Aeronca workers pledge stock plan to save plant
Members of the Aeronca Independent Union in Middletown draft a payroll deduction to buy stock and support a refinancing plan. The union backs a $50,000 stock subscription and seeks weekly wage deductions to raise funds while lenders and local business back the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeronca
Middletown
Aeronca Independent Union
RFC
Wilbur Fisher
The
Independent Union
John Lawler
Fisher
Aeronca Aircraft Corporation
Joe Cook
Elmer Cain
Dave Isler
Roy McClary
Bill French
Bill Long
Clifford Smith
Elliott D. Levey
Reese Named Chief Of Staff At Middletown Hospital
Dr. Walter A. Reese, Middletown surgeon, was elected chief of staff at Middletown Hospital and reelected president of the medical staff. Officers include Dr. Charles H. Buchert as vice president and Dr. Byrd Swainey as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Reese
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Reese
Charles H. Buchert
Byrd Swainey
Louis H. Skimming
W. H. Roehll
E. McCall Morris
David Gerber
Kenneth Smith
Birds and vines invade homes as winter escapes persist
Local residents report a honey suckle vine entering through a living room window at 1108 Columbia Ave and a persistent mockingbird at 104 Curryer Rd pecking windows daily. The bird eats cracker crumbs and keeps up a loud chatter while residents weigh how to deter the invader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vine
Bird
Charles Hill
Columbia Ave
Leonida Edmonds
Marie Berns
Curryer Rd
Hilt
Santa Claus to Collect Letters in Middletown Parade Stop
Santa arrives by plane at Middletown Airport at 2 p m after circling the city. A parade follows and a sleigh will bring him downtown to the VFW home on Reynolds Street where he will give candy to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Middletown
Jack Clark
Santa Claus
North Pole
Clark
VFW
Reynolds St
Patrol Checks Christmas Tree Truck Loadings
State Highway Patrolmen conduct load checks on Christmas trees requiring proper bills of sale. William Salisbury of Willoughby was fined $25 and costs by the Sharonville Mayor for failing to produce required receipts as patrols enforce new orders prompted by large tree removals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Salisbury
Willoughby
Sharonville
Local Birth Announcements Include Dozens of Newborns
Vital Statistics lists births for Charlie E. Van Nuys in Ontario Canada and Edna Everson Lebanon Miss. Albert Young Waynesville. couples Wells 617 Malvern St. a boy. Rickard 3001 Jewell St. a boy. Korb 107 Garfield St. a boy. Marshall Excello a boy. Koontz 320 North Leibee St. a girl. Flower 208 Bellermonte St. a boy. Hoppe 3103 Wildwood Rd. a boy. E D Danielson St Paul Minn a boy. Grandparents J Beatty Bellemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Wells
Malvern St
Robert Rickard
Jewell St
David Korb
Garfield St
Clyde Marshall
Excello
Ralph Koontz
North Leibee St
Newton Flower
Bellermonte St
Tony
Robert Hopper
Wildwood Rd
E. D. Danielson
Louise Beatty
St. Paul, Minn
Gran J. Beatty
Bellemonte T
Normandy Name Tied to World War II Allied Landings
Normandy, a region in France where Allied forces landed during World War II, derives its name from the Normans who settled there in the 9th Century. The article lists numerous local residents as surgical or discharged patients, including Ben F Burdge and Mrs Flesher, with hospital affiliations in Boston and Dayton Grand View Osteopathic Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F. Burdge
Trenton
William Flesher
Central Ave
Farmer Shultz
Germantown
Betty Jean Spencer
Raleigh Spencer
Park St
Jack Bewley
Elsmere St
Ralph Goodwin
Franklin
L. F. Gosmeyer
Kuna Ave
Raymond W. Kelly
Raymond Kelly
Shafer St
Esther Rothe
Leonard Rothe
Highland St
Marie Donathan
Winton St
Dayton
Grandview Osteopathic Hospital
Don H. Tullis
First Presbyterian Church
New England Deaconess Hospital
Boston
Sarah Ross
James Ross
Leo Schinner
YMCA
Werner Schmidt
Wayne Ave
Thomas Smith
Middletown
Forrest Squires
Dixie Heights
James Diver
Edna Younger
North Ave
Myron Yount
Erie Ave
Flora Selby
West Middletown
Michael Hall
Chester Hall, Jr
Lebanon
Calvin Cowgill
Jefferson Rd
Fred Chapman
Sarah Miller
North Main St
Normandy
France
Uniform Industrial Power Rates Take Effect December 16
Middletown industries and all area firms served by Cincinnati Gas and Electric will see uniform basic rates starting December 16. Some rates may rise or fall with coal costs. residential, commercial and small power rates are unaffected by municipal ordinance. The move aims to remove regional rate differences and boost Middletown’s appeal to new industry. The plan, approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, covers parts of Hamilton Butler Brown Clermont Preble and Warren counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Cecal
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Commission
Hamilton
Butler, Brown
Clermont
Preble
Warren
Ohio
Regional Safety Meeting Plans Set for Hamilton
The 1950 Butler County Regional Safety Conference will be held March 7 in Hamilton with Elks Lodge as headquarters. A luncheon and banquet are planned at Moose Hall and Eagles Lodge rooms joined for sessions in machine tool metals, paper and pulp, and commercial vehicle sections. Bryan co chairs. Middletown handles banquet program and fire prevention. safety council coordinators lead the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County
The
Elks Lodge
George Bryan
Moose Hall
Hamilton Moose Lodge
Hamilton Eagles Lodge
Elks Bryan
Hamilton Safety Councils
Hamilton Safety Council
Obituary: Charles W Van Nuys 78 Toronto funeral director
Charles W. Van Nuys 78 a funeral director in Toronto Ohio for 34 years died yesterday at his home. He retired four years ago and held roles in the Building and Loan Junior O A M Eagles Community Chest Fund and M E Church. Survived by widow Myra son Dean three grandchildren and a sister in law Mrs Cora McKinney. Services Friday 7 pm Clark Funeral Home Toronto and Saturday 3 pm McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial Woodside Cemetery. Family to receive friends Saturday 2 to 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. van Nuys
Toronto
Building and Loan
Eagles
Community Chest Fund
M. E. Church
Myra
Dean
Cora McKinney
Middletown
Clark Funeral Home
McCoy-Leffler
Kenneth S. Learey
Woodside Cemetery
Services for Mrs Wilma Gam ble McCall
Services for Mrs Wilma Gam ble McCall of 934 Eighth Ave will be held Friday at 2 p m at Second Baptist Church with Rev T M Campbell officiating. The body will go to Ramer Alabama for further services and burial. Friends may call at the residence after 6 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Gamble McCall
Eighth Ave
Second Baptist Church
T. M. Campbell
Ramer
Ala
Edna Everson Rites Held in Lebanon and Mason
Funeral services will be at 2 p m Saturday at Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon for Edna Everson who died Tuesday night in Middletown Hospital. Burial follows in Rose Hill Cemetery Mason. She leaves a brother Charles of near Mason and a sister Mrs Byrd Sprague of near Silverton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Oswald
Edna Everson
Middletown
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mason
Charles
Byrd Sprague
Silverton
Rites Planned for Albert Young 93
Albert Young 93 retired farmer died at grandson’s home in Waynesville. Rites set for 1 p m Friday at Stubbs Funeral Waynesville. Burial in Bloom Roses Cemetery Brown County. Survivors: two sons Lemuel Middletown and Philip Waynesville, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Albert Young
Waynesville
Stubbs
Bloom Roses
Brown County
Retired Chicago North Western official dies at 71
Chicago native Barret Conway, 71, who retired last week as vice president and secretary of the Chicago and North Western Railway after almost 50 years with the carrier, is noted. Washington also reports G. Lynn Berry, 58, an assistant U S pardon attorney in the Justice Department since 1944 with government service since 1921, born in Sikeston, Missouri. Geographers note the United States has the world’s most colorful autumn foliage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Barret Conway
Chicago and North Western Railway System
Washington
G. Lynn Barry
U. S
Justice Department
Sikeston, Mo
United States
Colored Oleo Goes On Sale
Middletown housewives can buy yellow oleo in stores for the first time in 62 years after a ban was lifted at 12 01 am Voters approved the change on November 8. Deputy collector William Doench said permits were issued to grocers and meat dealers and more may be issued today. State capital reports say brands may be limited today but broader selection should follow by tomorrow or Saturday. Yellow oleo will cost about 10 cents more per pound to cover a federal tax of 10 cents per pound on the pre colored product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
William Doench
Internal Revenue
Meeting Postponed by Middletown American Cancer Society
The Middletown Chapter meeting scheduled for noon yesterday was postponed at physicians’ request for a staff meeting. Members will reconvene in January per chapter president L. P. Smith. Many prewar European town letters were returned marked no such place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
American Cancer Society
L. P. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. O. Bauer
Robin
So. Main St
Nick Carter
Meat Dept
Ness
Honey Grove
Ford Hook
Charlie E. van Nuys
Aie Civic Association
E T. Gardner, Jr
Civic Association
Harding- Jones Paper Company
Crystal Tissue Company
Middletown Ice and Coal Company
Shattle Brothers Machine Company
Bryan
J. H. Ayres
Charles van Nuys
Mrs
Wilma McCall
Miss Edna Everson
Associated Press
N. Main
Prac
Vradelis
Broad St
Dial
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