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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1951
Page
15
At 2 PM a police motorcycle halted before First National Bank after a false alarm triggered by a night-deposit vault repair. Patrolman Harold Gray led officers into the bank. technicians chased a short circuit at Oglesby-Barnitz Bank, causing the mix-up.
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings denying damages to former Democratic Congressman Walter B. Huber from the Akron Beacon Journal. Huber claimed $150,000 over a political ad by Ed Rowe’s campaign manager Paul Allshouse in the October 23, 1948 Beacon Journal. The ad cited Huber’s votes against anti Communist legislation in Congress.
CLEVELAND AP For the first time a Negro will serve as foreman of a Cuyahoga County grand jury Judge Joseph H Silbert named Dr Wade H McKinney 59 pastor of the Antioch Baptist church to that job Dr McKinney known as an ardent enemy of the numbers racket This marks another first for Dr McKinney In 1944 he became the first Negro to head the Ministerial Association of Greater Cleveland.
Federal Judge Emerick B Freed denied a habeas corpus writ to Ira Newton Coston a 47 resolving to return him to North Carolina to stand trial for attempted sexual attack He fled Hendersonville North Carolina in 1947 after a 17 year old girl accused him of attack on a field He says he only asked if she wanted to pick beans on his farm and she said no Coston is free on a 2500 bond awaiting removal under a federal fugitive warrant
Private Bill W. Dollinger of 1302 Yankee Rd arrives at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation to begin a 14 week basic training cycle with the 5th Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Laurence B. Keiser. He will be assigned to the 10th Infantry Regiment, with instructors largely combat veterans of World War II.
The Adult Program Committee of the YMCA discussed forming a club for people past retirement age at a meeting last night. Chairman Kirk Strodtbeck announced plans for a dinner meeting of dormitory men on Wednesday evening and discussed an informal education program in the fall.
Kings Mills, The Grace R King Guild met in the church basement and elected officers: A W Drake president W W Cline vice president Wil liam Wilson secretary Raymond Swigert assistant secretary C L Holden treasurer Grover Green assistant treasurer Elgar Enfield pianist A W Drake and family attended events as well as friends from Dayton and Cincinnati. Multiple visits, prayers, and social activities filled the week with dinners, programs, and neighborhood gatherings.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sellars of Monroe Michigan spent the weekend with relatives here. Preston Harris of Hamilton and Horace Kumler hosts. Mrs. Eddie Schenck hosts a stork shower with thirty guests. Fred Wilson and Jim Imhoff honored at a party for service soon. Many local guests attended, gifts of pen and pencil sets given to the honored youths. Mrs. T H Bell and children visiting Mason. Danny Baker and Gordon Burns attended Crosley Field game in Cincinnati. Dean Snethen and relatives visited Springfield.
Franklin J Joyce Benge has been confined to her home with illness in recent days. Roger Cooke Jr has been promoted to radioman second class at his San Diego base, a Navy telegraph school honors graduate and veteran of nearly three years. Donald Moore is in naval reserve training in Dayton and will sail after Franklin High School graduation. The Merry Eight Canasta Club meets Friday at Mrs Frank Harbach’s on Oxford Road. Recent dinner guests included Carl Rickard of Union Road.
Special services at Phillips Chapel C M E Church at 8 p m Friday feature Mrs Bertha Perkins in charge and a program dedicated to all parents Ushers Samuel Baldwin Johnnie White and Raymond Massey assist The Enterprise Baptist Church singers accompanied by Mrs Perkins perform two selections Are You Living In The Shadow Of The Cross I ll Be A Friend Of Jesus Evangelist Zelma Reed of Dayton guest speaker Bethesda Temple singers of Dayton Lillian Weaver Charlotte Ferguson Gertrude Wills James L Carter Tincoln Clements and Mrs Perkins as accompanists Rev M H Hayes pastor invites public regardless of race creed Note The Tally O Bridge Club met
Mr. and Mrs. Don Moren and daughter of New York City visited Germantown over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Phillabaum and family. Mary Martha Emley and Joanne Welch of Middletown returned Tuesday after visiting with Pfc. John Emley in Albany, Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Adams ac
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Childs several bridge sessions concluded with prizes to Joe Hunter James Saunders and Mrs Lavinia Warfield The next meeting will be hosted by James Saunders.
Mr and Mrs Charles Adams of Xenia dined at the West Milton Inn. Clarence Emerick returned Sunday after the State Post Masters Convention in Columbus. Mr and Mrs John Poffenberger announce the birth of a daughter at Grandview Hospital Dayton. Ira Zimmerman left on a plane for Cherry Point NC to visit with Mrs and Mrs Dan Anslinger Jr and
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