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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1959
Page
24
In loving memory of father and grandfather Marion Powers who passed away seven years ago today on August 2 1952. Fond memories linger daily and remembrance keeps him near as Sadiq and grandchildren miss him. Also Bernadine Whiteman mother and grandmother who died one year ago today August 2 1958.
A compact classified page lists funeral homes including Wilson Memorial Home and Jos R Baker and Sons in Georgia, plus multiple construction ads. Services offered cover cement work, block laying, remodeling, framing, general contracting, roofing, driveways, porches, and free estimates with various local phone numbers.
Classified advertisement block lists Riverside Concrete and garages for sale with prices and financing offers. Also includes general contractor services for new homes remodeling and repairs, along with multiple trades such as painting, plastering, plumbing, masonry, and ornamental iron work from several Ohio and Georgia listings.
A collage of employment notices seeking engineers, salesmen, and deliverers. Includes openings for a mechanical engineer and draftsman at Mokay Tesmer Inc, cosmetics firms, floor wax, vitamins, and a paper-route job. Food Freezer sales reps sought for Dayton Springfield Hamilton Middletown. Compensation offered includes paid questions, health insurance, stock options, and training. Contact details and box references provided.
Virginia watermen clash with Maryland river police over oyster dredging profits up to 400 dollars per boatload. Violent chases, boat seizures, and court battles mark decades of disputed rights along the Potomac, culminating in a new compact awaiting political support.
A long list of real estate transfers includes numerous lot changes and small sums, with buyers such as Earlie Spencer, Enos Spurrier, Ida Snyder, and Ida Snyder Jr. purchasing parcels in Liberty Madison Cedar Knolls Beverly Acres and Midlothian Farms. Several transfers involve no tax, while others show prices up to 16 000 dollars and 25 hundred dollars in various Orchard and Beverly parcels.
Two young Colorado centennial workers announce they will resign August 31 to save taxpayers 7 875 dollars in salaries. Jo Ann Sherman and Elizabeth Mee say few events remain after August 31 and continuing the office would be wasteful.
Henry T. Fletcher former Republican national chairman and diplomat died July 11 at 86 his will admitted to probate. The estate valued around three million dollars leaves public papers to the Library of Congress and the remainder split into 17 equal shares for two sisters and various nephews and nieces.
Air Force scientists trace complete life histories of thunderstorms over the San Francisco Mountains near Flagstaff Arizona in a project named High Cue. Data from aerial photos radar and electric field meters show cumulus clouds grow by pulsation rather than at a steady rate, a pattern found in earlier photographs.
In Beaumont Texas an irate motorist cursed policeman G H Mitchell who halted the other car. Mitchell showed his license, the other man did not have one. The judge Lloyd Walker fined him thirty dollars and five dollars twenty cents court costs. The man muttered I had my big mouth.
Officials replacing old highway signs in WAUPACA Wisconsin learned by checking maps that the nearby community’s real name should be Crystal River Residents quickly agreed to the change and updated signage confirming the new name.
A listed ad promotes a reader and advisor named Madam Betty offering advice on all affairs and luck. It claims satisfaction guaranteed and directs readers to a trailer location one mile north of Blue Ball on U S 25 at Miller Court with a sign for identification. Reading costs $1.
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