Hearing Set On Mayfield Annexation Issue
A public hearing is scheduled for September 12 to discuss the Mayfield subdivision annexation in Larromeore. County Commissioners, Middle town officials, Lemon Township Trustees, and local leaders will join residents to hear views and discuss possible actions. County fears tax loss and service gaps shape opposition from township and school officials. city response remains pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield
Larromeore
Maysubdivisioner County
City Commission
Middletown
Lemon Township
Resi
Oetains
National Employ the Physically Handicapped committee named
Ben Kitchen was named general chairman of the 1949 National Employ the Physically Handicapped committee at a Civic Association meeting. P F Johnson announced plans for a publicity campaign for the observance October 2 6 proclaimed by Truman in 1945. Members from Jaycees Journal WPFB and other groups named for publicity and displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Kitchen
Middletown
Max Wise
The
Jaycees
William Weith
Journal
Walter Pawelkoski
Veterans’ Service Center
Allan Jones
WPFB
Richard Moore
Ministerial Association
al Bolling
Civitan Club
James Vanetta
Middletown Personnel Association
Civic Association
Church Council
Women's
NSLI Refund Drive Sees 2000 Applications Over Two Days
More than 800 ex service members filed NSLI dividend applications, pushing a two day total to just over 2,000. About 500 were processed by American Legion volunteers after 7 p.m. The VFW office logged around 325 requests. Processing schedules vary by last name initials at Legion Armory and VFW, with Labor Day closure for both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Service Life
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars Office
Legion Armory
A. Lampe
Civic Association Veterans’ Service Center
VFW
Freight Offices Saturday Closing Starts This Week
Non operating railroad employees begin the 40 hour week tomorrow affecting freight houses of the New York Central Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio. In Middletown freight agents association president J A Ryan said less than car load shipments will not be received or delivered and only skeleton forces will be on duty Saturdays. Passenger and yard operations at NYC Charles Street depot will stay open 24 hours.
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New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Middletown
J. A. Ryan
Vital Statistics William Meeks and others listed
Vital statistics note ages for William Meeks 68 of Eaton A Everson 82 of Hamilton Dixon Lovely 86 of 1523 Crawford St.
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William Meeks
Eaton
A. Everson
Hamilton
Dixon Lovely
Crawford St
Local Residents Welcome Newborns This Week
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bronnen berg at 700 Malvern St. welcome a girl on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Graham of 212 Park St. welcome a girl Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ward of Fernwood St. welcome a girl Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Staton at 3026 Seneca St. welcome a girl Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Helier of Wilbraham Rd. welcome a boy Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harden of Hamilton welcome a boy Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Hammond at 715 West Seventh Ave. welcome a boy Tuesday.
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Leo Bronnenberg
Malvern St
Dale Graham
Park St
Chester Ward
Fernwood St
William Staton
Seneca St
Eugene Helier Po
Medical and surgical patients listed in Middletown notice
Mrs Loris McKinney Dessie May Ward and Sarah Beatty are among patients at Middletown area hospitals. Other names include James W Reese, Mary Dulak, William Morton and Alden Williams listed as surgical patients. Several others such as Ned Sizer Roger Dillman Chester Banks Nettle Carr and John Johnson are noted as medical. Dismissed Forest Squires and De Robert Moon mentioned along with Mary Ethel Hendricks at Middletown Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loris McKinney
South Main St
Dessie May Ward
Clarence Ward
Reynolds Ave
Sarah Beatty
Trenton
Jack Bewley
Elsmere St
James W. Reese
Franklin
Mary Dulak
Lafayette St
William Oliver Morton
Middletown
Ned Sizer
Burton Rd
Roger W. Dillman
Young St
Alden Williams
Wilbraham Rd
Chester Banks
Malvern St
Nettle Carr
Shafer St
John Michael Johnson
Eugene Johnson
Lewis St
Charles McGuire
Claude McGuire
Taylor Ave
Forest Squires
de Robert Moon
Sheridance
Mary Ethel Hendricks
Ane Hall
Hamilton Liquor Swindle Reported
Authorities warned of a liquor sale racket in Hamilton run by men claiming to be State Liquor Department reps. They tour city sections taking orders for bottled goods, take down payments, and promise delivery within days. No solicitors are authorized. blanks reportedly stolen from a liquor store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
State Liquor Department
Franklin Women and Child Injured in Minor Crash
A minor two-vehicle collision at Columbia Avenue and Verity Parkway shortly before noon sent three Franklin residents to Middletown Hospital for minor injuries. Mrs Laura Reece 44 driving south on a parkway with a failed traffic light said she entered the intersection. Fred Spencer 24 of 907 Columbia Avenue driving east with a green light claimed the light was in his favor. Passengers Angela Reece 23 and William nine months were treated and released. Spencer was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Middletown
Columbia Ave
Verity
Polio Strikes Excello Child in Butler County
Regina Manning, 20 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Manning of Excello, diagnosed with polio at Mercy Hospital Hamilton. Charles J Reuthe, chair of the Butler County Infantile Paralysis Foundation, confirms the case as polio this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Regina Manning
James Manning
Excello
Charles J. Reuthe
Butler County Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Resident Is Bound To Jury In Rape Case
Earl Perry 33 of Wrigley Kentucky formerly of Middletown was bound to the Butler County Grand Jury on a rape charge with 2500 bond after arraignment before Acting Judge Ben D Worcester in Municipal Court Preliminary hearing waived The charge stems from a 11 year old girl who said the offenses began when she was eight She said she did not tell because he threatened to kill her The case was investigated by juvenile authorities Middletown detectives brought Perry back from Kentucky to face the charge filed by the girl’s mother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Perry
Wrigley, Ky
Middletown
Butler County Grand Jury
Ben D. Worcester
Perry
Kentucky
William Everson Dies at 82 Former Realtor Hero
William A Everson 82 longtime Middletonian and 620 se Ave Hamilton resident died today at 5 12 am at Fort Hamilton Hospital after a weeklong confinement. He worked with Nein Brothers Realty in Middletown before moving to Hamilton in the late 1930s and belonged to the Middletown Rotary and Hamilton Rotary clubs as well as Lincoln Lodge Masons. He attended Hamilton Baptist Church. Survivors include widow Nettie and daughter Marie Henninger. Webb Funeral Home in Hamilton has funeral arrangements.
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William A. Everson
Se Ave
Hamilton
Fort Hamilton
Nein Brothers Realty
Middletown
Hamilton Rotary Club
Masonic Order
Lincoln Lodge
Hamilton Baptist Church
Nettie
Marie Henninger
Webb Funeral Home
Dixon Lovely obituary in Middletown severing 86 years
Dixon Lovely of 523 Crawford St died at 2 p m yesterday at Shady Lawn Rest Home after a year’s confinement. He was 86 and a Middletown resident 40 years, formerly with P Lorillard for 14 years retiring in 1932. He and his wife Fada would have celebrated 60 years tomorrow. Survived by three sons Lee Springboro O, James Indianapolis Ind, Arlie Middletown. two daughters Mrs John Sparks Lake City Fla, Mrs Paul Richter Dayton. Services Friday 2 p m at Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home with interment Woodside Cemetery. Rev R C Candill officiating. Friends may call Friday 2-5 p m and 7-10 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon Lovely
Crawford St
Shady Lawn
Middletown
P. Lorillard Company
Mr. Lovely
Fada
First Church Christ
Lee
Springboro
James
Indianapolis
Ind
Arlie
John Sparks
Lake City
Fla
Paul Richter
Dayton
McCoy-Leffler
Woodside Cemetery
R. C. Candill
Services to honor Lt. Denny L. Yocum in Crawford Church
Funeral services for Second Lt. Denny L. Yocum, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Yocum of 2809 Grand Ave., will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Crawford Street Church of God. Rev. R. C. Caudill will officiate, with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Middletown War Mothers and the American Legion will supervise full military honors. Friends may visit Riggs Funeral Home today from 7 to 10 p.m., and the body will be taken to the church at noon Thursday. Yocum, 20, was an Air Force pilot missing in action over Germany August 4, 1944, later listed as killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny L. Yocum
W. L. Yocum
Grand Ave
Crawford St. Church of God
R. C. Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Middletown War Mothers
American Legion
Riggs Funeral
United States Air Force
Germany
More Street Lighting Asked In Two Areas
Residents in two areas will request additional street lights at Easton Ave and Douglas St citing unsafe conditions due to lack of lighting for teens returning from events. Another request seeks lighting on south Ellen Dr in the N Wildwood subdivision.
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City Commission
Stanley Clark
Easton Ave
Douglas St
Co. L. Campbell
Ellen Dr
N. Wildwood
Eaton William Meeks Dies at 68 in Home Heart Attack
William Meeks 68 retired farmer died at 4 30 a m Tuesday of a heart attack at his home 714 North Barron Street He was a Congregational Christian Church member Surviving are wife Anna son Stanley Meeks Eaton Route 5 daughter Mrs Lucille Fudge Eaton Route 4 two brothers James and Clarence both of Eaton three sisters Mrs Allie Jackson Day ton Mrs Catherine Renner Eaton and Mrs Mary Mikesell Brookville Ohio and six grandchildren Funeral services set for Thursday 2 30 p m at the Congregational Christian Church with Rev Clarence J Brad bury officiating Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Eaton
William Meeks
North Barron St
The
Congregational Christian Church
Anna
Stanley Meeks
Lucille Fudge
James
Clarence
Allie Jackson
Dayton
Catherine Renner
Mary Mikesell
Brookville
Clarence J. Bradbury
Mound Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for George H. Busch
Funeral services for George H. Busch, 72, who died at his home on Eaton Route 1, will be held Thursday at Barnes Funeral Home with Rev. William Zoltner officiating. Burial will be at Sugar Grove Cemetery near New Lexington in this county.
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EATON
George H. Busch
Barnes
William Zoltner
Sugar Grove
New Lexington
Franklin Woman and Miamisburg Men Held by Police
Police stopped a car weaving on Reading Rd near the Broadway station and found two shotguns a loaded pistol and three quarts of moonshine. Driver Clay Sandlin 38 faced carrying concealed weapon and littering charges against Bertie Leinhart 19. The trio said they were bound for Kentucky to hunt squirrel.
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Miamisburg
Franklin, O
Clem Merz
Cincinnati
Merz
Clay Sandlin
Bertie Leinhart
Broadway
Reading Rd
Kentucky
Women Voters Air Charter Issue Before Co-Op Members
Mrs. E. J. Sebald told Middletown Co-Operative Club members that the present charter, written for a smaller city, needs revision as municipal problems grew. A city manager would head administration, keeping legislative power with the City Commission and voters, while new departments and offices would be created.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women Voters
Co-Op
Middletown
E. J. Sebald
League of Women Voters
Fred Schatzmann
Cleveland
Supreme Authority
Commission
Public Services
Public Safety
Boards of Health
Library Trustees
Park Commission
Civil Service Commission
Board of Health
Board of Library Trustees
League
Ruth Heffner to Return as Public Health Nursing Chief
Ruth Heffner will return tomorrow to her former post as Director of the Bureau of Public Health Nursing at the Civic Association and supervisor of nursing in the Health Department. She resigned last March 1 to pursue post graduate work in public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Heffner
Bureau of Public Health
Civic Assocition
Health Department
L. C. Neer
Miss Heffner
Henderson Estes
Stanley Crist
University of Pennsylvania
Helen Robison
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Civic Association Bureau of Public Health
Army Nurse Corps
Ohio School of Nursing
Cincinnati
General Hospital
Taft to Open Ohio Campaign Across Cleveland Lebanon
U S Senator Robert A Taft opens his Ohio campaign tour in Cleveland on Labor Day and plans to speak in Lebanon on September 15 before addressing Cincinnati events The Lebanon Rotary Club hosts a 630 PM session at Lebanon High School Auditorium Taft meets business groups in London and Greenfield and Hilsboro on September 13 14 and spends September 16 in Cincinnati with a life insurance convention and a CPA society gathering.
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Taft
Ohio
Cleveland
Lebanon
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Middletown
Lebanon High 1
Columo Pe
Franklin County
Taft Committee
Beadison County
London
Highland County
Greenfield
Hilsboro
Society of Certified Public Accountants
Siren of Atlantis and Take One False Step at Paramount
At the Movies Paramount lists Siren of Atlantis with Maria Montes and Dennis O Keefe showing at 11 45 a m 1 50 3 45 5 30 7 30 and 9 30 p m Thursday Take One False Step starring William Powell Shelley Winters at 1 40 5 and 8 30 p m Also Yes Sir That s My Baby with Donald O Connor Gloria De Haven at 3 15 6 40 and 10 p m
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Maria Montez
Dennis O'Keefe
William Powell
Shelley Winters
Donald O'Connor
Gloria DeHaven
Wednesday and Thursday State Police Showtimes with Cast
John King and William Lundigan star in State Police with showings at 1:40 4:10 6:40 and 9:10 p m Also Armored Car with Robert Wilcox and Judith Barrett at 2:50 5:20 7:50 and 10:20 p m in the same listings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John King
William Lundigan
Robert Wilcox
Judith Barrett
Also Mentioned on This Page
NSLI
Vrad.lis
S. Broad ST
Hamilton Liquor
Eee
Freddie Fix
Freddie
William Everson
Denny Yocum
Ceive
Middletown Federation of Women’s Clubs
TONI
Honest Home Formanend
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson Triplife
D. T. Spence
Illia
MSO
Sun Furnaces
Williamson-Ziegler Furnace Co
N. Broad St
Dial
Paramount
John Dobrozsi, Jr
General Insurance
Central Dial
Timmons Insurance
Ria Tam Esi
Tesoro
Fabrikold
Gem City
Gm Aaa
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