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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1949
Page
2
Ohio officials outline new three year driver license system set to start September six. Birthdays determine license duration and cost, with some drivers getting up to two years for one payment. New licenses issued next month valid through October first, 1950, then three year licenses apply.
City commissioners may authorize bids for water works improvements financed by revenue bonds from 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Bonds run 20 years with call after 10. New storage and pumping facilities will modernize the system, leading to higher rates starting September 1. The initial construction may begin with a new reservoir at the Columbia Avenue pumping station.
Edward C. Richardson of 3404 Burbank St is named probational substitute clerk by Middletown Postmaster Hilbert H. Martin. Richardson, son of Patrolman Harry Richardson, has served as a temporary carrier and will start duties September 1 at the new parcel post annex under Civil Service rules.
Myron Baker, president of the Ohio Flying Farmers Association, recounts the group's 1944 start in Ohio with 11 members. It now numbers 310 members in Ohio and has chapters in 39 states. He notes farmers use planes to fetch supplies and, in the West, to assist harvests within about 2000 miles.
St John parish announces a new Catholic instruction class starting August 24 led by Father James Frommeyer. Sessions cover church teachings the mass rosary missal devotions and etiquette held Tuesday evenings at 8 pm at the parish house. Private lessons by appointment call 2 2522. Open to all.
The Rev. Lee Womack, 78, former Middletown resident, died Monday evening at his Cincinnati home. He lived 23 years in Middletown and 10 in Cincinnati. Survived by three sons Larry Theodore Robert and two daughters Bes sie Reynolds and Dorothy Woods. Services Thursday at 1 30 p m at New Hope Baptist Church. Interment Woodside Cemetery. E R Jones Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Charles Metty born January 1 1861 in Indiana, a former Armco Steel employee who retired in 1927, died at 10 15 a m at the Overpeck home of Mrs Emma Van Holt. Wilson Funeral Home handles arrangements. Survived by nieces, nephews, and Mrs Van Holt.
Dr John S Brinkman, 56, longtime minister of the First Baptist Church in Hamilton, died this morning after gallstone surgery. Death was attributed to heart failure. He had served 25 years in Hamilton after moving from Pontiac Illinois.
Baltimore artist C. C. Fulton Leser 49 renowned for restoring old paintings dies unexpectedly last night.
About 100 washing machines were destroyed today in a three alarm fire that swept the service department of the Good House keeping shop. Firemen estimated damage at between 10 000 and 15 000 dollars. One fireman was injured slightly and a state liquor store next door was damaged by smoke. Cause of the blaze was not immediately learned.
Prospective Middletown Hick players who were absent for Wednesday physicals will be examined at 10 a.m. Thursday at Lincoln Field. Coach Glenn Ellison announced at noon today that all but about six prospects had been checked yesterday and today, with tests to begin Saturday.
Volunteer firefighters of the North Middletown Fire Department met at the Manchester Road station for recreation and planning. They reviewed film reels to record practice errors and announced a tentative family night and the arrival of a fog nozzle, with the next business meeting set for Tuesday night, August 30.
The second polio case in Middletown in two days was confirmed by Charles J. Reuthe. Darla Jean Venrick, 3 1/2, admitted to Mercy Hospital for observation and diagnosed with infantile paralysis. County total reaches 32 cases. Ohio polio total rises to 543 with 47 new cases statewide.
DETROIT AP reports labor disputes idle about 32,000 at auto plants. The United Auto Workers kept 15,700 at the Jefferson Kercheval plant on two shifts amid a dismissal dispute. Hudson Motor Car Co sent home 15,000. Chrysler laid off 1,200 De Soto workers due to the shutdown.
Obituary notes report the deaths of Cincinnati resident John S Brakman aged 56 and Charles Metty aged 88. Brakman was a deputy in Hamilton while Metty resided in Overpeck.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Brewer 3103 Seneca St a boy Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Lionel Fleming Germantown a girl Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Edward Richardson 3404 Burbank St a boy Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Wendall Truitt 1811 Woodlawn Ave a girl. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ditmyer 2403 Fleming Rd a boy Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Aaron Burdge boat Route 1 a girl Wednesday.
Grading at Garnitz field begins this week as Middletown Sand Gravel wins a 10 500 bid for preliminary work funded by the school athletic fund. Projects cover grading sewer and water lines P A system conduits and moving dirt to a new parking area near McKinley School. Ground soon ready for seeding sodding and fall completion. Land for the stadium deeded by the city with an access strip donated by Miss E K Barnitz.
A Franklin man William Parker, 25, sustained head and chest injuries when his car left the road and plunged into a ditch on Franklin Trenton Road east of Route 4. He was treated and released at Middletown Hospital. State patrols sought the truck driver involved in a separate Route 4 ditch crash north of Middletown. Chester Miller, 18, of West Middletown was charged with unsafe operation after colliding with a truck driven by Charles Parshall, 18, of Trenton on Route 73 three miles east of the city. Miller was ordered to appear before JE Jackson at 4 p.m. today.
Mrs. James Smith of Trenton asks for blood for her 32 year old Navy veteran husband at Dayton Veterans Hospital. He needs four pints for three transfusions and arrangements for transfusions have begun. The plea notes 27 calls offering blood and includes her contact number.
YMCA Summer Fun Club members will tour Gardner Board and Carton Company on Thursday as the final rubberneck trip. Boys must assemble in the Boys' Division at 2 45 p m. Tuesday for the visit following a prior Middletown Journal tour.
A hospital notice lists numerous patients with conditions and locations including Mrs Paul Hunter Franklin Route 1 Miss Anna May Lindsey Middletown Route 3 Fred Tolson Clifton Farms Mrs Ernest Wilson South Lebanon Mrs Lee Lawson Franklin Thomas Pickerell Garfield St William Tidwell son of John E Franklin Route 2 Mrs Ida Weikal Ardmore Dr Mrs George Sanders Middletown Route 2 Mrs Arthur H Dodds Hill Ave John Farmer West Middletown Route 1 Mrs Fred E Gerber Coles Rd Mrs William Neal Eaton Forrest Squires Jewell St Susan Johnson daughter of Thomas Middletown Route 2 Herbert Wells Central Ave Nora Mae Mitchell daughter of Mrs Betty Mitchell Fairmount Ave Mrs Vernon McKinley Jewell St Katherine Thier Kunz Ave Judith Sexton daughter of Wilmer Highland St William F Schmidt Franklin Route 1 Mrs Andrew Colarich Curtis t
County authorities served notice on truck owners and drivers to observe weight load limits and keep mufflers in good order. A jackrabbit was clocked at 45 mph, faster than the top racehorse speed of 42.3 mph.
Work on a new addition to the Coca Cola plant on South Verity Parkway began about a month ago and is expected to wrap in two months. A $50,000 upgrade will alter the warehouse floor plan and install a bottling works in a two story irregular building attached to the current facility. The H. S. Boren Company of Dayton manages construction.
Paramount shows Big Jack with Marjorie Main and Wallace Beery Wednesday and Thursday. Screen times are 1 45, 3 45, 5 50, 7 50 and 9 55 p m.
Strands shows a double feature with Gentlemen's Agreement starring Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire at 2 35, 6 and 9 35 p m and Lovable Cheat with Charles Ruggles and Peggy Ann Gardner at 1 15, 4 25 and 8 15 p m.
A Hamilton man, Earl Metcalfe, won the Old-Time Fiddlers contest at LeSourdsville Lake with singing fiddle. Carl Eldridge of Osborne and Oscar Thomas of Middletown took second and third. Mrs. William Harper of Hamilton won an electric range and Mrs. Herbert Mehlenhard of Oxford won an eight gallon electric water heater. The cooking school is led by home economists Mary Scranton and Mary Langel, with shows starting at 2:30 p.m.
Notices are going to First Ward property owners for an $83,500 program of sidewalk curb and gutter repairs. City attorney Fred J. Schatzmann notes about $12,000 of repairs are needed in the ward, with $11,000 to be assessed to property owners. Engineering surveys and notices are managed by the City Engineering Department as Commissioners approve work in all wards.
The Rev. John Cox age 52 of Red Lion is missing after leaving his home August 11 with $1200 in ones. Mrs. Cox says he may suffer amnesia and is believed by Warren County Sheriff Gerald W. Cou to be a victim of amnesia. He drove a 1946 Buick Roadmaster with a Georgia license. Cox is described as ruddy with grey hair brown eyes and 210 pounds.
Mrs Rita Plumbo of this city suffered a fractured leg in an auto accident Monday on U S 25 near Troy Ohio. The car went through a guard rail and nosed into three feet of water in a drainage ditch. Driver was Stephen Schramm 5 Clark St with three other occupants unharmed.
Dr. Staniforth of the Mound Atomic Energy Laboratory told Middletown Co-Operative Club that atomic research promises great good but potential destruction must guide use. He cited medical advances with Cobalt-60, industrial gauges, and future power and propulsion, noting wariness about another conflict.
Mayor Robert King fined Earl Purcell, 28, of near Lebanon $200 and court costs and ordered a 60 day jail term. He was charged with assault and battery.
Linwood Schaeffer of West Middletown filed for bankruptcy in U S District Court listing debts of 1376 21 and assets of 85 obligations shown in the petition from Cincinnati.
Cooler temperatures were predicted again today for tonight and Thursday with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers. The mercury ranged yesterday from a low of 7 degrees at 5 a.m. to a high of 64 degrees at 3 p.m. The thermometer read 70 degrees at 6 a.m. today and 75 degrees at 9:30 a.m.
The Crystal Tissue Company vice-president spoke at a Manchester Hotel noon meeting, noting paper ranks among the top ten U S industries by employment and material use. He explained per-person paper consumption rose from one pound to 250 300 pounds, compared with England and other regions. He traced paper origins to Tsai Lun in the second century and outlined the company’s history and work.
Questions about the U S Marine Corps will be answered and enlistments accepted Thursday. Sgt R E Huber Cincinnati recruiting sergeant will be in Middletown from 9 am to 3 pm at the U S Army and Air Force Recruiting Station 1007 Central Ave.
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