Easter Egg Hunt At Armco Park Hopes For Warm Day
Weatherman expects clear Easter weather but cool temperatures as Armco Park prepares for the Retail Merchants Easter Egg Hunt. About 2 400 eggs will be hidden with a gilded goose egg worth five dollars among prizes. Park gates open at 1 p m with police and patrols guiding crowds and safety at crossings. Refreshments rides and Easter baskets for hospitalized children are planned.
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Middletown
Armco Park
Mercury
Retail Merchants Association
L. S. Cohn
Merchants
Lester
Salvation Army
Cohn
Gente
Lesterer
Manchester Ave
New York Central
Lustron home visitors near 50000 mark
The American Legion prepares gifts for the 50000th visitor to tour its Lustron home on Aberdeen Drive. Officials said the count since February erection is nearing that figure and Sunday is expected to push it over.
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The
American Legion
Aberdeen Dr
The Deep Dark Night Of The Soul Sermon Reflection
Prepared by George Miles Gibson for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America 1948 offers a meditation on despair after the crucifixion. It contrasts the disciples’ grief with the Resurrection, urging faith to dispel doubt and fear through prayer and the risen Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miles Gibson
The
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Jesus
Israel
Hell
Christ
Meetings set to present migratory waterfowl data
Dr. Clarence Cottam of the Fish and Wildlife Service announced a series of meetings to present data on migratory waterfowl to state officials conservation agencies and sportsmen's groups. A session is planned for Columbus Ohio on May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clarence Cottam
Fish and Wildlife Service
Columbus
Woman Is Unhurt When Hit By Car
Two minor city accidents were logged on Friday police blotter. Mrs. Harley E Hodson reported a left turn at First and Main struck a woman who refused medical aid. A separate incident involved Glenn Hoover whose car was hit by an Ortman-Stewart bus driven by Lester Stimson. Damage to Hoover’s car was about 75 dollars.
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Harley E. Hodson
Aberdeen Dr
Glenn Hoover
Jefferson St
Tytus
Elwood St
Ortman-Stewart
Lester Stimson
South Broad St
Hoover
County Enforces Dog Quarantine in Hamilton
Hamilton health officials report two rabies positive cases this week as dog bites rise. Dr. H A Moore and A M Clarke urge owners to follow the leash and quarantine rules. In Madison Township Mrs. Fanny Childree pays $50 suspended on dog license compliance. Quarantine began March 5 and is to be lifted June 2.
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Hamilton
H. A. Moore
A. M. Clarke
Health Commission
City of
Madison Township
Fanny Childree
Charles Paullin
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Promotions
Paramouint shows Good Sam with Gary Cooper and Ann Sheridan across Saturday and Sunday times for matinees and evenings. Strand screens Hidden Danger with Adrian Booth and Lloyd Bridges plus Dynamite with Richard Crane and William Gargan at listed late slots, and Hideout with Bridges and Booth along with Plunderers with Rod Cameron and Tiona Massey on Sunday.
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Good Sam
Gary Cooper
Ann Ann Sheridan
Gene Kelly
Esther Williams
Hidden
Adrian Booth
Lloyd Bridges
Richard Crane
William Gargan
Rod Cameron
Tiona Massey
Lebanon Trotting Association Meet Denied Again
In Columbus AP report the Lebanon Trotting Association’s second bid for a harness racing meet was rejected by the United States Trotting Association. Don Millar cited the decision as not being for the best interest of harness racing. The proposed night meet was May 21 to June 11. A Troy Trotting Association meet was approved for June 11 in Troy Ohio.
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Columbus, C
Lebanon Trotting Association
United States Trotting Association
Don Millar
Troy Trotting Association
Millar
Troy
Births at Hospital Reported in Vital Statistics
Mr and Mrs Cecil Hardin at 3035 Tytus welcomed a boy Friday. Mr and Mrs John McGuire of 6f Baltimore St had a boy Friday. Mr and Mrs Jack Brate of 115 South Canal St had a boy Friday. Mr and Mrs Paul Moore of Winona Dr greet twin girls Friday. Mr and Mrs Everett Williams of 1505 Lawn Ave had a boy Friday. Mr and Mrs Charles Burns of 506 Young St welcomed a boy Friday. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Tibbs Yankee Rd report a boy Saturday.
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Cecil Hardin
Tytus
John McGuire
Baltimore St
Friay
Jack Brate
South Canal St
Paul Moore
Winona Dr
Everett Williams
Lawn Ave
Charles Burns
Young St
Kenneth Tibbs
Yankee Rd
Marriage Licenses for Fugate and Kay Filed in Middletown
David A. Fugate age 26 and Mary E. Kay age 21, both residents of Middletown, have filed for marriage licenses according to local records. The pair plan to wed in the near term, pending standard civil ceremony formalities.
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David A. Fugate
Mary E. Kay
Middletown
Local Hospital Discharges and Dismissals List
Medical patients include Mrs. Maynard Ellis West Middletown Mrs. John Manker Middle town Route 2 Mrs. Ella Quiett Plymouth St. Frank Schneider Kenwood Dr. Hugh Melampy Middletown Route 2 surgical Paul J. Kinder Eighth Ave. medical Out of town Richard Kincaid River view Dr Fort Hamilton Hospital surgical. Dismissals include Joseph A. Haker Forest Ave Elmer Johnson North Clinton St Mrs Rosa Carrozza Centennial Ave Mrs Albert Davis Erie Ave John Hall Sr Excello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Ellis
West Middletown
John Manker
Middletown
Ella Quiett
Plymouth St
Frank Schneider
Kenwood Dr
Hugh Melampy
Paul J. Kinder
Eighth Ave
Richard Kincaid
Albert Kincaid
Riverview
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Rosa Carrozza
Centennial Ave
Albert Davis
Erie Ave
John Hall, Sr
Excello
Taxi Space Curbed On Verity Parkway
Police Chief Thomas Carmody ordered Myers Cab Co to keep one cab in the Kroger Market loading zone on Verity Parkway. Any other taxi must use loading only, after complaints about space shortages due to parking.
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Thomas Carmody
Myers Cab Co
Kroger
Two men cleared in municipal court disorderly conduct case
Judge Alton Combs acquitted Charles Noble 25 of 1600 Plum St and Milburn McGlothen 21 of 1201 Walnut St of disorderly conduct after arrest Monday near King Pin Cafe Reynolds Ave and Clinton St. James Fuller 22 of 700 Twentieth Ave was fined 25 dollars and jailed 30 days in Butler County Workhouse for disorderly conduct after an April 11 warrant issued by Dorothy Anderson Miller led to his arrest.
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Alton Combs
Charles Noble
Plum St
Milburn McGlothen
Walnut St
King Pin Cafe
Reynolds Ave
Clinton St
James H. Fuller
Twentieth Ave
Butler County
Fuller
Dorothy Anderson Miller
Eighteenth Ave
Fire breaks out in mail truck on Central and Main
Firemen responded at 6 33 p m Friday to a blaze under the hood of a Post Office mail truck driven by Daniel Fenton at Central Ave and Main St The short circuit caused the fire with no damage reported. The French chateau of Fontainebleau near Paris has long been linked to French royalty.
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Central Ave
Main S&t
Daniel Fenton
Local Man Suffocates In Waite St Fire
The Semper Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Church plans a Longview Hospital party hosted by the Middletown Longview Social League. Attendees include Mrs. Finley Lykins and many league members. Roy Whitesell leads song. Donations come from Pat's Market and others. Armco funded soap bars and candy.
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First Baptist Church
Longview Hospital
Middletown Longview Social League
Finley Lykins
Ee Walke
Ae J. H. Holman
Ernc Gose
Wilbur Egelston
Stanley Hall
Robert Patton
Clarence Lowe
Lewis Turner
Luther Brumfield
Melville Buckingham
League
Roy Whitesell
Pat’s Market
Sunbeam Bakery
R. N. Patton
A. and
Pee Eggleston
Two Accidents Reported By State Patrol Near Middletown
State patrolmen investigated two accidents on Route 122 west of Middletown with extensive property damage. Mrs. Ira Sickle, 45, fined $5 and costs for careless driving after backing into Kenneth Moore’s car. A second crash between Walter Perry and Robert Greer caused about $300 damage to each vehicle.
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Ira E. Sickle
Manchester Ave
Squire Lammie Bailey
Kenneth N. Moore
West Middletown
Middletown
Sickle
Moore
Walter Perry
General Delivery
Franklin
Robert Greer
Mound St
Osborne
Perry
T. J. Riley
Greer
Cleveland Man Named To Post Sandusky Liquor District Change
Anthony A. Rutkowski announced Hubert J. Lynch of Cleveland will become inspector in charge of the Sandusky enforcement district next Monday. The nine county district includes Sandusky Seneca Wyandot Crawford Erie Huron Richland Lorain and Ashland. Lynch, 36, previously served nine years in the Cuyahoga County sanitary engineer’s office and spent three and a half years in the Army as a sergeant in charge of enforcement of liquor and health codes for the Engineers Corps.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Sandusky
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Hubert J. Lynch
Cleveland
Lynch
Adolph Swita
Seneca
Wyandot
Crawford
Erie
Huron
Richland
Lorain
Ashland
Cuyahoga County
New York Stocks 11 00 A M Quotations
The New York stock report lists numerous issues with fractional gains and losses at 11:00 AM. Notable names include American Radiator Edison General Electric Great Northern Goodrich Montgomery Ward Mead National Steel and New York Central Railroad among others. A separate note mentions Columbia California once a bustling gold rush city with a 1850s population of 35,000 now near 350.
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Amer. Rad. Stan. San
Ei Teteteeeeeeee Steel
Baitoh
Columbia Gas & Electric
Emnmasrenten Edison
Great Northern
Greyhound
Goodrich
Oe . Int. Tel
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator , Newport Inc
New York Central, RR
Eoves
Ifk RR
Columbia
Calif
Abbott Gordon Appeals Slated For High Court Hearing
The State Supreme Court will hear both parts of the Abbott murder case next Friday in a calendar that includes Cyril Scotty Gordon’s appeal. Attorneys say 25 alleged errors are cited. if admittance is refused, the proceedings end. Mrs. Abbott faces second degree murder conviction, Gordon first degree. the Bellate Court upheld the verdicts.
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Hamilton
State Supreme Court
Abbott
Marie Conn Abbott
Cyril (Scotty) Gordon
Gordon
Cincinnati
Gilbert Condo
Ted Weiss
J. Joseph Marr
Bellate Court
Jack Ballard Wins KP Public Speaking Contest
Jack Ballard was named the winner of the Knights of Pythias Public Speaking contest at the lodge. He will represent Middletown at the Butler County Past Chancellor's Association meeting in Hamilton on Wednesday. Joan Heyer placed second, Hubert Hart and Phyllis Nickell took third and fourth. Prizes were 10, 5, 3 and 2 dollars. The four contestants spoke on government subsidization of public schools. The district winner advances to the sectional May 12 at Fort Huron, Michigan, with national finals potential and scholarships of 1000 and 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ballard
Knights of Pythias
Lodge
Middletown
Butler County
Fort Huron
Mich
Morrow Area Obituary for Harry Shepherd 63
Special obituary notice for Harry Shepherd 63 who died at his home near Morrow after a two month illness. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p m at Yale Funeral Home Morrow with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery Cincinnati. Survived by wife Ethel two children Harry Jr of Morrow and Mrs June Howe of Dayton mother Mrs Emma Shepherd of Oregonia three brothers Ray of Cincinnati Guy and John of Oregonia and sister Mrs Maude Chapman of Springfield.
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Morrow
Harry Shepherd
Yale
Rest Haven
Cincinnati
Shepherd
Williamson Heating Co
Ethel
Harry, Jr
June Howe
Dayton
Emma Shepherd
Oregonia
Ray
Guy and
John
Maude Chapman
Springfield
Deaths Last Night
Ment or Ohio Col Frank A Scott 76 Cleveland industrialist and head of the General Munitions Board and War Industries Board in WWI. Detroit Mrs Mary Thompson Stevens 85 one of Michigan s first women doctors and widow of Dr Rollin H Stevens chief radiology Grace Hospital internationally known.
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Associated Press
Mentor
Ohio
Frank A. Scott
Cleveland
General Munitions Board
War Industries Board
Detroit
Mary Thompson Stevens
Michigan
Rollin H. Stevens
Grace Hospital
Police Briefs on Stolen Cars and Recovered Vehicle
At 10 45 p m Friday a license plate 153 MX was turned in at headquarters by police who found it on Clinton Street. A stolen car was reported at 10 48 a m Friday by the Ohio Cab Company of Hamilton. The car, a black and gray Plymouth, was stolen between 7 p m Thursday and 7 a m Friday. At 2 40 a m police recovered a car owned by Mark Snivley of 928 Lafayette Street reported stolen at 12 17 a m. Snivley said the vehicle was taken from in front of 1016 Yankee Road at about 11 30 p m Friday. The car was found in the alley behind 1211 Grove Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton St
Ohio Cab Company
Hamilton
Mark Snivley
Lafayette St
Snivley
Yankee Rd
Grove
Early Easter Walkouts Idle Detroit Auto Workers
Easter weekend began for about 16 600 Detroit auto workers with limited impact on next weeks production. Ford Motor Company idled about 9 600 workers as some sought Good Friday services while Chrysler Corp sent home roughly 7 000 workers after a dispute over production rates.
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Detroit
Detroit Auto
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corp
West Chester Easter Union Service Planned
Easter union services will be held at the West Chester school tomorrow at 6 30 a m Readings and prayer will be offered by church leaders including Adam Weissinger and Earl Streifthau A poem will be read by Orville Bowker The sermon Jesus Lives will be delivered by Rev Byron H Sprague Music by the Southern Sisters of Dayton Dan Wagner Marilyn Wagner Donna Young and Rev Sprague A trumpet solo will be played by Richard E Mueller Breakfast will follow from 7 30 to 9 a m hosted by the Merry Mixers Beulah Streifthau is in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Adam Weissinger
West Chester Methodist Church
Earl Streifthau
Southern Sisters of
Dayton
Dan Wagner
Marilyn Wagner
Donna Young
Sprague
Richard E. Mueller
Cincinnati
Beulah Streifthau
Body Found In Pig Pen In Dover Murder Charge
A 16 year old Robert Vernon Brennan and his mother Inez Gertrude Brennan were arrested in Dover Delaware and charged with murder of 70 year old Wade Woodridge who was killed last October 10. The body was burned buried in a pig pen then dumped in Dover. An additional son Raymond is charged as an accessory. Woodridge came from Bedford Virginia. No motive is given.
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Dover
Del
Col
Herbert Barnes
Delaware State Police
Col. Barnes
Barnes
Robert Vernon Brennan
Inez Gertrude Brennan
Four Jailed As Material Witnesses In Dover Death
Four men were jailed last night as material witnesses in the death of 67 year old John Rohn. Coroner John F. Lake ruled the victim died of violence after a fall down stairs in a cafe on April 11 in Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
John F. Lake
John Rohn
Charles Blazer 60 Dies in Smoke Filled Cottage Fire
Charles Blazer aged 60 perished in a smoke filled Middletown cottage at 620 Waite Street after breaking from a bedroom window to escape. Firemen fought flames for hours, using gas masks, finding Blazer in a chair and later pronouncing him dead at Middletown Hospital. Surviving: two daughters Ruth and Allie, a son with the Seventh Cavalry in Tokyo, a half-brother and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Riggs Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite St. Charles
Charles Hansel
Blazer
Excelsior
Robert M. Lukens
Lukens
Middletown Hospital
Charlies Wenzel
Wenzel
George Pearson
Waite St
Police Department
Armco Steel Corporation
Green County
Tenn
Middletown
The
Eagles
Odd Fellows Lodges
Ruth
Allie
Knoxville
Cpl
Charles M. Blazer, Jr
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
Tokyo
Japan
John Henderson
Hendersonville
N.C
Riggs Funeral Home
Water Test Set For New Miami Project
HAMILTON The new 225000 water works and water main at New Miami will receive its first test Monday according to Herbert Davish, New Miami mayor. It is estimated city water will be available to about 250 households in a week or 10 days as pipes are cleaned and de contaminated. Final completion of the project financed largely through a bond issue is scheduled for July 1 when a 100000 gallon water tank will be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
New Miami
Herbert Davish
Sweeney Available for Ohio U.S. Senate Nomination
Columbus AP reports Rep. John Sweeney of Wooster says he is available for the Democratic nomination in the 1950 U.S. Senate race if Gov. Frank Lausche declines. Lausche declines to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Ohio
John Sweeney
Wooster
Frank Jd
Lausche
Honey Trouble Stinging Mrs Paige Seeks Help
In Bothell Washington Mrs Harland C Paige complains that a two year infestation of bees under her roof has built a 10 foot by 2 1/2 foot comb and stings have mounted. She seeks expert assistance to resolve the problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bothell
Harland C. Paige
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Fellowship OF Prayer
Melampy
Paramount
Eagle Hall
Jack) Volrich
Cecil Butts
Lustron Home
Blaines
Tytus Ave
Lebanon
Trots
Iemt Blazer
Waite Harry Shepherd
Joseph A. Haker
Forest Ave
Elmer Johnson
North
Clinton
Verity Parkway
Fontainebleau
Paris
Semper Fidelis
Longview Party
Patrol
New York
Reene & Brock
Abbott-Gordon
Middletown Ornamental Iron Co
Middletown Plating Co
Water St. Dial
Cail
Darling's
Darling & Company
Charles Blazer
Mary Litsch
Mi Sian
Reeves
Jewelers, Inc
Telephone
Bethany
J. O. Wyle
Bethany, Ohio
Philadelphia Ave
Everett Combs Shoe Repair Shop
First Church OF God
Crawford Street
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