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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1950

Page

2

53 Additional Men To Be Named For Draft Exams Here Next Week

Middletown board to select 53 men for second September pre-induction physicals. Ohio Selective Service will call at least 11,000 more youths for October induction of 2,860. Col. Wahl notes varying rejection rates. past war era rejections ran high.

Columbus Wylie Mitchell Middletown Cincinnati Mitchell Columbus, O Selective Service Ohio Ohio Selective Service Boards Wahl

Paramount and Black Hand Show at The Movies

At the Movies Paramount runs Please Believe Me with Deborah Kerr and Peter Lawford at 1 40 5 and 8 30 p m Also Black Hand with Gene Kelly and Terese Celli at 3 10 6 25 and 10 p m Friday This Side of the Law with Janice Paige and Kent Smith at 3 05 6 10 and 9 10 p m Also Return of Frontiersmen with Gordon MacRae and Julie London at 1 30 4 95 7 25 and 10 20 p m

Paramount Deborah Kerr Peter Lawford Gene Kelly Terese Celli Janice Paige Kent Smith Gordon MacRae Julie London

Strand Thursday at Strand cinema program listings

The Strand shows Jigsaw with Franchot Tone and Jean Wallace at 1 15, 3 55, 6 35 and 9 15 p m. Also Forgotten Women with Elyse Knox and Edward Norris at 2 30, 5 10, 7 50 and 10 30 p m. Friday Palooka Meets Humphrey with Joe Kirkwood Jr and Leon Errol at 2 20, 5, 7 40 and 10 35 p m. Son of a Bad Man with Lach Larue and Fuzzy St John at 1 15, 3 50, 6 30 and 9 25 p m.

Strand Franchot Tone Jean Wallace Elyse Knox Edward Norris Palooka Humphrey Joe Kirkwood, Jr Leon Errol Son of Lach Larue Fuzzy St. John

Water Works Project Progress Report Shows 69 Percent Complete

City commissioners received a monthly progress update on water works improvements. Overall completion stands at 69 percent with Contract 1-A at 64 percent, 1-B at 64.1 percent, the east end elevated tank at 91.35 percent, Contract II at 36.2 percent, and Contract 3-A about 90 percent, detailing pipe lays, paving, basins, and electrical work.

Floyd G. Browne Browne Yankee Rd Uptown Fisher Company Columbus Walton and Voorheis Company Chicago Bridge and Iron Company Mancini, Miller, Thompson Company Layne-Ohio Company

Permits Issued For Service Station Mercantile Building

Permits for a service station building and a mercantile building to house a restaurant were issued. Seven new home permits came in during the first three days of August. R W Pietsch obtained a permit for a one story steel building at 905 Yankee Rd for a Standard Oil Service Station with curb cut approval pending planning commission. Grace Realty Co and William R Mull secured a one story mercantile building at 911 Crawford St costing about $11,000 to be used for a restaurant with off street parking. Home permits issued include Edward Mulligan at 503 Highview Rd $10,000 one story frame. Arthur Hambleton at 2426 Grand Ave $7,000 one story frame. Leonida R Chalker at 1710 Brentwood St $8,000 one story frame. Fred Newton at 1706 Brentwood St $7,000 one story frame. Ralph Lovejoy at 1608 Brentwood St $7,400 one story frame. Robert Meyers at 1604 Brentwood St $8,000 one story frame. and Robert Mull at 1021 Jackson St $13,000 story and a half brick dwelling.

Orville Corson Carson R. W. Pietsch Standard Oil Yankee Rd Planning Commission Grace Realty Company William R. Mull Crawford St Edward Mulligan Highview Rd Arthur Hambleton Grand Ave Leonida R. Chalker Brentwood St Fred Newton Ralph Lovejoy Robert Meyers Robert Mull Jackson St

HI-Y Presidents to Attend Training Camp Start Aug 3

Six Middletown Hi-Y Club presidents will attend the annual Hi-Y Training Camp at Camp Nelson Dodd in Brinkhaven Ohio beginning August 3. The meeting reported club treasuries totaling 59.84 dollars with 7.61 in a special Hi-Y account and expenses of 65.76 dollars. Participants include George Wilson Circle Club Jack Howard Croix Tom Byrne Miami Tom Timmons Torch Les Mills Triangle and Don Myers Panther.

Middletown Camp Nelson George Wilson Circle Club Jack Howard Croix Tom Byrne Miami Tom Timmons Torch Les Mills Triangle Don Myers Panther

Child Injured After Running Into Auto on Columbia Ave

Six year old Judy McCutcheon of 1713 Columbia Ave suffered minor bruises when she ran into a car driven by Millard Cox, 46, on Columbia Ave in front of her home. Cox, westbound, could not avoid the child who was exiting the north curb. She was taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment.

Judy McCutcheon Columbia Ave Millard Cox Leibee St Cox Middletown Hospital

Vital Statistics Births and dismissals listed

A list of births with parent names and addresses, plus several surgical and medical mentions, and a dismissal section naming individuals by name and street. Entries include Edger Lester boy yesterday, Har grove Franklin girl yesterday, Apgar boy Thursday, Hughes girl Thursday, Pamela Miller, Jess Brelsford medical, Yvonne Ricker surgical, and other named residents with medical or surgical notes, followed by dismissals of multiple individuals.

Edger Lester Forest Ave Charles Hargrove South River St Franklin Dale Apgar Tytus Ave Eugene Hughes Winton St Thursay Pamela Miller Herbert Miller Franklin Medical Jess Brelsford Catherine Politz Yvonne Marie Ricker Central Ave Charles Preusch Winona Dr Magdalene Dinus Yankee Rd George Beard, Jr Plum St Melody Joslin Raymond Joslin Crawford St Robert Miller Baltimore St Phillip Dalton Douglas Dalton Brentwood St Allan McNeil Raymond McNeil Gideon Rd Stanley Clark Easton Ave Clarence Mackory Walnut St Lannie Tusing Betty Staton Vannest St Walter Bratcher Wayne Ave Stella Wellinghoff Hamilton

Proofreader Mackle Dies After Brief Illness in Cincinnati

Clif ford W. Mackle age 72 longtime head proof reader for the Cincinnati Enquirer died yesterday after a brief illness. He began his career with the paper in 1896, leaving a long record of service at the newspaper.

Cincinnati Clifford W. Mackle The Cincinnati Enquirer

Resident recalls first WWII casualty now recalled to duty

Captain Wilbur Carr of Middletown and S Sgt Don Crawford of West Middletown are among the first local Guardsmen summoned to active duty. The 28 man cadre of the 38th Ordnance Battalion Headquarters Detachment will be sworn in August 19 and depart for Fort Lewis on August 29. Carr, who enlisted in 1940, saw action in Europe and the Pacific, and was briefly reported killed after Pearl Harbor before a War Department error was corrected

Wilbur Carr Middletown Carr Don Crawford West Middletown 38Th Ordnance Battalion Ft. Lewis Wash Captain Carr Europe Army Air Force Air Force Chanute Field Ill Hawaii Philippines Panama Wheeler Field Wheeler Pacific Pfc Pearl Harbor John Carr Franklin War Department Ft. Knox Armored Corps Ordinance

Nick Mullins obituary and funeral service details

Funeral services for Nick Mullins, 23, of 342 Buckeye St., were held Wednesday night at Griesmer Grim funeral home after a trench cave-in at the Vista Homes subdivision on Hancock Ave. The Rev E E Winters of the Church of God officiated.

Hamilton Nick Mullins Buckeye St Vista Homes Hancock Ave E. E. Winters Church of God Seventh Chestnut Streets

Deaths of Hay ward Anderson in New York firm

Associated Press reports Hayward Anderson 53 of Bronxville N Y was vice president and secretary at Kudner Agency Inc a national advertising firm He was born in Portsmouth Ohio

Associated Press Bronxville N.Y Hayward Anderson Kudner Agency, Inc Portsmouth, O

Grange Bureau Picnic Opens At LeSourdsville Lake

Hamilton residents witnessed the twenty seventh annual Butler County Grange Farm Bureau picnic opening at LeSourdsville Lake with an East West baseball game to start at 4 p.m. A picnic supper followed from 5 p.m. Other events included dancing kiddie games 4 H Club demonstrations horseshoe pitching and a diving show with all Butler County Farm Bureau and Grange members participating.

Hamilton Butler County Grange-Farm Bureau LeSourdsville Lake Butler County Farm Bureau and Grange

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