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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1951
Page
11
Gordon Marte presents verse satirizing labor complacency with the refrain gimme this and gimme that. The poem quips about five cent cigars, guaranteed pensions, overtime, shorter weeks, recreation, and responsibility while critiquing shirking and entitlement in the workforce.
Joint services were held in the VFW club rooms Sunday afternoon as officers for both the VFW and the Ladies' Auxiliary of Post 3809 were installed. John Williams became post commander. Elmer Wilson is junior vice commander. Howard Brown chaplain. Glenn South officer of the day. Strates Demostenes guard. Bill Melampy quartermaster. Walter Williams post surgeon. Auxiliary officers include Frances Brown president. Roda Warmoth senior president. Helen Warmoth junior vice president. Norma Rhodes treasurer. Lyda Phillips secretary. Gertrude Angelus guard. Cassie Thompson chaplain. Sarah Miller conductor. Georgia Fullen trustee. Joyce Warmoth, and Hazel Archer and Hazel Sears as color bearers.
Poasttown Grange members entertain at Elk Creek Grange meeting in the hall. The business meeting begins at 8 p m with a program led by Barney Kesling of Poasttown to follow. Refreshments will be served after the entertainment.
Firemen reported a short circuit in the wiring of an auto owned by William Fuhr at 2214 Whittier Street caused five dollars in damage yesterday. The incident occurred on Hill Street.
Local births list many families with new twins and single babies. Notable entries include Clay Dalton at 1134 Thirkield Ave Fi kl' with twins, Earl Williams Route 3 girl, Ralph Kinser Route 3 boy, Ralph Garrett Farmersville Route 1 girl, Norman Cox West Middletown Route 1 boy, Theodore Sarris 111 Franklin St boy, Allen Selby Trenton boy, Stanton Sorrell 3508 Scott St girl, Fy Stogsdill 209 Crawford St girl, Victor MacFar lane 848 Ninth Ave boy, Marion Carr 513 Lincoln St boy, Lemuel Shepherd Germantown Route 1 boy, Winford Miller 2216 Fernwood S boy, Carr Popp 1018 Jackson St girl, Charles Stubbs 1400 Grove St girl.
Byron Allen Hackney and Joan Elaine Meeker both of Middletown apply for a license as a 25 year old student and a 25 year old Armco employee residing at 101 Kenwood Drive and 222 South Broad Street respectively. Richard Chamberlain and Shirley Rhea Hughes both of Armco and Office clerk ages 25 and 21 live at 2024 Wayne Avenue and 2100 Queen Street. Theodore Carl Sutton of Wierton West Virginia 19 and Marilyn Ann Malott 20 of Hamilton a stenographer and James M. Casey 25 laborer and Mary E. Dickerscheid 21 bookbinder both of Hamilton seek licenses.
Weather notes on opening day misfires as snow and rain dampen Cincinnati. Forecasters predicted flurries and cloudiness while residents dealt with treacherous driving, cold highs near 50 and lingering showers.
A compiled hospital notice lists numerous patients from Franklin and adjacent towns receiving medical or surgical care. Names include William Ralston, William Bacon, Perry Vanlandingham, Benny Platt, Harvey Clements, Edward Brate, Evan Hamilton, Harriet Prosperi, Chester Davis, Francesca Leonard, Thomas Moon, Franklin Marshall, and others. Discharges noted for James and Sandra Duffiey and several more residents are listed. The document mentions patients from multiple streets and towns, with many described as medical or surgical cases.
The Sherman School PTO held a covered dish supper in the school dining room last Friday. New principal W. S. Geckler was introduced by Mrs. Albe France. New officers for the coming school year were installed by Mrs. Paul Conley: Harold Smith president, Mrs. Jane Leasure vice president, Mrs. Horace Lawson treasurer, and Mrs. William Brooks secretary. Committee heads for the May 25 lawn fete were named by Howard Wren.
The Butler County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will discuss expanding its polio program at its monthly meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at the Manchester Hotel. Charles Reuthe, chairman, will preside.
A fragment notes plans for an opening event in Cincinnati, mentioning requirements for topcoats and related preparations. It outlines attire needs and hints at a traditional first-day gathering or ceremony without full details.
Canada’s Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake are each about half the size of Lake Michigan, highlighting Michigan’s relative volume among Great Lakes. This comparison notes the lakes’ vast scales and regional geography without extra detail.
Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce launches a clean up campaign with special trucks collecting usable furniture and clothing for Salvation Army to aid two local families. Don McKillop says pickups will occur April 28 after a general trash collection from April 23 for two weeks, with items placed on porches for easy access.
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