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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1948
Page
2
City attorney Fred J Schatzmann announces a $27,000 Christmas bonus plan for 159 city employees. 119 general fund workers will receive $240 if with the city over 12 months, and $20 monthly for under a year. 40 Street and Water Works employees get comparable sums from department funds.
Certificates of appreciation for about 400 Civic Association campaign workers and solicitors are being prepared to mail Friday. E. E. Grant president says signed by D. G. Driscoll and Grant, with letters acknowledging their good city service. Donors receive membership cards stickers and buttons.
Floyd A. Brown, circulation manager of the Hamilton Journal, spoke at the Middletown Co-operative Club luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. He said economic conditions spur newspaper consolidation, noting fewer papers today than in 1638 and four Ohio cities Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton with multiple papers. He contrasted U S and foreign press and commented on South American use of American comics with captions in native languages.
Merle Lewellen, 54, of 508 Charles Sr., was charged with intoxication and carrying concealed weapons after police arrested him on 990 West Central Ave. last night.
Toni Jones of Excello reports losing a billfold with 20 dollars in the downtown area yesterday. Tren ton School authorities report the theft of a camera valued at 65 dollars believed stolen Monday night.
Police logged several minor crashes last night and this morning. Thomas Reese age 75 of 10 Monroe Street and Francis Day age 38 of 1311 First Avenue were in a Girard Avenue collision causing damage to both fenders. Elsa Simpson age 25 of 300 South Sutphin Street struck a car driven by Mrs. Hyman Helfmann age unknown of 3001 Hampton Drive on South Main Street damaging the Helfmann rear fender. Dorothy Montgomery age 44 of 313 North Grimes Street riding via Prince of 1819 Fleming Road was not injured.
Hamilton police sponsor a trip to Toledo for a hockey game on Saturday. Detective James H. Davis handles tickets for a special train to fund a B and O station building in West Middleton and return after the game. Tickets cost $10 including train fare and game admission, with proceeds aiding a new Hamilton clubhouse. Fraternal Order of Police lodge 38 sponsors the event.
Transfer of Beel Transportation Company from Mrs. Martha Beel to the Monroe Coach Line completed here Tuesday. The Monroe Coach Line is run by M F Franer L M Harmon and A W Alexander. Beel line operated three buses from Lebanon to Monroe Blue Ball and Middletown.
The Middle Band Parents organization will meet in room 109 of the Middletown High School building at 7 30 p m on Thursday.
A Middletown Journal subscription makes a Christmas gift with options for three six or twelve months. A season s greeting letter will be sent to notify the recipient of the gift. Call the Journal Circulation Department for details. 23611.
A kitchen fire at the C. H. Murray residence at 2600 Sherman Ave. caused an estimated $1000 damage to the two story brick house and its contents. Firemen from Station No. 2 responded at 8:29 a.m. The blaze cause remains undetermined.
At 9 27 p m Tuesday Fire Department No 3 answered an alarm at 1510 Taylor Ave where a short circuit in wiring started a fire on a pole belonging to the Middletown Gas and Electric Company Firemen located the fire in the alley No property damage was reported
The Fraternal Order of Police and associates will meet at 7 30 p.m. at the Police Pistol range for a Wednesday gathering.
The Knights of St John will meet in the St John’s School basement at 7 p.m. The meeting time and location are announced for members and attendees.
The house committee and executive board of Blythe-William Post 231 will convene at 7 30 p m at the hall for a scheduled gathering.
The Moose Club will hold a meeting at 8 o clock in the evening on Wednesday at a location on W Central Ave. Members are urged to attend and discuss club business and upcoming events.
W H Spindler editor of the Highway Magazine will address the Miami Chapter Ohio Society of Professional Engineers at a noon meeting. His talk titled Recent Engineering Projects throughout the United States will be illustrated with color slides.
The policy committee of the Middletown Citizens Committee will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the American Legion home executive committee room to formulate an overall plan for 1949.
The Kiwanis board of directors will convene at 7 45 p m at 128 Main St to discuss pending affairs and committees.
Joe Bolan of Abbotts Laboratory Chicago Illinois will present a film at the noon Kiwanis meeting held at the Manchester Hotel.
The National Association of Letter Carriers will convene at 7 30 p m in the Trades and Labor Hall for an evening meeting.
The Dixie Heights Improvement League will hold a meeting at Maple Park School at 5 30 p m. Local residents and committee members are expected to attend to discuss neighborhood projects and upcoming events.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge No 257 will meet at the Elks Temple on North Main Street at 8 p m. The event invites members to attend the evening gathering and discuss lodge affairs.
The first meeting of industrial supervisors is scheduled for 6 30 p m at the Manchester Hotel.
The Blythe Williams Post Auxiliary of the American Legion will convene at 8 p.m. at the Silver Leaf Social Club.
The executive committee of Armco Independent Federation will convene at 7 p.m. in the AEIF offices to discuss organizational matters.
At 7 36 p m the members of the Dance Club of the VFW will meet in the Club room.
An Alcoholics Anonymous gathering is scheduled for 7 30 P M. The notice confirms a local AA meeting time for attendees seeking support and fellowship.
The Odd Fellows Lodge will convene at the Hall on Central at 7 30 p m for a scheduled local gathering. Members are expected to attend as per the notice.
Alpha Council Co 326 Jr OUAM will meet at 19 N Broad St at 8 p m with members urged to attend the session and discuss forthcoming duties and assignments.
At a noon Lions Club meeting Hughes William son announces a legal notice calling for sealed bids on a 11 ton motor truck with D-18 special body and hydraulic lift for garbage disposal, due December 22, 1948 at the Village Clerk office in Trenton Ohio. Bidders must include personal and corporate details, a $100 certified check, and comply with bid terms. The village council reserves right to reject any bids and may waive informalities.
Boy Scouts will assist the Police Department with pedestrian traffic on Saturday December 18 and in the following week at the three busiest downtown corners Main St and Central Ave Broad St and Central and Veri ty Pkvy and Central Parker said. They will also tag and collect Christmas trees with help from the Middle town Fire Department Safety Council and offer five safety tips for tree use. Collections of old trees are set for January 8 with trucks borrowed to haul them to the Boy Scout camp.
Legion drive in Middletown totals 1700 memberships with over 400 added in the final day. Armco East Works leads with 618 memberships at 102 percent, Fabricating division at 100 percent with 110. James Abbott tops individual sellers with 56 memberships. Business division aims to finish by January 1 as year goal is 2750.
Lancaster Ohio AP report says restaurant operator Dave V Landis, second of 12 defendants, was found innocent of buying and receiving stolen meat. Jury deliberated 21 minutes. Landis denied knowingly purchasing stolen ham and beef from Swift and Company’s Columbus plant.
Two WPFB staffers, George Garlinger and Allan Jones, spoke at the noon Civitan Club meeting at the Manchester Hotel. They presented the fifteen minute radio skit Man on the Street highlighting Civitan activities and purposes.
The Apostolic Church invites the public to hear guest speaker Reverend Louis Smith on Friday at 7 30 p.m. The Pringle Children will provide music for the event at the church.
Local Jaycees announce a membership meeting at 6 30 p m tonight in the Manchester Hotel. The gathering will cover chapter updates and upcoming community service events.
The weatherman predicts clouds and rain with cooler temps tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 52 and the low 34, with 27 at 8 am and 34 at 10:30 am. A Pacific Northwest storm spreads rain along the coast and snow in the Dakotas to Michigan, while a rain belt extends from Virginia to Alabama.
Knights of Pythias Lafayette Lodge No 37 will host its annual Christmas Party Thursday at 7 30 p m in Castle Hall. Members and their families plus Pythian Sisters are invited. Entertainment directed by Valda Wilkerson Roosevelt Junior High School music director and Virgil Webster Earl Doddington and Elza Abraham. Santa Claus will appear with gifts for all attendees.
At the movies Paramount schedules Forever Amber with Linc oln Darnell and Cornel Wilde at 1 25 4 6 40 and 9 15 p m Also Strand presents A Womans Vengeance with Charles Boyer and Anna Blythe at 2 35 5 36 and 8 37 p m Out of the Storm features James Lydon and Lois Col ler at 1 15 4 16 7 17 and 10 18 p m Thursday Give My Regards to Broadway stars Dan Dailey and Nancy Guild at 1 15 4 59 and 8 38 p m plus Street With No Name with Mark Stevens and Lloyd Nolan at 2 49 6 38 and 10 12 p m
The article notes that films from the Summer Band Camp will be shown. Local audiences are invited to view the selections. Details on dates or venues are not provided in the readable text.
Signs 16 by 20 inches bearing Gen Anthony Wayne likeness were set along Ohio Routes 4 and 127 in the Anthon Wayne Parkway System. The route extends from Cincinnati to Toledo with segments through Butler County, New Miami, and Hamilton, posted at regulated distances and not within municipalities. Action by the State Legislature led to naming the system after the general.
Gilbert Egelston, a College of Music freshman and son of Mr and Mrs Charles Egelston of 2407 Grand Ave, was named a winner in the Opera Preview Concert auditions held at the Odeon. Judges from the Young Friends of Opera selected foreign language arias, with Egelston performing M appari Tutt Amor from Martha in Italian.
In Columbus a Chicago construction company, Bates and Rogers Construction Corporation, submitted the lowest bid of 1 042 225 for a steel girder bridge over the Big Miami River on U S Route 35 in Dayton. The state estimate stood at 1 054 400.
The Red Lantern Cafe on Route 25 near West Chester in Butler County was issued a new liquor permit by the State Liquor Department yesterday. Proprietor Francis P. Bowers operates the night club.
Paul Walker, Middletown basketball coach, will speak at the American Legion meeting on Wednesday at 8 p m. He helped Middies win a state title in 1947 and an undefeated season in 1948 and is expected to outline 1949 basketball prospects. Glenn Ellison may show Middie football films from the Middletown-Hamilton era.
Miss Thelma Hardin former resident of Middletown has been appointed manager of the Winter Park Herald in Winter Park Florida She trained on the Middletown Journal staff and in Cincinnati department store display work She later joined the Miami Daily News advertising staff and then moved to Orlando to work on the Winter Park Herald sales team
Officials said tentative arrangements have been made for a Legion golf trophy presentation next Wednesday. James Farkas will receive the trophy as this year’s tournament winner.
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