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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1951
Page
2
A midwestern air mass moves into the region bringing cooler conditions. Tomorrow's high should stay under 84 degrees after a 103 degree day, with no rain in sight and precipitation about half the normal for the past month in the Miami Valley.
Ohio officials announce amendments to the Uniform Traffic Act in the last legislative session. Changes include visibility-based sign liability, yellow light rules, higher speed limits on controlled access highways, left turn lane rules, legality of blinkers, and emergency vehicle right of way tied to red lights. Ohio safety contest winners are named with Cleveland and Akron top in large-city divisions and several other cities earning honors.
Paramount presents Show Boat with showtimes at 1 15 3 15 5 15 7 30 9 40 p m. Strand features Confession Of A Model at 1 15 3 50 6 25 9 00 p m Secrets Of A Sinner at 2 40 5 15 7 55 10 30 p m Redwood Forest Trail at 1 15 3 45 6 20 9 05 p m Flame of Stamboul at 2 20 4 55 7 35 10 25 p m Colonial presents The Guy Who Came Back at 1 15 3 30 5 30 7 50 10 05 p m.
A search plane located the wreckage of a PB4-Y-2 patrol bomber on Amak Island with no sign of the 12 crew members. The aircraft disappeared last Sunday on a routine flight from Kodiak. the Tillamook was sent to the Alaska peninsula to aid in the search. The crash left ground scorched beyond 100 feet.
Reuben Doty of 817 Eighth Ave becomes the seventh candidate to enter the City Commission race by filing petitions with the Board of Elections. Petitions must be filed by September 7 to appear on the November ballot. Incumbents and others continue circulating, with filing also under way for Board of Education seats. Election officials urge registration by September 27 and note current totals and removals from Middletown and Lemon Township voter rolls.
Albert Kenneth Emrick of Alexandria smashed his car into the cement coping in front of Schramm Funeral Home at 2:30 a.m. He sustained a chin cut needing three stitches. Police say he pulled from Vail Street driving east. A second crash occurred yesterday at Baltimore Street and First Avenue involving Carl Kaurich and J Howard Falkner, with a witness saying Falkner ran a red light. Damages were $25 and $40 respectively. Patrolman Lawrence White investigated.
Edward C. Murphy 75 a farmer of Jackson Lane Middletown Route 2 died at 7 55 a m today at Middletown hospital after a week there He had been in failing health for months Born in Lebanon he lived at the Jackson Lane farm 44 years A Monroe Grange member he served on the Butler County election board He belonged to the Holy Name Society Rosary service Schramm Funeral Home 7 30 p m Sunday Friends may call 2 5 and 7 10 p m Saturday and Sunday Requiem High Mass 9 a m Monday Holy Trinity Church burial Woodhill Franklin Survived by widow Caroline two sons Charles and Robert three daughters Lucille Beier Margaret Gatewood and Roberta Sloan two brothers John and Will two sisters Norah Brehany Nell Murphy Betty Murphy Dora Kyne nine grandchildren Funeral services 10 a m Saturday Muncie Indiana
Ernest I Crane Ward, longtime interior decorator and former local resident, died suddenly at noon Wednesday of a heart attack near his Muncie home. Survived by his widow Mrs Mary Crawford Crane, three brothers and two nieces Miss Clara Gruver and Mrs Muriel.
Henderson Franklin Hen derson 48 of 314 North Mechanic Street died at Christ Hospital Cincinnati Tuesday night after several weeks illness. Survived by widow Florence a son Edward Lebanon and two sisters Ada Cullin Sharonville and Gladys Siinger Morrow. Services 2 p.m. Saturday Vale Funeral Home Morrow with burial Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call Lebanon residence after 6 p.m. today.
Mrs Bessie E Himes 73 longtime Montgomery county resident died Tuesday at Leahey Rest Home Dayton after a stroke suffered three years ago She was born in Harrison Township daughter of Ephriam and Ellen Eby widow of Fred Himes a blacksmith carriage maker in Farmersville She led the E U B Church choir here during illness Funeral 2 pm Friday at the church Rev Gerald D Geiger officiating Burial Fairview Cemetery West Alexandria Survived by four sisters Florence Markey Farmersville Hazel Shafer West Alexandria Susan ..
Keith Tannehill, a local Boy Scout field executive, and Berea Kentucky senior Flannie Ward will marry on CBS television in a national ceremony August 30. The couple will receive a two week all expenses paid honeymoon and gifts. they plan to live in Oxford and commute to Middletown after the ceremony.
Irene Crickmore Kline 75 former Germantown and Farmersville school teacher died at 9 55 am Wednesday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a five day stay She lived with her daughter Mrs ya Grubbs 421 East Market St in Germantown Funeral services set for 2 pm Saturday at the Grubbs residence with Rev Paul Bressler officiating Burial in Germantown Cemetery Friends may call at John Arpp Funeral Home after 4 pm Friday
Grace Weidle 65 of Farmersville dies Tuesday in an ambulance en route to Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton. Services set for 1 30 p m at Hay and Powell Funeral Home and 2 15 p m at Farmersville Reformed Church. Burial Hope Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters Grace Evans Hazel Moyer Helen Miller.
An old style drug store advertisement touts T-4-L as a high concentration undiluted alcohol based product that penetrates and kills embedded germs on contact, available at Castell Cut Rate Drug Store.
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