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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1949
Page
9
A column of letters asks Nancy for guidance on asking a girl for a date, waiting for courage, and dating ethics. Answers urge starting casual conversation, then proposing a date, stressing action over wishful thinking. Another note advises patience with a long distance romance until summer, and a third covers proper wedding attire for guests, recommending hats and gloves as part of formal dress.
A man and his wife dine as she signals through her husband for a drink refill. The husband complies and requests a second cup of coffee on her behalf.
Bill Barris and Dick Riedel crowned after landing the Sunkist Lady at Fullerton Municipal Airport. They greeted 8,000 spectators and reflected on future aviation work as plans emerge for radio appearances and new roles. Their feat surpasses the 726 hour record set a decade earlier by Wes Carroll and Clyde Schlieper.
Suits for divorce list Ethel Heitfield of Middletown Route 2 versus Ben Heitfield of Mt. Vernon Ohio and Janet McCowan of Hamilton versus James B McCowan of Hamilton for neglect and cruelty. Mary Earach of 717 Walnut Street Middletown sues Eugene Earach of 323 North Broad Street Middletown for neglect and failure to support.
Wilbur King seeks 5000 for personal injuries and 500 for motorcycle damage after a June collision on Yankee Rd Lemon Township with Charles Meadows cited as the defendant. King, through his father L C King, also claims permanent disability from a fractured pelvis and foot. John Alflen sues Goldie Cassidy for 715.30 over a January Grand Ave crash while riding in Randolph Schumaker's car.
The estate of Harry E Easley of Middletown goes to his daughter Nellie Sutliff and son Harry E Essley Jr as executor with Girard Trust Co. The will dated February 19 1935 in Bryn Mawr also names Jennie C Comstock admin Albert Comstock administers Jennie C Comstocks estate. William Nicklas Middletown dies April 4 and provides life interest to sister Mary M Nicklas with remainder to nieces Ernestine Behrens Marie Bredekamp Doris A Maier and nephew Carl S Nicklas with Ella C Henry witnessing the will.
The Middletown Chapter of the American Cancer Society enters its last fund raising week as Fred Danford urges broad local outreach. Dewitt Chapple notes Armco Steel’s Fabricating Foreman’s Club will contact every Middletown merchant, split into four groups led by J. W. Pratt R. Wall W. W. Bowman and George Perry with A. Smallwood heading the general committee.
The entry notes that William the Conqueror brought horseshoeing practices from Normandy to England in 1066, marking a significant agricultural and military development. The move linked continental technique to English horse care and wartime mobility.
Police logged the case of the Great Unknown. An official account states a man was struck on the head by an unknown special officer at an unknown tavern on an unknown street and was driven to Baptist Memory Hospital by an unknown bus.
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