Women Workers Hit By Closing Of Two Middletown Plants
The scheduled closings of Eversharp and P Lorillard threaten jobs for 472 Middletown women. Eversharp will shift to Chicago, reducing 259 female workers from 329 total, while Lorillard has 213 women from 484 employees. Local options are limited as production roles vanish, with clerical positions more available. Community impact warned by Middletown Employment Center manager P F Johnson. Potential moves include Bendix Aviation Hamilton General Electric Lockland and Monsanto in Miamisburg, raising concerns families may uproot as women struggle to find comparable work nearby.
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Suasaal
Middletown
Eversham
Chicago
Eversharp
Lorillard
P. F. Johnson
Johnson
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Hamilton
General Electric
Lockland
Monsanto Chemical Company
Miamisburg
Commissioners Act Tonight On Area Work
City commissioners plan action on area improvement projects with petitions from Wilson Elementary School Highview Road and Kensington Street. Starick the city manager noted 74.3 percent owner signups meet the required 60 percent and preliminary work is underway to process petitions as they arrive while notes will be issued to finance Wildwood and Foldorado subdivision improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
H. W. Starick
Wilson
Highview Rd
Starick
Burton Rd
Central
Grand Ave
Kensington St
Wildwood
Foldorado
Middletown Patrolmen Take Sergeant ExamAt High School
Twenty Middletown patrolmen returned to Middletown High School for the examination to appoint one sergeant. The room was filled for the test as the process continues. A separate examination for one detective from the sergeants’ ranks was held last Thursday and results will be announced simultaneously.
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Middletown Police Department
Middletown High School
Eversharp completes mop up as Chicago move winds down
W R Hewell, Eversharp’s assistant controller in charge of the mop up, says many former Eversharp women are highly skilled in the service department with four years’ experience. Few workers are moving to Chicago, offered continued employment if desired. Three women take permanent secretarial roles, about a dozen will train replacements there. All men who moved in 1945 as foremen have returned, and key personnel expect to close the operation and sell equipment by June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Hewell
Eversharp
Chicago
Howell
Jaycees Fabricate New Trash Cans for Middletown
The Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce will place ten swinging top trash containers around the downtown area as part of the Clean-Up Paint-Up Campaign. Wilcox Sheet Metal Company fabricated the cans at its Garfield location with Armco Steel supplying the steel and supervision by Wilcox. Labor is provided by the Jaycees with painting and stenciling to follow this week, aiming to save the city about 400 dollars versus buying new units.
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Middletown
Jaycees
Delbert Mann
Jaycee
Don McKillop
George Bearer
Mann
Paramount Virginia City Dodge City and More at Local Theaters
Screen listings show Paramount showing Virginia City at 1 40 5 50 9 45 p m and Dodge City at 3 50 and 8 p m Thursday targets Unknown at 2 40 5 40 and 8 40 p m I Was A Communist For The FBI at 1 15 4 15 7 15 and 10 15 p m The Strand Nat Geographic Society notes chariot as first notable refinement of the cart.
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Paramount
Virginia City
Dodge City
FBI
Milkman
The
National Geographic Society
Twin relief bills stalled in subcommittee
Two proposed measures would shift relief administrations from cities to counties and alter funding. Public Welfare Director Miss Helen Davis and Hamilton relief chief Ruth Burns attended the State Taxation Committee hearing. Local officials oppose, warning the change would override home rule and raise costs by dismantling the Civic Associations Welfare Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Davis
Ruth Burns
Hamilton
State Taxation Committee
Civic Associations Welfare Bureau
Commission
Francis Carmody
Color Filters Topic of Camera Club Here
R L Kenyon associate director of Armco's research laboratory presented an illustrated talk and demonstration on Filters for Color Photography to members of the color section of the Camera Club at the Civic Association building last night. Kenyon discussed correction filters for various color films and light sources and color temperatures in light sources which require different films depending upon results required by the film. In demonstrating properties of various light he showed how several slide films varied in intensity and color of light.
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R. L. Kenyon
Armco
Camera Club
Civic Association
Kenyon
Middletown Chamber regrets Lorillard plant closing
The Middletown Chamber of Commerce and City Administration express regret over the P. Lorillard Company decision to close its Middletown plant this summer. Officials pledge to find a substitute industry, noting Lorillard’s 39 years of community service and the impact on workers.
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P. Lorillard Company
Middletown
Chamber of Commerce
Calvin Verity
Chamber
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Lorillard
Lorillard Company
Only Seven Attend Clinic In Middletown
Only seven persons turned up for a cancer skin clinic held last night at Middletown Hospital. Dr Betty Owens dermatologist supervised the session, the first in a series by Middletown Hospital doctors and the local American Cancer Society chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eigher
Thunderstorms Forecast With Cooler Turn Tonight
Weather desk reports thunderstorms on tap tonight with near 70 degree highs earlier in the day. Scattered clouds and showers follow late tonight into Thursday as cooler air moves in. overnight low around 40. Tuesday’s high reached 76 with a 38 low, while today’s low stood at 62 and the morning 9 20 reading was 74 amid bright skies and stiff breezes.
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Tod
Fame spreads for Wooden Nickels nationwide in souvenirs
Middletown's Wooden Nickels attract national interest as collectors request examples from coast to coast. The I Am An American Day Committee reports inquiries including a Georgia resident seeking 20 and wanting issue counts and denominations. Dover Ohio and others have placed requests. Fort Knox and the Smithsonian Institute are awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
I Am An
Georgia
Atlanta
Dover
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Paterson
General Headquarters
Fort Knox
Smithsonian Institute
103 Casualties Listed In Korea War Update
The Defense Department identified 103 additional Korean War casualties. A new list showed 14 killed 74 wounded three missing in action and 12 injured in accidents, detailing the latest fatal and nonfatal losses.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Rehearsal Schedule Changes Highlight Heritage Program
Donald F. Perry announces updated rehearsal times for Our American Heritage with a new 7 p.m. lineup featuring States and Columbia, Nations and Attendants and modules on the Stamp Act and Colonists. Evening ends with Can Can Girls at 9 00. Afternoon adds 3 30 Trumpeters Cadets Scouts 4 H and Sailor Girls.
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Donald F. Perry
States
Columbia
Washington
Petain Remains Unchanged as Family Leaves Island Fortress
On Ile d Yeu France the condition of critically ill ex Marshal Petain stayed unchanged. All family members except his wife and one niece departed the fortress island where he serves a life sentence for treason.
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Ile D’yeu
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Carnelian Charm in ancient decoration and protection
The carnelian was among the first stones used as decoration. Ancient people believed the reddish quartz protected its wearer from weapons and evil spirits.
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Ra Es
Beatty’s
Electronic Shop
Iglehart
Fice
Noland
Central Ave
Products Corporation
New York, N.Y
Sheaffer
Office Outfitters
Enterprise
Middletown Lumber CO
Enterprise Paint
Roy L. Patterson
Godwin’s Dining
Paramount Theater
Petain
Cincinnati Garden Roller Derby
Klamo News
Roosevelt Auditorium
Little Theatre
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First National Bank
Armco East
WPFB
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