Building Standards Ordinance Gets Third Reading Tonight
Middletown moves toward a third reading and adoption of a Building Standards and Appeals Board to interpret the building code and hear appeals. The measure, revised from the original, would study code revisions and compare with Cincinnati. The meeting also previews building code changes, a police promotions list, removal of a barn for a new reservoir, storm sewer plans, undeveloped streets vacation in Wildwood, and bids for city equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Building Standards and Appeals
Middletown
City Commission
Standards Board
Fred J. Schatzmann
Cincinnati
Maxwell Finkleman
Orville Corson
Paul Fouts
James Combs
P. F. Johnson
Civil Service Commission
Mancini, Miller and Thompson Company
Detroit
Harlan Park
Wildwood
Sutphin St
Schatzmann
Water Works Department
Essay winner to start trip to Washington
Miss Janet Johnston one of 12 Ohio American Legion Essay Contest winners receives an eight day trip to Washington D C. The Middletown High sophomore will meet the group in Columbus and join 11 others in Uniontown Pa for a Virginia trip, Norfolk to Baltimore, then Washington D C before returning via the Pennsylvania Turnpike. This marks Middletown’s second straight year with a state prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Jonston
American Legion
Washington,d. C
Miss Johnston
William F. Johnston
Milton Rd
W. L. DeWeese
Department of Ohio American Legion
Ohio
Middletown High School
Columbus
Uniontown
Virginia
Jamestown
Norfolk
Baltimore
Washington D. C
Pennsylvania
Middletown
Shirley Maxwell
Los Amigos Club Meeting At Mrs Domi Neck Home
Colored news item notes games and prizes won by Ruth Watson Janet Jackson and Dorothy Hall at the Los Amigos Club gathering hosted by Mrs John Domi neck. Next meeting slated for Mrs Georgine Gregorys home. A separate line states reindeer have aided humans for about 30 000 years in various countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Amigos Club
John Domineck
Ruth Watson
Janet Jackson
Dorothy Hall
Georgine Gregory
Women Safety Leaders Meet Thursday in Middletown
A special Middletown Safety Council Women’s Division committee meeting led by chairwoman Mrs Evelyn Beck is set for Thursday at 2 pm in Verity Hall Nurses Home. Attendees include Mrs Calvin Young Mrs W D Walker Mrs Sam Tutt Mrs R D Stevens committee members and Mrs Carl Bogan division president plus Paul Wilson local safety director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Obituary notice for Everett Radabaugh 62 Armco employee
Everett Radabaugh 62 of 4212 Central Ave an Armco Steel employee for 35 years died suddenly in Galveston Texas while on a vacation trip. He was a shearman and crane operator and is survived by two sons Harold and Robert, five daughters Dorothy Gladys Hilda Trent Helen Demaris Ruth Fugett five grandchildren two sisters Kathryn Brehany Arvilla Radabaugh. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Ronald Boyer officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 3 5 and 7 10 p.m. Homer D Leffler flew to Texas today to fly the body back and another employee will return with the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Steel Corporation
Harold
Robert
Dorothy
Gladys
Hilda Trent
Helen Demaris
Middletown
Ruth Fugett
Massillon
Kathryn Brehany
Arvilla Radabaugh
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Ronald Boyer
Woodside Cemetery
Homer D. Leffler
Texas
Obituary for John G Cassidy of Germantown Avenue
John G Cassidy 49 of Germantown Avenue died suddenly at 2 15 p m yesterday at his residence. He worked as a maintenance man at Sun Shine Biscuit Company of Dayton. Survived by widow Cloaie two brothers Roy Cincinnati Rollie Dayton two sisters Mrs Ethel Haddix and Mrs Stella Elam and many nieces and nephews. Funeral Friday 2 pm at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Dr R C Caudill officiating. Burial Mt Pleasant Cemetery Peastown. Calling hours Wednesday 7 10 p m and Thursday 2-5 and 7-10 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Cassidy
Germantown
Sunshine Biscuit Company
Dayton
Cloaie
Roy
Cincinnati
Rollie
Ethel Haddix
City
Stella Elam
McCoy-Leffler
R. C. Caudill
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Peasttown
Middletown Nurse Mrs Strunk Dies After Illness
Mrs Jennie Strunk aged about 60 or more, a longtime Middletown resident and one of the town's first practical nurses, died at 6 p m yesterday at East Orchard Rest Home Lebanon after a two year illness. She lived in Middletown since 1903 and was active in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Survivors include her son Flood of Middletown a niece Ruth Lutz and a nephew Russell of Cincinnati. Funeral services by Joseph R Baker and Son Funeral Home with Rev Rudolph Bata officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Strunk
Manchester Ave
Middletown
East Orchard
Lebanon
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Flood
Ruth Lutz
Russell
Cincinnati
Joseph R. Baker and Son
Rudolph Bata
Woodside Cemetery
Pioneer Warren County resident Ella Graham Johnson dies
Mrs. Ella Graham Johnson, 93, of Ridgeville, longtime Warren County resident, died at her home after several weeks illness following a hip fracture. Survived by sister Mrs. Clara Spence and six nieces. Funeral by Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Springboro Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ella Graham Johnson
Warren County
Ridgeville
Clara Spence
Johnson
Springboro
Death Notice for Stephen Bray at Middletown Hospital
Stephen Bray, 72, died at 9 10 am today at Middletown Hospital. He lived at 2000 Erie Ave. Survived by brother John and two sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Cov Leffle Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Bray
Middletown Hospital
Erie Ave
John
Middletown Safety Dramatization Week Chairman Named
J. W. Chew was named chairman of Middletown 1950 Safety Dramatization Week at the Safety Council Board of Control meeting. Details on preparations and dates will follow. The board endorsed a Green Pennant Safety program for schools and discussed a Merchants Division to aid safety in stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Chew
Middletown
The
Safety Council
Board of Control
Paul Wilson
Jerome Inwood
Retail Merchants Association
Middletown Safety Council
Wilson
Inwood
Merchants Association
Louis Gaston
James Frommeyer
St. John's Church
City Teachers To Hear British Instructor Elect Officers
Middletown Classroom Teachers Association meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Girls Club with Mss Doreen Coates from Acton England as speaker on Better Relations Between Great Britain and the United States She is a Derwentwater School for Infants teacher now teaching first grade in Monroe School Hamilton The meeting will also elect officers with nominees for president Miss Katherine Roudebush and Ray Standafer vice president Miss Frances Heilman and Miss Mildred Winkelman recording secretary Miss Loraine Hudson and Miss Mary Suilfsted corresponding secretary Mrs Sylvia Carroll treasurer Miss Alice James and Harry Philips Other business includes proposed constitutional changes and the program committee is Virgil Browning chairman with Miss Lillian Long and Miss Katherine Roudebush social hour hosts listed as Hazel Bynerton Sulf sted Mary Adams Alma Tinley Roberta Gibbs Mollie Howland and Mary Koogle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreen Coates
Hamilton
Middletown Classroom Teachers’ Association
Girl's Club
Miss Coates
Great Britain
United States
Acton
England
London
Derwentwater
Monroe School
Ruth Lewis
Katherine Roudebush
Ray Standafer
Frances Heilman
Mildred Winkelman
Loraine Hudson
Mary Suilfsted
Sylvia Carroll
Alice James
Harry Philips
Funeral Home.
Funeral home notice incomplete at presstime with details unavailable.
Services for Arthur Greathouse in Waynesville
Arthur Greathouse 59 former Warren Countian died at his Fort Myers Florida home yesterday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Stubbs Funeral Home Waynesville. Burial will be in Memorial Park Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Arthur Greathouse
Warren Countian
Fort Myers
Fla
Stubbs
Waynesville
Memorial Park
Dayton
Deaths: Orr Purvis Rowand Camp Grand Briugha Reisner
Obituary roundup lists William A Orr 68 former New York Tribune editor. Kathleen Purvis 54 mother of Deborah Kerr. Judge Harry H Rowand 79 former Allegheny County presiding judge. Henry N Camp 44 Florida phosphate miner and cattle rancher. Antonio Briugha 67 mother-in-law of Spyros Skouras. Gordon Grand 67 utility executive fox hunting authority. Mary Bronson Reisner 80 widow of explorer and mother of author Mary Bronson Reisner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
NEW York
William Anderson Orr
Old New York Tribune
Charles S. Whitman
New York State
Wingham
Ontario
Pittsburgh
Harry H. Rowand
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Orangeburg, S. C
Henry N. Camp
Florida
Ocala, Fla
Millbrook
N. Y
Gordon Grand
Utility
Messina
Sicily
Antonio Briugha
Spyros P. Skouras
20th-Century-Fox Films
Lafayette, Mnd
Mary Bronson Reisner
George Andrew Reisner
Boston
Harvard
Egypt
American Day Theme Reflects Half Century Progress
The 1900 Americans Build America 1950 theme will headline this year’s I Am An American Day celebration. Paul Long announced the theme at the parade committee meeting, with Wylie Mitchell co leading the float committee. The mammoth parade is set for Sunday May 21 under Judge Fred B Cramer, drawing thousands from Middletown and nearby areas. Numerous organizations will join with many floats and regalia celebrating Americanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Paul Long
General Committee
Long
Wylie Mitchell
Fred B. Cramer
Middletown
Junior Police Club Leaders Schedule Meeting Today
Members of the committee for the Junior Police Club sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police were to meet at 4 p.m. to plan this year’s activities. The club runs summer sports at Rathman Park. Committee members include Detective Joseph Blackmore Sergeant Douglas Barrett Patrolmen Larry White James Miller Arnold Ferguson and Harold Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraternal Order of Police
Rathman Park
Joseph Blackmore
Douglas Barrett
Larry White
James Miller
Arnold Ferguson
Harold Gray
Riding Hic and House Across the Street At Paramount Strand
At the movies listings show Paramount presenting Riding Hic with Bing Crosby at 1 15 3 15 5 20 7 25 9 30 p m and Strand presenting House Across the Street with Wayne Morris Janis Paige at 2 35 5 00 7 25 9 45 p m plus vaudeville on stage at 1 45 4 10 6 30 and 9 p m Thursday Beautiful Blonde of Bashful Bend with Betty Grable Cesar Romero at 1 15 4 45 8 15 p m and Battling Hoofer with James Cagney Mona Barrie at 2 35 6 05 9 10 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Morris
Janis Paige
Beautiful Blonde
Bashful Bend
Betty Grable
Cesar Romero
Battling Hoofer
James Cagney
Mona Barrie
Middletown League President to Attend National Convention
Mrs J H Stalker president of the Middletown League of Women Voters will travel to Atlantic City New Jersey for the League of Women Voters National Convention from April 24 to 28 She will join delegates from 48 states to adopt a national work plan and elect new officers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stalker
Middletown
League of Women's Voters
League of Women Voters
Atlantic City
N. J
Stalker
League
Vital Statistics Report Names Four Local Residents
Mrs. Jennie Strunk of 1711 Manchester Ave. Mrs. Ella Graham Johnson, 93, of Ridgeville, O. mantown Route 1 Everett Radabaugh, 62, of 4212 Central Ave. Stephen Bray, 72, of 2000 Ty tus Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Strunk
Manchester Ave
Ella Graham Johnson
Ridgeville
Local Births Reported in City and Out of Town
Mr and Mrs Willis Daniels of 19 Moore St welcome a boy yesterday. Mr and Mrs Donald Hueber of Germantown greet a girl today. Out of town birth: Mr and Mrs Charles Ramey Bea Hoskins of Columbus announce a girl Monday at Columbus White Cross Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Herman Hoskins of 113 Franklin St and Mrs C L Ramey of 501 Garfield St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Daniels
Moore St
Donald Hueber
Germantown
Charles Ramey
Bea Hoskins
Columbus
Columbus White Cross Hospital
Herman Hoskins
Franklin St
C. L. Ramey
Garfield St
Hospital Notices From West Middleton and Surrounding Areas
Medical and surgical notices list Melvin Bishop of West Middleton Route 1 Mrs. William Dooley of Woodlawn Avenue surgical cases include Mrs. Arthur Elam of West Middletown Route 1 and Mrs. Harold Schuyler of Highlands Street Delbert Moore of Foster and Nellie Lickliter of Philadelphia Avenue also noted plus Marion Mehl and Paul Redkey of Wilbraham and Henrietta Ellsworth of Wilson Street Kenneth Profitt son of Charles Profitt of Queen Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Bishop
West Middletown
William Dooley
Woodlawn Ave
Arthur Elam
Michael Reynolds
Walter Reynolds
First Ave
Harold Schuyler
Highland St
Leona Williams
Trenton
Delbert Moore
Foster
Nellie Lickliter
Philadelphia Ave
Marion Mehl
Logan Ave
Paul Redkey
Wilbraham
Henrietta Ellsworth
Wilson St
Kenneth Profitt
Charles Profitt
Queen St
Brotherhood Session On Brotherhood Week Program
Malcom B Chandler director of the National Conference of Christians and Jews spoke at Bethel A M E Church on meaning of brotherhood and the founding of Brotherhood Week 17 years ago Other participants included Mrs Robert Nickel Rev and Mrs R Taylor Rev Fletcher E Shoup Mrs Ann Dorenbush Mrs Mary Hall and Mrs Nannette Campbell of Dayton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcom B. Chandler
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Bethel A. M. E
Robert Nickel
R. Taylor
Fletcher E. Shoup
Ann Dorenbush
Mary Hall
Nannette Campbell
Dayton
Television and telephone combo proposed for sighted calls
A long proposed system would install a television set with telephones so each speaker could see the other, but the equipment remains too expensive for widespread use.
Brother Ivie Sued For 39350 In Rent Refusal
A Hamilton couple, Earl Lester Young and Florence Pearl Young, file in Butler County Common Pleas Court against evangelist Earl Ivie for 39305.20 alleging a five year lease on Moonlight Gardens Engles Crossing Lemon Township near Middletown, with rent 650 monthly and unpaid February through April plus alleged abandonment and nonpayment for repairs and a gravel lien. They seek 35100 in lost rent plus 2600 return of rent and 1500 damages and the lien. A second suit by Bertha Woods Middletown seeks 2200 for injuries from an automobile collision and 1000 for auto damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ivie
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Hamilton
Earl Lester Young
Florence Pearl Young
Ivie
Moonlight Gardens
The
Youngs
Middletown Sand and Gravel Company
Common Pleas
Bertha Woods
Middletown
J. W. Holman
Middletown Pike
Civitans Plan Box Social Today
Final plans for a box social were set at the Civitan Club noon meeting. The social will be at 6 30 p m at the Wilson barn for members and wives. Louella Englen of WPFB spoke on the woman’s place in radio and on a farm. Edward Dell, former municipal judge, will speak next noon on his experiences in the Japanese War Criminal Trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Wilson Barn
Louella Englen
WPFB
Edward Dell
Flue Fire Strikes Fleming Road Home in Quiet Week
Fire crews from Company 2 responded to a flue fire at 2613 Fleming Rd at 11 a.m. today. The fire was extinguished by 11:04 with no reported injuries. Property owner listed as William Imhoff. occupant named Don Imhoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleming Rd
Middletown
Company 2
William Imhoff
Don Imhoff
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Noland
Central Ave
NIVW
Lambers
Grenadier
Tae
Ereifthau's
Washington
Colored News
Everett Radabaugh
Armco
Galveston
Tex
Radabaugh
Mrs
Ella G. Johnson
Freddie Fix-It
Council
Eral
Virgil Browning
Lillian Long
Hazel Bvnnerton
Sulfsted
Mary Adams
Alma Tinley
Roberta Gibbs
Mollie Howland
Mary Koogle
Weston - Super - Mare
Kathleen Purvis
Deborah Kerr
Hollywood
Paramount
Bing Crosby
Brotherhood
Civitans Plan Box
Reynolds Ave
Mary Ellen McDaniels
Public Accountant
of Public Accountants Society OF Ohio
Woodlawn
Rytar
Denny
First National
Ments
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
GEM City
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