebor Beach
Mich
Hamilton
Middletown
CIO
Findlay
Lima
Akron
Toledo
Detroit
Saginaw
Harbor Beach
Alvin Green
CIO International
Green
P. Lorillard and Company
Weather Outlook Cloudy and Much Colder Saturday
The weatherman predicts a sharp temperature drop with considerable cloudiness. Thursday saw a low of 38 degrees and a high of 64 degrees by 3 pm. This morning's low was 8 degrees at 7 am and by 11 am the thermometer read 68 degrees.
Salary Adjustments Discussed For 12 Madison Instructors
The Madison Township Board of Education met with county superintendent C. H. Williams to discuss salary raises for twelve teachers. Bonuses may total up to 1639 dollars per teacher, less than expected from Daniels-Cramer Foundation funds. Attorney Harold G. Dance noted figures show surplus funds, with bonuses likely varying by training and other factors amid past contract disputes and alleged withholdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Township
Board of Education
C. H. Williams
Daniels - Cramer School Foundation
Harold G. Dance
Williams
Two Injured When Car Overturns Near Route 73
Bradley Russell, 22, of 11 S Clinton St, drove out of control on Route 73 and overturned. Russell suffered neck cuts. passenger Samuel Whitt, 32, of 404 Crooke St, Middletown, had hand cuts. Both treated at Middletown Hospital. Russell fined 25 dollars and costs, license suspended 30 days before Judge Alton H Combs. Robert F Spencer, 32, Cincinnati, jailed for driving under the influence. to appear in Hamilton court tomorrow. He was arrested on Route 4 by state patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Russell
S. Clinton St
Russell
Samuel Whitt
Crooke. St
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Alton H. Combs
Robert F. Spencer
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Spencer
Majority of Monroe property owners back new street lighting plan
Over 90 percent of Monroe property owners support funding a new street lighting system with a yearly $3.07 per thousand valuation assessment. 84 of 93 properties lined up behind the project, nine remain to be contacted. Council set for April 19 to act, with Middletown Gas and Electric Service as potential contractor. Earl Marshall and George Miller named to oversee dedication services. Clyde Pence and Walter Bender expected at Monday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Dale Constiner
Village Citizens Committee
Village Council
Constiner
Middletown Gas and Electric Service
Town Hall
Earl Marshall
George Miller
Man
Clyde Pence
The
Electric Company
Walter Bender
Ohio business group expects $800 more this year
Figures from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce indicate the group is entitled to about $800 more on the year as boosts would be paid in a lump sum in May under existing regulations. The remainder would be paid in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Lions Present Eye Test Machine at Noon Club Meeting
The Newman Eye Testing Machine was shown at the Lions Club noon gathering in the Manchester Hotel. Dr. Roy Granger explained the device before presenting it to Miss Ruth Heffner of the City Health Department. The machine will be used by school nurses to test children's vision and is regarded as highly accurate for school use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman
Lions Club
Manchester
Roy Granger
Ruth Heffner
City Health Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mayfield Annexation Organization
Alpha Council
Gough-Lamb Cleaners
National Association of Power Engineers
Dial Radio Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Columbus Hospital
Klaus
Charles Porter
Mary Rybolt
Ollie C. King
Speed
CIO Union
Madison
Eagle Hall
Lennix Lawson
Logan Ave
Tom Selby
Howard Johnson
Melampy
Central Ave
E Lions
Live-Wire High
Jackson
Middletown Journal
N. Broad St
Central Avenue
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