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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1948
Page
2
The Safety Council commercial vehicle division will present a dollars and cents safety plan at 7 30 p m in the Civic Association. Owners of business vehicles are invited. no reservations required. The 15 man committee includes truckers and bus operators.
Seeding and sodding of Veter ans Village may start this week if weather stays favorable, city attorney Fred J. Schatzmann said. Seed arrived earlier and the sodding contract is awarded. Units will be painted white with green trim to improve the area, which has long suffered on the Middletown approach. Housewives asked officials for improvements and post project regulations at an earlier Commissioners meeting.
Cincinnati police hold a murder suspect in the death of George Green a 50 year old Kentucky farmer whose body was found April 15 along Four Mile Creek near Seven Mile. Sheriff Charles Walke of Butler County planned to travel to Cincinnati for suspect identification. The coroner said Green was beaten at least 15 times about the head and the body was dumped in Ohio after a murder near Georgetown Kentucky.
The Senior Scout planning committee of the Civic Association will discuss a water carnival for senior Scouts and a Detroit trip for the Explorer troop this summer. The water carnival is set for May 23 at Camp Hook pool and the Detroit itinerary includes Fort Dearborn and a Ford Motor Co tour.
The schedule lists films Monday and Tuesday featuring Jeanette MacDonald and Jose Iturbi. Showings occur at 1 55 PM 4 30 PM 7 PM and 9 30 PM.
Monday listings show The Westerner with Gary Cooper and Dana Andrews at 1 15, 4 15, 7 13 and 10 01 p m and Block Heads with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at 3 13, 6 11 and 9 04 p m. Tuesday features Pirates of Monterey with Rod Camer on and Maria Montez at 2 30, 5 05, 7 40 and 10 15 p m and Oklahoma Blues with Jimmy Wakely and Virginia Belmont at 1 25, 4 05, 6 40 and 9 20 p m.
Trucks will pick up Rub Bish at the curb only in Park Place Upper Arlington Euclid Heights Highlands and Sunset area for waste collection purposes.
Armco Steel Corporation chair Charles R Hook announced the board declares a common dividend of 50 cents a share payable June 15 1948 to shareholders of record May 14 1948. First quarter 1948 earnings were 5 867 347 dollars after charges equal to 1 45 per share on the post split base and 1 74 per share on the pre split base.
Rosemary Swain a junior mezzo soprano from Middletown earned a superior rating at Columbus in the Junior Division of the National Federation Festivals sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs. Also from Middletown were Sally Pomeroy Mary Jane Buchanan Delores Revelos Jenny Carpenter Rebeccah Szabo Ruth Chaney and Lorothy Pomeroy. All studied with Helen Gerner Ramsdell and Swain’s rating earns a place in next year’s program following the state festival contests.
Services were held for the one day old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Havens of Miamisburg Route 1 who died at 9 45 am Sunday in Middletown Hospital. The Rev Herschel Caddill officiated at Riggs Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Surviving are the parents the paternal grandmother Mrs John Dunwoody of Germantown Route 1 and the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Otha Lawson of Korea Kentucky.
Services for Mrs. Minnie Imfield 70 of 1805 Pleasant Ave. who died Saturday will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at Cahill Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She leaves one son and one brother.
Louisa Weiss 88 of R. R. 2 Hamilton died Friday night. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Monday at Webb Funeral Home. Burial follows. She is survived by one daughter one brother and two sisters.
Elmer T. Couch 39 of 810 N Second St died Saturday in Mercy Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Griesmer Grim Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He leaves two sons and his father Stephen Couch of Hamilton.
Mrs Laura Brant Skinner 79 died after a six week illness at her Sycamore Street residence in Lebanon. A native of Morrow she spent most of her life in Lebanon and was active in the Methodist Church and Order of Eastern Star. Survived by several nieces and nephews. Body taken to Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon.
A mobile Ohio crime laboratory, described as a laboratory on wheels, will visit Butler County tomorrow from noon to 6 p m at the Temple entrance on 32 South Second. Costing about 15000 dollars, the unit aims to aid in solving tough cases and is the third of its kind in the United States. It was purchased by the Buckeye State Sheriffs Association with Ohio Moose lodges and will tour the state to familiarize the public and law enforcement with its operations.
Fifteen members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce started a two week city-wide Clean-Up and Paint-Up campaign. They cleared 14 loads of debris from Middletown Cemetery on First Ave using rakes and a power mower. Russell Stevens of Middletown Sand and Grave supplied heavy equipment for the effort.
Dayton Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants invites members to visit the National Cash Register Company plant on Tuesday May 4. The program starts with a 3 p m factory tour, then a 5 p m screening of The Bell Heard Round the World, followed by a banquet in the dining room with talks by John M. Wilson and Gordon A Lowden including Accounting Responsibility.
Woodrow Downs, 33, of 1713 Fleming Rd., suffered leg and forehead abrasions when his car crashed into a residence at 1814 Woodlawn Ave. Downs said brakes locked while driving west on Woodlawn. The car knocked out a window and caved in a wall, with house damage listed at $500 and car damage at $75. Downs was taken to Middletown hospital.
Harry Perry Carr 85 retired farmer died Saturday at East Orchard Nursing Home after several weeks of illness. Born in Newtonsville Clermont County he belonged to the Odd Fellows Lodge whose members will meet at 8:45 p m for services at Oswald Funeral Home in Lebanon. Survived by son Earl of Lebanon.
Sophia Strueter Hamilton 64 died yesterday at Mercy Hospital from a heart ailment. She is survived by her widower Louis. Funeral services set from Colligan Funeral Home at 8 30 a m Wednesday with Requiem High Mass at 9 a m at St Stephen Church. Burial follows in St Stephen Cemetery.
AP reports Dr Calvin L. Baker named superintendent of the Dayton State Hospital effective May 1 succeeding Dr E L Hooper who retired to join the Veterans Administration in Columbus. Baker, 41, is clinical director at Columbus State Hospital and trained at Kentucky Wesleyan and the University of Cincinnati. He hails from Walton New York.
Thieves broke into a poolroom at 1907 Central Ave and took about 25 dollars from a cash register. Eugene Rich, operator, told police yesterday. Albert Creekbaum, 39, of 2035 Woodlawn Ave, was arrested early today in South School yard on disorderly conduct charges.
Mrs. George Velte reports a blue and white tricycle stolen from her yard at 1518 Forrest Ave. valued at $30. Police are investigating the backyard theft.
The U S uses about 500 million fence posts a year enough to build 1 500 000 miles of fence.
Butler County and subdivisions carry bonded debt of 13,495,514.48 dollars as of January 1 reports. Auditor R. H. Smith notes the general bonded debt is 40,500 dollars and could be liquidated by 1951 if no new bonds are issued, while bonds tied to special assessments total 460,474.64 dollars. The year’s total debt jumped due to a 4.29 million Hamilton school bond issue, with rural and city debts rising accordingly.
The forecast notes showers this evening and scattered showers on Sunday and Tuesday with cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. Morning low 69, high 88, another low 66, and a 76 reading at 9 30 this morning.
Columbus and other Ohio cities posted readings in the 80s with Buckeye Lake crowds enjoying sunny weather. The U S Weather Bureau forecast more warmth but possible evening showers and a cooler day tomorrow. Columbus reached 87 degrees, with Akron 82 Cincinnati 85 Cleveland 84 Dayton 82 Toledo 85 and Chesapeake 90 on the Ohio River.
Senator Robert A. Taft tours southern Ohio on a daylong campaign itinerary. He plans a noon stop at Middletown's Anthony Wayne Hotel and an 8 30 p m speech in Dayton, with meetings in Hamilton and a press conference in Dayton to start the day.
Wendell Patrick twenty two of 401 Baltimore Street faced three charges with a fourth likely to follow. Police said he drove a truck north on Verity Parkway struck Clarence Fields and fled before being tracked to 1700 block of Tytus Avenue. Charges include driving under the influence and lack of license. A later report cited another truck incident at 1405 Fairmount Avenue.
Pfe. Tom E. Haney son of Mr and Mrs Edward T Haney 114 Monroe St left April 13 with the 352nd Squadron of the 301st Very Heavy Bomb Group on a routine mission to Germany arriving April 15 The movement supports Strategic Air Command training for B 29 Superforts long range and over water flights and regional acclimation
Oklahoma City sanitation engineer Herman Groseclose reports 43,900 rats killed in a 1.5 year extermination program. The city surveyed and rat proofed 1,200 downtown buildings in the effort.
Room 208 Am. Trust Bldg. Dial 3-1216. Jewelry shop listing with contact details.
Two civil actions in Hamilton filed by Middletown residents seek damages exceeding 40000. Flora Barrett accuses Albers Super Market of causing a July 17 incident in which she slipped and fractured her ankle, demanding 25000.
Abe Korros of The Alameda seeks 5330.03 in damages from Mose Cohen of Manchester Ave in one suit. In a separate filing Korros’ son Herbert seeks 10447.75 for injuries after a January 29 collision between Cohen’s car and the boy’s motorbike.
Gene Patton of Yellow Springs Ohio won first prize a wrist watch for an electric guitar solo. Yvonne Nolan received a locket and Paul Rogers a billfold for singing. The Green County Ramblers were postponed after an auto accident during auditions in town.
Eight year old Gary Harris of Franklin Route 2 lies in Middletown Hospital with a fractured arm after being knocked down and run over by a car at Pennyroyal Hill on Route 25. Police say the driver did not stop. He is the son of Lester Harris.
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