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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1949
Page
2
Butler County's auto title transfers are surging toward a record year says Joe Kiep, clerk of courts. Through last Thursday 26,376 titles moved, with averages around 700 weekly. if kept, annual totals could surpass 42,000 as new and used car transactions drive cash-heavy liens and high sums, outpacing 1941 and 1947 levels.
Pvt. James F. Stork son of Mr and Mrs James R Stork of 1106 Elwood St is serving with the First Cavalry Division Artillery in the occupation of the Japanese homeland. He entered the Army in January 1949 and trained at Fort Knox Kentucky including clerical school graduation.
Butler County commissioners opened bids for sealing 24 miles of county roads with bituminous material. Walter Follmer of Hamilton bid 19264.97 and L P Cavett Company of Lockland bid 19375.67. County engineer Jesse Pochard said bids were under his department estimate and tied to larger summer projects. few if any more major 1949 road improvements are anticipated.
Accounts from John W. Ganz and Robert E. Clapp reveal contrasting views of Caldwell as a man ahead of his time and a misguided inventor. An order halted his stock sales for experiments, while landlord Lewis E. Pumphrey called him likable yet bossy. The couple’s whereabouts are unknown.
Ward has been received here of the death of Mrs. James Sheard, 83, of Oxford, mother of Gilbert Sheard of 400 South Main St, Middletown. She died Friday morning in Mercy Hospital after a year of declining health. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Oxford, with burial in Oxford Cemetery. Survived by sons Gilbert of Middletown, George of Richmond, Arthur of Oxford, and daughters Amiel Law, Howard Beal, and William Yordy, all of Oxford.
Priscilla Lee Henderson infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford E. Henderson Jr. died yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Survived by parents, a brother Sanford III, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William J. Commodore of Middletown and Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Henderson Sr. of Birmingham, Ala. Graveside services conducted by Rev. R. L. Robinson at Woodside Cemetery today at 10:30 a.m.
Mrs Gertrude A Menger frequent visitor of Middletown died at 5 am Friday at her home 215 West McPherson St Dayton She is survived by two sisters Mrs Charles T Ware Dayton and Mrs J F Beeler Franklin Services Monday 2 pm at the Brough Memorial Funeral Home Miamisburg with Rev J F Walston officiating Interment Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home until time of services
Franklin Henry Doc Sandlin 56 died at 3 p m Friday at his Roberts Avenue home after a lingering illness. He worked for Mosler Safe Co in Hamilton until retirement due to ill health. Survived by widow Clara a son John of Miami Beach Fla father J K Sandlin of Franklin five sisters Mrs Huston Kindred Mrs A L Stoner both of Hamilton Miss Nan Sandlin Mrs Edwin Beaner and Mrs Athol Call all of Middletown. Funeral 2 p m at Robert Eaton Funeral Home with Rev Ray Thompson officiating. Interment Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m Sunday.
Private funeral services for Catherine Robson 76 died at her daughter Mrs John Porters Camden home earlier this week were held Thursday in Kokomo Indiana. Survivors include daughters Mrs Helen Towler Los Angeles and Mrs Martha Haisley Marion and sons Hubert Harvey Bridgeton Everette Winslow Portland George Winslow and Earl Robson Kokomo.
Kalamazoo Michigan Judson Hyames 61 director of athletics at Western Michigan College Oakland California Rear Admiral Alexander Halstead 88 commanding officer of Naval Forces in French waters during World War II Great Falls Montana Dr Rudolph Luneburg 46 of the University of Southern California a world leader in applied mathematics
The Rev. H. Kilgore pastor of the Holiness Tabernacle and his congregation will join Friendship Baptist Church as guests Sunday at 3 p.m. The program is sponsored by Mrs. Ethel Jones.
The Great Miami River becomes the first target in Ohio’s pollution cleanup campaign. A state mobile testing unit has worked two weeks in Middletown testing streams and sewers while surveys and flow checks are conducted. Officials foresee federal aid, with Middletown earlier offered 49500 for plant planning. total costs may exceed 1.5 million dollars.
Nine year old Gary Lee Raffel of Sharonville Route 1 and three year old John Paul Swick of 1240 Webster St Hamilton were reported as Butler County's 33rd and 34th polio cases of the year. Diagnoses were made at Mercy Hospital Hamilton where the children receive treatment. Charles J. Reuthe chairs the infantile paralysis foundation.
A 44-year-old man named William Tarkington was ordered held for Butler County Grand Jury on burglary charges after a quick chase following a break in at the Colonial Smokery 31 South Main Street. Tarkington pleaded guilty and admitted the break-in though he refused to sign statements. Detectives said he claimed two other similar crimes and police recovered a discarded glove and tools near the scene.
Hamilton The fight over whether Municipal Judge candidates fall under state election law or city charter rules will be heard in Butler County Common Pleas Court at 10 30 a m Tuesday Judge Harry F Walsh seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the election board to accept his reelection petition The board reversed several faulty petitions reinstating Rumpler Suman and Worley to council seats in Somerville and Oxford respectively while upholding other rulings
Leon G. Winston, 32, died from burns at Brown Hospital after a fire swept his four room frame home in Jamestown yesterday. Cause of the blaze is not yet determined.
Police report two Middletown men injured in traffic incidents. Fred Parker, 49, suffered a broken leg and multiple bruises after stepping between parked cars into a vehicle on Central Ave near Clinton St. Paul Coyle, ? injured his left arm after apparently falling from a car on Central Ave. Damages cited include 50 dollars in a collision on Tytus Ave. and Jackson St. and 300 dollars for a rear-end crash on Girard Ave. and Baltimore St. One driver, Jack Cox, 50, faced arrest for driving with a suspended license after backing into a parked car, with damages to both vehicles.
Priscilla Lee Henderson of 516 Eighteenth Ave Mrs Gertrude A Menger of Dayton Mrs Catherine Robson aged 76 of Camden Henry Doc Sandlin aged 51 of Franklin listed in vital statistics notices.
Robert W Freyberg 18 paper mill employee and Jacqueline Roettger 19 both of Hamilton. James D Coakley 21 service station attendant and Doris J Edwards 17 both of Hamilton.
In The Hospital Mrs Homer Martindale Central Ave George L Kemp 220 Franklin St medical Vernon Stewart 3417 Vannest Ave medical Mrs Thelma Hamilton Camden Route 1 medical Mrs Wilda Augspurger West Middletown Route 1 medical Paul Coyle 105 South Sutphin St medical Fredrick Parker 1107 First Ave medical DISMISSALS Oscar Flohr 1701 Carolina St William Kidwell son of John E Franklin O Miss Florence Powell Yankee Rd Mrs Sally Ellen Zeller 104 Kensington St OUT-OF-TOWN HOSPITAL Mrs Robert George 1811 Henry Ave Christ Hospital Cincinnati surgical
Mrs. Jean Marlott, 23, mother of four, shot her husband Kenneth Marlott, 21, in Point Isabel early today. He was struck in the abdomen and taken to Cincinnati Christ Hospital. she said she fired after he returned home drunk, smashed furniture and abused her. No charges filed and she was not jailed.
In 1852 the Mormon community established and ran a blast furnace in Utah, marking a notable early industrial effort. The project demonstrates mid nineteenth century regional resource use and organizational capacity by the settlers.
Asa L West, 22, of German town Route 1, charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after custody at Tytus Ave and Maybelle St. A couple on Elsmere St reported their home ransacked between 8 and 10 pm with several items missing. Tools were stolen in a disposal-grounds break in. a window pane was broken and barefoot prints spotted. George Gentry, 48, of West Middletown Route 1, charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Mrs Eugene Altic of Dayton reported $50 stolen from her purse in a local business. Francis Kartavich, 104 Kenwood Dr, bitten by a dog. animal ordered observed 14 days. Marcellus Boyd, 30, of First Ave, charged with disorderly conduct. released on $100 bond to appear in court Monday. Gerald Farmer, 18, of 216 State St, arrested at Sutphin St and Stanley St on charges of driving without a license.
Frederick K. Randolph, a Hamilton lawyer and Navy veteran, filed his petition of candidacy for the Hamilton City Council with the Butler County Board of Elections. He graduated with honors from the University of Cincinnati Law College last year and is associated with the firm Cones and Schwab in the Renfits and Sohler building.
An overview of radio prize programs from NBC ABC and CBS. It traces early simple listener gifts to modern multi prize campaigns worth thousands of dollars. Notable prizes include 2000 won from CBS by Ru Clarke and 31000 top prize from NBC for Ann Notre with ABC's 35250 value merchandise.
Middle town attorney Maxwell Finkleman was chosen to serve on the Domestic Relations Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association. The appointment was made by State Bar President James Hengst of Columbus on the recommendation of Executive Committee member Harry S. Wonnell of Hamilton.
City attorney Fred J Schatzmann said charter revisions will take about three weeks to print and assemble for mailing to 15000 electors. Addressing envelopes and mailing to voters will add two weeks. Mailings are planned 30 days before the November 8 election after city commissioners approved the Middletown charter revision amendments.
Patrolman Robert Trimble age 21 of 214 Garfield Street was reported improved at Middletown Hospital this morning after being seized with sudden illness Thursday. He joined the force December 16 last year and is the father of a newborn daughter. He is a brother of Patrolman Ralph Trimble.
A beetle test claims a pinus fragments through 27 large books in a straight line. The opening could pass a string and suspend the entire volume series.
Edward My Son stars Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr play at 2 55 6 26 and 9 45 p m Manhattan Angel features Gloria Jean and Ross Ford at 1 35 5 and 8 30 p m The Great Gatsby with Alan Ladd and Ruth Hussey screens Sunday at 1 46 3 45 5 45 7 45 and 9 45 p m
Saturday features The Prairie with Lenore Aubert and Alan Baxter at 2 5 20 and 8 55 pm plus Strange Mrs Crane with Majorie Lord and Robert Shayne at 3 20 6 50 and 10 15 pm. Sunday Roy Acuff performs at 2 4 20 6 50 and 9 10 pm while Tuscan presents Jimmy Lydon and Penny Edwards at 12 45 3 5 35 7 50 and 10 25 pm.
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