Six Warren 4 H Girls to Represent County at State Fair
Six Warren County 4 H girls were selected to compete at the Ohio State Fair August be September 3. Mary Wiseman announced the winners from Warren County 4 H demonstrations and style contests held last Friday.
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Warren 4-H
Lebanon
Warren County
Mary Wiseman
Stets Seem Selantad
Marion Hired
Joan Bowling
Margaret Fey
Dorothy Smith
Doris Palmer
Warren
Sally Lever
Springboro Jolly
Ilhelmina Braddock
Red Lion Fairies
Marjorie Michaels
Maineville
Peggy Jo Bailey
Lebanon Farmerettes
Marjorie Fry
Barbara Kennedy
Bandwilla Hackman
Barbara Price
Rainbow
Rita Ford
Rainbow Stitchers
Neighborhood Club and Bridge Growers Hostess Notes
Mrs Frank Mackey hosted a Neighborhood Club bridge evening at West Park Ave with guests including Mrs Loy Workman Brant and others. Dessert followed. Mrs Clarence Banker hosted the Golden Lamb Bridge Club on High St with top prizes to Mrs Harley Peck Sr and Mrs Charlies Fraser. Galloping went to Mrs Frank McGetchin and consolation to Mrs Alfred Brant. A pot luck dinner was held at the Ranker home on North High St. Mrs Robert Chamberlain entertained a 500 club at Hillcrest Lodge with prizes to Mrs Don Ertle and Mrs Howard Price. Dorothy Jane Steen visits from Pleasant Ridge. Property transfers include Paul Williams selling East Silver St property to Robert G. Davis. Williams moving to East Main St. Mr and Mrs Tom Neville visit Dayton and Atlantic City travel planned. Emerson Emley and son Larry vacationing at Buffalo and Mittin. Allen Thompson moved from Whipple apartment. Robert Whipple moved in.
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Lebanon
Frank Mackey
Neighborhood Club
Bridge
West Park Ave
John Loy
William Workman
Zane Brant
Russell Horn
B. J. Bowman
Carla Hehl
Anthony Torino
Louie Logsdon
Robert Hayes
J. J. Tourance
Logsdon
Tourance
Clarence Banker
Golden Lamb Home
High St
Harley Peck
Charlies Fraser
Frank McGetchin
Alfred Brant
Ruth Ranker
Dayton
India Ranker
William Ranker
James L. Brown
Carl Rank
Pflum
Dorothy Jane Steen
Pleasant Ridge
Isaac Irons
Paul Williams
East Silver St
Robert G. Davis
East Main St
Tom Neville
Raymond Follen
Waynesville
N. C
Atlantic City
Emerson Emley
Larry
Buffalo
Mittin
Allen Thompson
Whipple
South
Mechanic St
Robert Whipple
Greenbush Community Meeting and Social Notes
Greenbush hosts a quarterly meeting Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Frank Ehler hosted relatives Sunday. Mrs Henry Rogers received her mother as a guest. Mr and Mrs Forrest Fyrell and their sons and Mrs Cora Fyrell visited Jake Velte and his daughter Sunday.
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Greenbush
Chure
Frank Ehler
William Snyder
Henry Rogers
Forrest Fyrell
Cora Fyrell
Jake Velte
Stray dogs fall under Lebanon quarantine rules
Lebanon county dog warden Earl Lamb says it is unlawful to let dogs run at large during the county quarantine and farmers report dogs roaming farms at night. The article also notes white fir trees can reach 146 feet tall with a 36 inch diameter or more.
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Lebanon
Earl Lamb
Ladies Aid to Elect Officers at EUB Church Meeting
The Ladies Aid Society of the West Elkton EUB Church will meet this afternoon in the Sunday School rooms with Mrs. Lucille Lee and Mrs. Effie Francis as hostesses. New officers will be elected. A congregational meeting will also elect all church and Sunday School officers. The WSWS picnic scheduled for Thursday is postponed.
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West Elkton
Ladies Aid Society
EUB Church
Lucille Lee
Effie Francis
EUB
WSWS
Franklin
Edward Bolen
WCTU Directors Appointed for Franklin
At a Franklin WCTU executive board meeting in the Methodist Church directors for various departments were appointed and plans for the coming year discussed. Miss Ina Dearth is president. The first news meeting will be held on September 19.
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Franklin
Franklin Women's Christian Temperance Union
Methodist Church
Eaton to Build New Elementary School on Cherry Street
The Eaton School Board reports construction of a new elementary building will start this fall on Auker man Street and will form a U shaped complex with 20 classrooms planned and four more possible. Office files and construction records are open for inspection at the clerk’s office in the school building on Cherry Street.
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EATON
Aukerman St
Eaton School Rd
Cecil Neff
Souneess and Lardberg
Cincinnati
Board of Education
Cherry St
Poisoning of a Hound and Pups in Eaton
Edwin Keeler of Fair Haven reported to Sheriff Floyd E. Spitler that a black and tan hound and three puppies were found poisoned at about 3 am. The mother died soon after. one puppy died, two others were gravely ill. Value stood at $345. Postmortem by Dr Otto indicated arsenate of lead poisoning. Keeler offered a $25 reward for the arrest and conviction of the culprits.
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Otto
Camden
Keeler
Springboro community notes include visits and celebrations
Local residents report family visits across Ohio and neighboring states. Mr and Mrs Herman Simpson and daughter toured Kentucky and the Smoky Mountains with Miss Dorothy Trent joining in. Pfc James Robinson and family visited Carderock Maryland before returning to base. A birthday surprise picnic honored Mr Brandenburg with neighbors from multiple towns attending. 4-H club results highlight Marjorie Izor and Sally Lever in Lebanon.
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Springboro
Herman Simpson
Charles Trent
Jeffersonville
Smoky Mts
Chattanooga
Raymond Dugan
William Dugan
Peggy Taylor
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Dugan
E. H. Gloeckler
Willard Taylor
Clem Hackman
Effie White
Horst Glagowski
E. E. Luttringer
Fred Narther
Pekin
Ralph Brooks
Lebanon
Don Charlton
Waynesville
Edward Leisz
George Cole
John McElroy
Robert Dunn
Charles Harris
Charles Allen
Robert Lidington
Bernard Schenck
Columbus
Rollin Lidington
Matilda Lidington
Pfc
James Robinson
U. S. Marines
Carderock
Ernest Lantis
Middletown
Amos Eby
West Alexandria
Charles Bogwart
Katie Slough
Eaton
Virgil Smallwood
Clara Conroe
Clarence Crouder
Ora Brandenburg
Henry Sheeley
Fran Schwartztrauber
Gil Neisbeth
Glenn Ross
June Randall
Clarence Eckhart
Greenbush
Mer! Harkleo
West Elkton
Harold Worrel
Germantown
Kenneth Cosler
Xenia
Arthur Gross
Edward Crosley
Chautauqua
Chalmers Brandenburg
Louis Fry
Charles Charlton
Ed Leisz
Jesse Brandenburg
Marjorie Izor
Sally Lever
Everett Mattis
Poasttown Grange Plans Dance at LeSourdville Lake
Poasttown Grange sponsors a dance Thursday night at LeSourdville Lake from 8 30 to midnight. The home economics committee handles arrangements for the affair.
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Poasttown
Poasttown Grange
LeSourdsville Lake
Home Economics Committee
Franklin Socials Chronicle Local Birthdays and Visits
Mrs William Gruhler hosted a Saturday party on Main Street for Ralph Clifford s birthday anniversary. Attendees included Middletown guests Carl Tucker Don Horton and others, plus families visiting from Dayton Columbus and Cincinnati areas. The column notes hospital stays travel transfers and numerous family visits across Franklin and nearby towns.
Lewisburg Social Notes with Mr and Mrs Charles Beck
Lewisburg residents spent Friday visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Beck. Stanley Cook is slowly recovering from a major operation.
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Lewisburg
Charles Beck
Stanley Cook
Frnaklin and Area Club Meetings and Socials This Week
Community briefs list meetings and socials across Franklin Lebanon Waynesville Springboro and surrounding towns. Events include 4 H clubs Granges ice cream socials picnics lawn fetes and a dance with venues at farms halls parks and church properties scheduled Wednesday through Saturday.
Shrine Band Event Highlights Germantown Social
Mr and Mrs Herbert Ankeney led a Shrine Band sponsored concert and picnic. Several families and guests from Indiana Toledo Cincinnati Van Wert Dayton Chicago and Dayton Grandview Hospital figures attended. Yellowstone trips and local visits were noted along with a Barnhart reunion and a Marie Club supper.
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Germantown
Herbert Ankeney
Shrine Band
Henry Wilson
Indiana
Charles Moyer
Erie
Ray Swanson
Swanson
Liv Clark
Toledo
James Clark
Bruce Shuey
Cincinnati
Bessie Shuey
Dan Auslinger, Jr
John Borchers
Karen
Rhea Borchers
Zeller Wilkie
van Wert
Robert Upton
So. Cherry St
Dayton Grandview Hospital
Harry Maxson
Miami Valley Hospital
Lewis Paylor
Yellowstone National Park
Laurence Boehme
Chicago
Earl Kern
Marie Club
Miami Valley Chautauqua Grounds
Virgil Minnich
John Barnhart
Barnhart
Chautauqua
Fred Kepler
Social Roundup of Middletown Area Visitors and Travels
Mrs G O Michael and Mrs Lynch family hosted and visited friends from Wisconsin Hamilton and Middletown. The piece lists multiple regional visits including Camp Hook 10 day attendee Peter Kreitzer and summer trips to New York Dayton Milford and Mt Crab.
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Poasttown
G. O. Michael
S. P. Lynch
Wisconsin
Leland Lynch
Middletown
Mary Graves
Edith Baird
Hamilton
Paul Shaffer
Dale Johnson
Maplewood
N. J
Karl Banker
Lulu Johnson
Peter Kreitzer
Camp Hook
Henry Ludington
Lebanon
Joe Jurkowitz
W. O. Thompson
Floyd Ballard
New York
Paul Dickey
Alabama
Robert Dickey
Floyd Gephart
Jake Gephart
Stultz
Mt. Crab
Harry Thompson
James Thompson
Robin
Adolph Dragsett
Norman Kreitzer
Norma
Dayton
Shirley Gephart
Connie Bennett
Franklin
Howard Poffenbarger
Milford
West Elkton Church EUB Delegate Chosen at Meet
Mrs. Clara Eby was elected as delegate from West Elkton EUB Church to the annual conference at Camp Miami Germantown. Cecil Stephenson named alternate.
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West Elkton
Clara Eby
EUB
Camp Miami
Germantown
Cecil Stephenson
Sunday Guests At Liberty Township Family Home
Mr and Mrs James Gilbert and their sons hosted Sunday visitors including Miss Barbara Hounshell of Redbud Dr and Mr and Mrs James Gilbert Jr with children from New Lebanon. Also present were Mr and Mrs Cliff Bishop of Sunbury and Mr and Mrs Melvin Bishop and Bobbie Hounshell of Redbud Dr.
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Liberty Township
James Gilbert
Near Liberty
Barbara Hounshell
Redbud
New Lebanon
Cliff Bishop
Sunbury
Melvin Bishop
Bobbie Hounshell
$15 000 Suit Filed in Lebanon for Hip Injury
Mrs. Goldie Throckmorton of Franklin sues the village of Lebanon for 15000 claiming a fall on ice between Best Cafe and Reif Building on Mulberry Street. She says she slipped February 11, 1948, and remains disabled with a 50 percent hip disability. Water from a downspout freezing on the street is cited as the cause.
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Lebanon
Goldie Throckmorton
Franklin
Village of
Poggi D. Maple
Toay
Runaway Girls Held in Lebanon Detained After Hitchhiking
Local officers removed Ruby Ann Mattox and Lena Patrick both 14 from a transport truck here on Tuesday after the driver stopped at a service station and notified police. The girls from Run Junction West Virginia admitted they had run away and were held in detention quarters until West Virginia officials arrived.
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Lebanon
Ruby Ann Mattox
Lena Patrick
Run Junction
W. Va
West Virginia
West Side Bible Class to Gather Near Germantown
Franklin community hosts a West Side Bible Class meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Finley Johnson near Germantown. Men and women are invited for Bible study and fellowship.
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Franklin
West Side Bible
Finley Johnson
Germantown
West Side
Local families enjoy Tippecanoe Lake and lakeside picnics
Chautauqua hosts Mr and Mrs R B Wilson and Mr and Mrs Herman Blair and Rita at Tippecanoe Lake Indiana. Carrie Skinner of Dayton takes a two week vacation at Terry-a-while cottage. Donald Skinner and family spend two weeks at the Compton home in Middletown. Russell English and family from Hyde Park and Erlanger Kentucky with Mrs Pheiffer and children from Covington Kentucky enjoy a picnic.
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R. B. Wilson
Herman Blair
Rita
Tippecanoe Lake
Ind
Carrie Skinner
Dayton
Donald Skinner
Compton
Middletown
Russell English
Hyde Park
English
Erlanger, Ky
Pheiffer
Covington, Ky
Butler County officials retain most school posts with new Reily hire
Butler County rural school administrators largely keep their posts this year. The sole new appointment is at Reily High School where Edwin Everman, ex Union City High School Dare County, becomes school executive. Other returning executives include Harold Wissman Liberty Mark Blakley West Middletown C W Roberts Peastown Marie Schmidt Milford and several more across townships and towns. In Lemon township C W Young remains superintendent with building principals Charles Hamilton Amanda Ralph Mull Mayfield W E Davis Amelia Ihle Monroe.
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Butler County
Reily High School
C. H. Williams County
Edwin Everman
Union City High School
Dare County
Reily
Everman
Ohio State Univer
D. H. Kruger
Trenton
Fred Finkbine
Ross
Paul R. Needles
Seven Mile
Lemon Township
C. W. Young
Charles Hamilton
Amanda
Ralph Mull
Mayfield
W. E. Davis
Amelia Ihle
Monroe
Warren Bull Wins Senior and Grand Champion Honors
Royal Ward Prince Noble, a registered Jersey bull owned by Arthur E Sibey and Sons of Lebanon Route 3, earned Senior and Grand Champion Bulll at the Clinton Fair in Wilmington Ohio. The Junior Yearling Heifer owned by Ronald Sibey also won first prize at the Jersey Parish Show.
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Kings Mills
Royal
Prince Noble
Arthur E. Sibey
Franklin City Building Repair Contract Made
Franklin Village Council authorizes mayor and clerk to contract with William E Reynolds Co of West Carrollton for city building improvements. Estimated cost is 3000 dollars.
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Franklin City
Franklin
Franklin Village
William E. Reynolds Company
West Carrollton
Local Visitors Stop In At Overpeck Area
Mr. and Mrs. Walter McNally hosted guests in Celina. Visitors from Richmond Indiana Charles Imhoff and Hamilton Paul Foley and Springdale Katie Ross visited the McNallys. Olen Mardis and sons visited Edna Lipcomps. Wiley family hosted out-of-town guests. William Cook family visiting in Kentucky.
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Overpeck
Walter McNally
Celina
John Conn
Richmond
Ind
Charles Imhoff
Paul Foley
Hamilton
Katie Ross
Springdale
Olen Mardis and Sons
Edna Lipcomps
Wiley
William Cook
Kentucky
Church Plans Centennial in West Elkton
Church members in West Elkton organize events for the U. B. Church centennial celebration set for the last Sunday in October. Mrs. Gladys Stubbs stays with daughter Mrs. Fritz Bunting in Eaton while Harold Frame’s younger son is reported in Mercy Hospital Hamilton.
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West Elkton
U. B
Gladys Stubbs
Fritz Bunting
Eaton
Harold Frame
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Social Planned By 4-H Groups
West Elkton 4-H clubs sponsor an ice cream social at West Elkton School Friday evening. Free movies country store club displays and refreshments highlight the program. Serving begins at 6 30.
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West Elkton
West Elkton 4-H Junior Livestock Club
Rose of Sharon Missionary Society Social at Alvin Polley Home
The Rose of Sharon Missionary Society of the Second Baptist Church hosts a social on Thursday evening at the Alvin Polley home on East Street. It starts at 5 30 with sandwiches and ice cream and the public is invited.
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The
Rose of Sharon Missionary Society of the Second Baptist Church
Alvin Polley
East St
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Main St
Ralph Clifford
Kathy Dennyn Baker
Barbara
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Harry Beachler
Mapleve
Clarence Baker
Lena Baker
Eee
Carl Ross
Ralph Taylor
George Allymer
Middletown Hospital
E. H. Bindley
Miami Ave
Charles Kohler
Union Rd
Elbert Stanton
Harry Teale
Hartwell
Edward Fitzgerald
Joseph Berkley
Martin
Lillian Lee
Amanda Hart Harris
Thirfield Ave
Willis Jeffery
Norma Jean
Martha Jane Ross
Mary Ann Roberts
Harold Rager
Centerville
Milton Lanier
Xolfo Springs
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Neva Clifford
Carl Rose
Roy Roberts
A. N. Ross
John
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Hall's Lake
Miami Township Road
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FATON
Preble
Eaton Grange Hall
Franklin Junior Chamber of Commercce
Crosley Field
Ridgeville Community Club
Eleanor Kinsworthy
Sycamore St
WSCS
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Blue Ball
King’s Daughters
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
Raymond Deardoff
Jacksonburg
Fidelity
Mason Volunteer Fire Company
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Collinsville
West Side Bible Class
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