Street Department Reorganization To Be Discussed By Commission
Plans for a permanent reorganization of the Street Department will come before the City Commission tonight. Commissioner Carmody notes a few more men but no basic operations change. Shawhan’s report cites 32 employees with 28 active, recommends four sewer crewmen and a winter patching crew of seven, plus day watchmen and departmental restructuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Francis Carmody
William H. Shawhan
Shawhan
Carmody
Shannan
City Bids Sought For Water Works Projects
City commissioners will review tabulations for two water works proposals. A test well project bids total about 14,500 with three bidders. a 30 hydrants purchase from Mueller Co. had bids of 146.50 each for 10 with valves and 105 each for 20 without valves, delivery in 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mueller Company
T. F. Peterson
Citizens’ Committee
Mansfield
Middletown
al Preyer, Jr
International City Managers Association
Board of Education
Commission
Park Board and Planning Commission
Mary Orlesby Park
Nationalists Hold Key Salt Fields Amid Rebel Mood
Nationalists report control of Tzu liuching salt fields near Neikiang, 90 miles southeast of Chengtu, with Neikiang still in nationalist hands. A by-passed Red force threatens Tzuchung, 75 miles east of Chengtu, as reports conflict on the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tzuliuching
Czechman
Neikiang
Chengu
Tou River
Tzuchung
Chengtu
Obituary for George Mitchel Dean 65 Middletown
George Mitchel Dean 65 of 1209 Girard Ave retired Armco Steel employee died today at 1 54 a m Middletown Hospital after years of poor health. He lived here 40 years and is survived by widow Mathilda two sons Richard of Fort Riley Kansas and Thomas of Middletown two grandchildren and sister Mrs Catherine Reynolds of Middletown. Services Saturday at 10 a m at J R Baker and Son Funeral Home with Rev R C Caudill officiating. Burial in Middletown Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p in Thursday.
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George Mitchel Dean
Girard Ave
Armco Steel Corporation
Middletown Hospital
Armco
Mathilda
Richard
Ft. Riley
Kas
Thomas
Catherine Reynolds
Middletown
J. R. Baker and Son
R. C. Caudill
Middletown Cemetery
Funeral
Carestaker
Woodsite Cemetery
Veronica
Helen
Jerry
Thomas Trinka
Hamilton
John
Vinca
Czechoslovakia
Schramm Funeral Home
Woodside Cemetery
Herschel Haynes Dies After Stroke At Middletown Hospital
Herschel Haynes, 62, of 21099 Logan Ave, longtime employee of Sorg Paper, died at 12 10 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a Sunday stroke while attending a furnace. Survived by widow Florence son Elbridge two daughters Mae Jennings Lima and Arthur Nash Middletown a sister W D Phelps Bowling Green funeral 2 30 p m Friday at J R Baker and Son Funeral Home Rev M E Clay burial Woodside Cemetery.
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Merschel Haynes
Logan Ave
Lorg
Middletown
Wardlow Thomas Paper Company
Sorg Paper
Florence
Elbridge
Mae Jennings
Lima
Arthur Nash
W. D. Phelps
Bowling Green
J. R. Baker and Son
M. E. Clay
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral services for Harvey Walker
Funeral services for Harvey Walker aged 81 of 3111 Tytus Ave will be held Thursday at 10 a m at the Mc church. He died Monday.
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Harvey Walker
Tytus Ave
Funeral service set for Fletcher E. Shoup officiant at Woodside burial
Coy Leffler Funeral Home announces the funeral for Fletcher E. Shoup with the Rev. Fletcher E. Shoup officiating. Friends may call today from 2 to 5 p m and 7 to 10 p m at Woodside Cemetery for visitation before burial.
Mary Lizzie Smith 83 Dies in Waynesville
Mrs. Mary Lizzie Smith 83 died at her Waynesville home after two years of declining health. Widow of T J Smith she is survived by three daughters and one son, plus two sisters and grandchildren. Services set for 2 p m Friday at McClure Funeral Home Waynesville with Rev R B Coleman officiating. Burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin.
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Lebanon
Mary Lizzie Smith
Waynesville
T. J. Smith
Smith
Glenna Carey
Nina St. John
Grace Pence
Oscar Smith
Della Venable
Lucy Dines
Hamilton
McClure
R. B. Coleman
Mi‘ami Cemetery
Corwin
Dr Samuel R Haythorn Noted Pathologist Dies at 69
Dr Samuel Resse Haythorn prominent pathologist and silicosis tuberculosis specialist died aged 69. A native of Danville Illinois, he made significant contributions to medical research and public health.
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Pittsburgh
Samuel Resse Haythorn
Danville
Notable deaths across continents mark varied careers
TORONTO Charles C Wood ley 77 once prominent in Can adas Socialist Labor Party. HOUSTON Frank A Put nam 82 poet and former newspaper man and magazine editor. NEW YORK Hubble Tead belly Ledbetter 60 former Louisiana farm hand who became an internationally known singer of blues and work songs. LONDON Col Gen Ivan Y Rogov a member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party.
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Toronto
Charles C. Woodley
Canada
Socialist Labor Party
New York
Hubble
London
Ivan Y. Rogov
Central Committee
The
Soviet Communist Party
Ashville Woman Dies in Crash Near Franklin Pickaway Line
Mrs. Sarah E. Walker 43 of Rt. 2 Ashville died from a broken neck after her car crashed into a tree two miles south of the Franklin Pickaway County line yesterday.
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Columbus, O
Sarah E. Walker
Rt. 2
Ashville
Franklin-Pickaway County
Paramount Presents Capricious Dates at The Movies
At the Paramount theater Wednesday and Thursday the film Under Capricorn starring Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotton shows at 1 50 4 23 6 54 and 9 25 p m Also Apartment for Peggy with Jeanne Crain and William Holden at 2 20 5 30 and 8 35 p m and Sky Dragon featuring Roland Winters and Keye Luke at 1 15 4 05 7 15 and 10 20 p m
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Capricorn
In Arid Bergman
Joseph Cotton
Peggy
Jeanne Crain
William Holden
Sky Dragon
Roland Winters
Keye Luke
Gift subscription offer from Middletown Journal
A three six or twelve month Middletown Journal gift subscription makes a ideal Christmas gift. A season greeting letter will be sent immediately to notify the recipient of the gift. Call The Journal circulation department at 2 3611 for details.
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Middletown Journal
The
Journal c A. Department
Chief Carmody Released From Hospital
Police Chief Thormas Carmody of Tytus Ave has been discharged from Middletown Hospital after treatment for a leg blood clot. Doctors say he is nearing full recovery from the heart attack suffered at the International Police Chiefs convention in Dallas and the clot is unrelated. He plans a gradual return to full duties at the City Building.
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Thormas Carmody
Tytus Ave
Middletown Hospital
International Police Chiefs’ Convention
Dallas
Carmody
Darrell Hodge Named Outstanding Student at MHS
Middletown High School senior Darrell Hodge was voted the most outstanding student in a poll by the Middletonian. Hodge, 16, leads in drama with past leads in class plays and serves as president of the National Thespian Society. He is active in the Middletown Little Theater and Calvary Methodist Drama Guild, and holds an honor roll status. He plans to seek a University of Chicago scholarship and may pursue acting, radio announcing, or law after graduation. He is the son of Mrs. Guy Richardson of 1713 Manchester Ave and was born in Indiana.
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Darrell Hodge Toda
Middletown High Zcheol
Middletonian
Shelia Daly
Hodge
National Thespian Society
Acive
Middletown
Boy’s State
Guy Richard
Manchester Ave
Indiana
el Segundo
Cal
Middletown High School
University of Chicago
Home Building Spurt Seen In 12 Permits
Early December building activity reports 12 home permits issued this month by Orville Carson building commissioner. Tailored Homes, Inc. secures seven Gunnison homes to be placed on Park and Florence Streets as one family one story frames. Other permits include Wade D Pratt 8 500 Harold Whitesell 6 000 Harry D Pratt 8 500 and Goebel Conrad 7 000 for one story frame dwellings. No industrial permits issued so far this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Carson
Tailored Homes, Inc
Gunnison Homes
Park and
Florence Sts
Wade D. Pratt
Glenmore
Harold Whitesell
Germantown Rd
Harry D. Pratt
Poinciana
Goebel Conrad
Fourteenth Ave
Sportsmen 10 Name Three Directors
The Sportsmen Club votes next Tuesday to elect three new directors. Nominees are Adrian Smallwood Harry Lewis Carl Jay Joseph Blose Harold Jones Sam Tutt Fred Stein and Jack Meeker. Terms of Smallwood Edward Drayer and William LaPort end.
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Sportsman's Club
Adrian Smallwood
Harry Lewis
Carl Jay
Joseph Blose
Harold Jones
Sam Tutt
Fred Stein
Jack Meeker
Smallwood
Edward Drayer
William LaPort
Tutt
Russell Weatherwax
Quartets rehearse for Monroe parade
Rehearsals for the Spears parade in Lemon Monroe School district highlight the Razor's Edge Chapter meeting. Three local groups join eight total acts in the Lemon Township Athletic Association sponsored event. The Rounders meet Tuesdays at 7 15 p m at the VFW instead of Sundays at Jack Round's home.
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Spears
Lemon- Monroe
Razor's Edge
Lemon Township Athletic Association
Rounders
VFW
Jack Round
Dixie Heights Improvement League to discuss storm sewers Thursday
Dixie Heights Improvement League plans a meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. at Maple Park School. C F Myers, president, urges all members and fre elders to attend as topics include storm sewers walks curbs and gutters.
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Dixie Heights Improvement League
C. F. Myers
Maple Park School
Local engineers to meet December 12 in Middletown
The Miami Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers will hold its December 12 meeting at 7 30 p m in the Middletown Gas and Electric Company conference room at 39 North Broad Street. After the business session, a discussion on current events in the area will follow. there will be no noon meeting this month due to Christmas holidays.
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Miami
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Middletown Gas and Electric Company
North Broad St
Vital statistics for local residents released
Herschel Hayne age 62 of 2109 Than Ave Mrs Mary Lizzie Smith age 83 of Waynesville O George Tuche Dean age 65 of 1209 Girard Ave listed in local vital statistics report.
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Herschel Hayne
Than Ave
Mary Lizzie Smith
Waynesville
O. George
Local Birth Notices Prompt Fresh Arrivals Across City
Newborns include a boy to Mr and Mrs Arnold Pettit at 417 Tytus Ave a boy to Mr and Mrs Gerald Kennedy at 322 Charles St a girl to Mr and Mrs Samuel Morgan of Franklin and an out of town birth in Johannesburg South Africa a son Ben Anderson Thirkield Jr parents D D Thirkield Franklin and a boy to Mr and Mrs Vernon Fawley of Van Wert Ohio Grandparents D D Thirkield and Rev and Mrs B Y Spare Harrison Ohio the Rev Spare former Oakland Church pastor.
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Arnold Pettit
Tytus Ave
Gerald Kennedy
Charles St
Samuel Morgan
Franklin
Ben Thirkield
Johannesburg
South Africa
Ben Anderson Thirkield
D. D. Thirkield
Vernon Fawley
van Wert, O
B. Y. Spare
Harrison, O
Spare
Oakland Presbyterian Church
Marriage Licenses in Hamilton and Middletown Areas
Michael Durbin a 23 year old room clerk and Phyllis Poffinbarger a 20 year old switchboard operator both of Hamilton obtain a marriage license. Fred Arrowood 18 a laborer from Germantown Route 1 and Leona F Tibbs 16 of 112 Webster St Middletown also receive licenses.
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Michael Durbin
Phyllis Poffinbarger
Hamilton
Fred Arrowood
Germantown
Leona F. Tibbs
Webster St
Middletown
Hospital Notices Listed Patients and Status
A column of names and brief statuses from The Hospital lists patients by street and condition. Entries include Mrs. Robert Fuller surgical, Mrs. Gordon Shockley surgical, Mrs. Roger Buchanan medical, and several others with medical or surgical designations and one DISMISSED entry for Mrs. Fred Reid.
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Robert Fuller
South Main St
Gordon Shockley
Garden Ave
Roger Buchanan
Fernwood St
Henry Mayes
Charles St
Harold Morrison
Tytus Ave
John T. Knapp
Sherman Ave
Joseph Zinck
Franklin
Jane Ellen Proffitt
George Proffitt
Columbia Ave
Fred Reid
Grove St Medical
Rural Delivery Change Proposed
The Middletown postmaster reports a recommendation to shift rural Route 2 deliveries to 68 north city homes. If approved, January 1 1950 start would transfer Whittier Jewell Hawthorne Longfellow Byron Browning and Shelby Streets to mounted curb service, reducing rural carrier hours by about 30 minutes.
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Area Post Office
Hilbert H. Martin
Middletown
FE. Bradley Post Office
Martin
Whittier St
Jewell St
Hawthorne, St
Longfellow St
Byron St
Browning St
Shelley St
Curb
Man Injured Fatally When Struck By Auto
Gaspar Rapavy 68 a Middletown route 2 resident and former golf course caretaker died after being hit by a car on Ohio 73 near Middletown. Driver Ben Cole 49 Franklin was not charged. Rapavy had skull and leg injuries and funeral services set at Schramm funeral home with burial at Woodside cemetery.
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Gaspar Rapavy
Wildwood
Middletown
Ohio 73
R. C. Wilson
Rapavy
Ben Theodore Cole
High St
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Schramm
Thomas Wenzel
Butler County
Cole
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Ice Cream and Sundaes Open 24 Hours
Bunny Sandwich Shop at 1406 Central Dial 20225 advertises 24 hour daily service offering ice cream sundaes and other treats to attract customers.
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Bunny Sandwich Shop
Central Dial
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