Accidents keep city and state police busy weekend
Rain and slush slowed traffic as city police and state highway patrol logged numerous crashes. Five year old Jeffrey Lin Latham of 1706 Carolina St suffered a left leg fracture and facial injuries after being struck on Grand Ave while darting between parked cars. Other crashes involved multiple vehicles on Route 747 and Kyle Station Rd with injuries and a stop sign violation citation for Rev James Lamb. Additional minor injuries occurred on Route 4 and Doty St, while several drivers faced fines for reckless or impaired operation. Fire crews battled a car fire on the Peastown bridge and several property damages were reported along Central Ave and Fourteenth Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Lin Latham
Carolina St
Grand Ave
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Lolli
Kyle Station
Charles L. Gray
Columbia Ave
Reading
James P. Lamb
Waynesville
F Edward Dennis
Meadow Ave
Lamb
Squire Lammie Bailey
St Johns PTA Meeting Tuesday Christmas Party Planned
St John s PTA holds its regular meeting Tuesday in the church basement at 8 00 PM. The event includes a small gift exchange and Christmas fund contributions under the program led by Mrs John Dobrozsi Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John’s Pta
John Dobrozsi, Jr
Chicken in the tree sparks police action reporting
Police were called to 1330 Manchester when a chicken perched in a tree eluded capture. Officers Dan Pelfrey and James Howerton located the bird and shot it down after the owner urged pursuit. Neighbors complained, and the incident ended as daily police work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Comedy
Dan Pelfrey
James Howerton
Manchester
Vital Statistics Report Names Across Cities
Vital statistics list includes Mrs. Sarah A. Quillen 41 of Germantown Ohio Mrs Grace Stiver 64 of Germantown Ohio and Mrs Marguerite S Lack 36 of Chicago Illinois listing ages and locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Qillen
Germantown
Grace Stiver
Marguerite $. Lack
Chicago
Local couples welcome newborn boys in week end notices
Mr. and Mrs. William Jolliff of West Middletown Route 1 welcomed a boy on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Jones of 1708 Glen Ave welcomed a boy on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Combs of 419 Baltimore St welcomed a boy on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Hembree of Monroe welcomed a boy on Sunday. Mr. and Ms. Troy Baker of 3221 Mohawk St welcomed a boy on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lawson Middletown Route 2 welcomed a boy on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jolliff
West Middletown
John Jones
Glen Ave
Ed Combs
Baltimore St
James Hembree
Monroe
Troy Baker
Mohawk St
Leonard Lawson
Middletown
Marriage Licenses Harry Kelley and Brilla Ward Listed
Harry Kelley 48 a farmer of Tren ton Route 1 and Brilla Ward 46 a paper sorter of Hamilton are issued a marriage license in a local record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kelley
Trenton
Brilla Ward
Hamilton
List of Surgical and Medical Patients by Names
A list of patients and relatives from Malvern Manchester Lebannon and surrounding areas, including Newton McClain, Catherine Combs, Helen Williams, Lowell Strayer, Carol Jean Fry, John Haddix, Robert Baker, John Hackman, Dorma Williams, Ruh, Paul Berry, Huram Howard, Cecil Jenkins, Vernon Pfittner, John Heslin, Charles Urter Brown, Morgan Neal, Fred Reid, George Triplett, Lloyd Ellison, Charles R Troup, Carl James, Carol Lacey, George Profitt, Marietta Casson, G B Rose, William Jackson, Roger Buchanan, John Robinson, Virgil Combs, Margaret McDonough, and others listed as medical or surgical patients or relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton McClain
Malvern St
Catherine Combs
Manchester Ave
Helen Williams
Blue Ball Rd
Lowell Strayer
Middletown
Carol Jean Fry
Earl Fry
Lebanon
John Haddix
Charles St
Robert Baker
Crawford St
John Hackman
Franklin
Dorma Williams
Arza Williams
Logan Ave
Ruh
Stanley St
Paul Berry
Yankee Rd
Huram Howard
Central Ave
Cecil Jenkins
Vernon
Carol Lacey
Josephine Beatty
Fernwood
James Profitt
George Profitt
Columbia
Marietta Casson
G. B. Rose
Germantown
William Jackson
Waneta
Roger Buchanan
John Robinson
Virgil Combs
Centrave
Margaret McDonough
Webster St
Teacher Reports She's Accosted Near Home
Miss Molly Holland of 1108 Columbia Ave reported a man accosted her near her apartment entry last night. She screamed, the assailant fled, and she was treated at Middletown Hospital for minor injuries before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Molly Holland
Columbia Ave
Middletown Hospital
Scout Leaders Assemble Gifts For Yale Party
Girl Scout Leaders plan a Christmas party in the Civic Association clubroom to prepare gift wrapped homemade candies for Otterbein Home residents. Mrs. Garnet L. Church says 909 women and 22 men will receive boxes, with a possible extra gift. The program starts at 7 p.m. under Sherman School and Church of God leaders. absent leaders are asked to send candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otterbein
Girl Scout Leaders’ Association
Girl Scout
Civic Association
Garnet L. Church
Water Works Bond Decision Won By City
Judge P P Bell ruled the city can issue 1.5 million dollars in mortgage revenue bonds for water works improvements. The decision centers on charter wording and whether bonds are a city debt. A 20 day waiting period precedes bond issuance with construction expected after early next year and major contracts to be executed simultaneously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. P. Bell
Common Pleas Court
Boll
Middletown
Ohio Preme Court
Fred J. Schatzmann
Schatzmann
New Money Order Service Planned At Post Office
Postmaster Hilbert H. Martin announced a new international money order by air mail service to speed delivery and payment in foreign countries at no extra charge. Applications will be accepted in the usual manner and full benefit requires the remitter's letter also to be sent by air mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilbert H. Martin
United States Money Order Exchange
Martin
Ranerle
Brannan to Speak Columbus at Ohio Grange Banquet
Agriculture Secretary Charles F. Brannan will address the Ohio State Grange banquet in Columbus on Monday night the eve of the 77th annual meeting. State Grange Master Joseph W. Fichter will present his annual report that afternoon. Reverend John C. Kelly will conduct funeral services for Francis A. Durbin at St. John's Catholic Church in Lima.
Cricket Thermometer Riddle Cites 14 Chits Plus Forty Two
A playful note suggests estimating outdoor temperature by taunting the cricket’s chit count in 14 and adding 42, transforming a weather quip into a quirky numerical puzzle likely from a summer column.
Reduced Car Insurance Rates in Ohio Expected
Ohio officials and insurers anticipate about 5 million dollars in auto insurance premium reductions for policyholders as rate schedules drop at least 15 percent from current levels. Walter A. Robinson cites improved safety campaigns and driver education as key factors behind lower accident costs and thus lower premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Walter A. Robinson
Obinson
Robinson
Obituary for Marguerite Stoecklein Lack of Chicago
Word was received of the death of Mrs. Marguerite Stoecklein Lack 38 of Chicago formerly Middletown. She had been ill a week and was a member of First Methodist Church. Survivors include husband Michael mother Mrs Stoecklein two sisters Eva B Sutton and Alice Stoecklin. Services Wednesday at 1 30 p m Hurson Funeral Home Madison St Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Stoecklein Lack
Chicago
Middletown
St. Anthony Hospital
First Methodist Church
Michael
Stoecklein
Eva B. Sutton
Alice Stoecklin
Hurson
Madison St
Services for Mrs Maud Massey to be held Wednesday
Mrs Maud Massey 77 died of a heart attack at her home 1807 Henry Ave Saturday. Services will be at Grace Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Howard Sears officiating and burial at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence until 1 p.m. then body taken to church for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Massey
Henry Ave
Grace Baptist Church
Howard Sears
Woodside
Mrs Sarah Quillen Germantown Dies at 81
Mrs Sarah Quillen 81 longtime lodge figure died Sunday at 5 39 p m at IOOF Home Springfield where she had resided several years after a 10 day illness Daughters of America Rebekah lodge Dayton Past Noble Grand Association Day ton and Wilmington Methodist Church survivors include two sons George Cincinnati Ralph Dayton three daughters Mrs Louella Shear Mrs Pauline Palmer Dayton Mrs Anna Pettit Germantown a brother Eugene McCreight Wilmington six grandchildren two great grandchildren Funeral arrangements Swartzel Funeral Home complete
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ermantgown
Sarah A. Quillen
IOOF
Springfield
Daughters of America
Rebekah Lodge
Miamisburg
Noble Grand Association of
Dayton
Wilmington
Pauline Palmer
Anna Pettit
Germantown
Eugene McCreight
Swartzel Funeral Home
Grace Stiver dies in Germantown at 66
Mrs Grace Stiver, 66, died Saturday night at 11 30 at the home of her daughter Mrs Hiram Chamberlain on South Water Street. She had been ill since Thursday when she collapsed in a Dayton store. She is survived by three daughters Mrs Chamberlain Mrs Bertha Golden of Dayton and Mrs Margaret Kelly of Germantown two sons Arthur Schoonover of Germantown and Vernon Stiver of Cincinnati a step son Alva of Loveland a sister Mrs Myrtle Slusser a brother William A Gephart of California 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at the John Arpp Funeral Home with the Rev Paul Bressler officiating. Burial will be in Germantown Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 am Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Grace Stiver
Hiram Chamberlain
South Water St
Dayton
Chamberlain
Bertha Golden
Margaret Kelly
Arthur Schoonover
Vernon Stiver
Cincinnati
Alva
Loveland
Myrtle Slusser
William A. Gephart
California
John Arpp
Paul Bressler
Germantwon
Funbe
Tuesay
Palmer and Broaddus Named in Brief Obits
SARANAC LAKE NEW YORK Charlies M Palmer 92 owner of the St Joseph Missouri News-Press and Gazette and veteran AP organizer died at his home in New York State. OKLAHOMA CITY Bower Broaddus 61 federal district judge listed in terse obituary line from the same report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Charlies M. Palmer
St. Joseph, Mo
News-Press and Gazette
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Bower Broaddus
Federal District
Fair Deal Brain Trust Tunes Budget News
In Key West AP reports bright young lawyers and researchers backing Truman's Fair Deal. Treasury Secretary Snyder and Budget Director Pace arrived for a 24 hour stay to discuss taxes and spending with focus on whether new levies on corporate profits are needed. They return to Washington as the State of the Union, budget, and economic messages loom over a busy election year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fila
Truman
Snyder
Navy Chapel
Brain Trust
Vote On Union Shop Ordered At Plant
Washington AP The Nations Labor Relations Board orders Lima Hamilton Corporation production and maintenance workers to vote on union representation. Election must be held within 30 days and laid off employees are ineligible. Plant makes steam and diesel locomotives with employment dropping from 2,672 in December to 875 in August 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Nations Labor Relations Board
Lima Hamilton Corporation
Woman Wins 25000 In Stop the Music Jackpot
Mrs Ola Peth aged 58 of Cleveland won about 25000 dollars after recognizing a tune she hadn’t heard in 20 years on the Stop the Music radio program. She correctly identified a song first heard as a child titled Lord Remember.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ola Peth
Lebanon woman and husband survive car crash near Mason
Arthur Irene owner of Kings Grill in Lebanon and his wife escaped serious injury when their car overturned on Socialville Road near Mason. Both sustained minor cuts and bruises as the vehicle suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Arthur Irene
Kings Grill
Socialville Rd
Mason
Duke Biochemistry Chair Dr William Perizeweig Dies
Durham report notes Dr William Alexander Perizeweig, 58, chair of the department of biochemistry at Duke Medical School, as a prominent judge at large for Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Durham, N. C
William Alexander Perizeweig
Department of Biochemistry
Duke Medical School
Notable Deaths Across Cities Highlight Journalists
Death notices report Clifford K. Berryman 80 editor cartoonist for Washington Star in Washington. James Henderson 63 cartoonist for Providence Journal born in St Paul. Charles A. Webb 83 board chairman of Asheville Citizen and Times. Edward T. Leech 57 editor and president of Pittsburgh Press and senior editor of Scripps-Howard papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clifford K. Berryman
The
Washington Star
Providence
James Henderson
Providence Journal
St. Paul
Minn
Asheville
N. C
Charles A. Webb
Asheville Citizen and Times
Pittsburgh
Edward T. Leech
Pittsburgh Press
Scripps-Howard
Seventh Degree Grangers Hold Annual Banquet in Fairfield
Butler County seventh degree Grangers held their 22nd annual banquet Saturday night at the Fairfield Township School before 150 persons. Fred Sauerback presided as president and Joseph W. Fichter state Grange master spoke. The program included several group singing numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Seventh Degree
Fairfield Township
Fred Sauerback
Joseph W. Fichter
YMCA Parking Lot Opened To Broad Street
The Safety Council survey urged curb cutting on Broad Street to allow easier entry to the YMCA lot. City planning and the City Commission approved the curb cut last week. Additional recommendations include lighting the municipal parking lot and marking to improve off street use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Safety Council
Middletown Retail Merchants Association
Broad St
City Planning Commission
City Commission
Bulgars Honor Late Premier Georgi Dimitrov
Bulgarian Communists filed in homage before the embalmed body of Georgi Dimitrov in Sofia's Ninth of September Square. The glass coffin sits on a black marble podium in a high room, the embalming described as a Soviet secret preserving freshness at about 60 degrees. Dimitrov died in Moscow last July at age 67, fathering Bulgaria's postwar Communist government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Georgi Dimitrov
Nicolai Lenin
Moscow
Red Square
Dimitrov
Lenin
Slaying Suspect Believed Trapped in Mississippi
AP dispatch reports Eddie Hall, a wounded suspect sought for the Luxora Ark slaying of a woman and wounding of two officers, believed cornered in Pigeon Roost Bottoms four miles south of Warsaw Mississippi after officers surprised him in bed. Deputy Fuqua said blood trails led to the shelter. Sheriff Slayden confirmed the Saturday night confrontation nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Miss
Luxora
Ark
Here
Eddie Hall
Fred Fuqua
Byhalia
L. B. Slayden
Hall
Slayden
Middletown Water Supply Not in Crisis Despite Arid November
City water works chief T F Peterson assures Middletown has sufficient reserves from upper level wells with a lower strata backup if needed. He notes November rainfall at .55 inches, far below normal, yet daily pumping ranged from about 3.0 to 4.9 million gallons with 45 new services recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
T. F. Peterson
Peterson
Past Chancellors Install Officers
Clyde Somerset of the Waverley Lodge Knights of Pythias in Eaton was installed as new president of the Butler County Past Chancellors Association K of P at Seven Mile. Hobart Wilson of Seven Mile presided. George Thompson of Columbus spoke. other officers named: J P Roberson Oxford Lodge VP, Raymond Forest Waverly Lodge secretary treasurer, Farl Jones Lafayette Middletown master at arms, Donald Hall Alexis Bethany guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Somerset
Waverley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Eaton
Butler County
K. of P
Seven Mile
Hobart Wilson
George Thompson
Columbus
Grand Lodge of Ohio
J. P. Roberson
Oxford Lodge
Raymond Forest
Waverly Lodge
Farl Jones
Lafayette Lodge
Middletown
Donald Hall
Alexis Lodge
Bethany
Sherman Mothers Plan Yule Party
Sherman grade Mothers prepare a covered-dish Christmas dinner for Thursday night with meat and dessert provided and a 25 cent gift exchange. Secret pals will be revealed and new ones chosen. Assisting organizers include Mrs Henz and several others. dinner is at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Richard Hent
Henz
John Robison
Robert Lehmkuhl
John Otterbein
Robert Meir
Andrew Downey
Knights Plan New Year's Eve Party by Knights Groups
Art Moore and Anthony Heer announce the annual New Year party for Knights of Columbus and Knights of St. John. The event runs December 31 from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at the Knights of Columbus hall with Rob Farmer's Tunemasters providing music. Tickets are available from committee members including Moore and Heer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Knights of St. John’s
Art Moore
Anthony Heer
Rob Farmer
Moore
Herr
Sportsman Club Directors Meet Tuesday
New board members will be elected at the Sportsman's Club regular meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the clubhouse. Speaker for the evening is Glenn Tiger Flliron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sportsman's Club
Grow
Glenn “Tiger
Flliron
Driver Fined By Lebanon Patrol on License Charge
Patrolman E Mescher arrested Walter G Donahue of Cincinnati on Route 30 for operating a vehicle without a license. Cited before Mayor Earl J Manager Morrow, Donahue was fined 15 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
E. Mescher
Walter G. Donahue
Cincinnati
Earl J
Morrow
Donahue
Calvary Men’s Club Dinner Meeting Highlights Program
The Calvary Methodist Men’s Club will hold its monthly dinner Thursday at 6 30 p m at the church. A Razor’s Edge SPEBSQSA quartet will headline the session with two outdoor sports films shown. Delbert Mann and Ray Richter will lead the program and WSCS groups will serve the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Methodist Men‘s Club
Razor's Edge
Spebsqsa
Delbert Mann
Ray Richter
WSCS
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings
Paramount schedule lists Always Leave Them Laughing starring Milton Berle and Virginia Mayo at 1:54, 4:22, 6:59, 9:24 p.m. Tuesday features That Midnight Kiss with Katharine Grayson and Jose Iturbi at 1:15, 3:16, 5:23, 7:30, 9:47 p.m. Strand presents Big Cat with Preston Foster and Petty Ann Garner at 1:15, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 p.m. Also Flame of Youth with Barbara Fuller and Roy McDonald at 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Berle
Virgina Mave
Ries
Kathren Grayson
Jose Iturbi
Preston Foster
Perty Ann Garner
Flame of
Barbara Fuller
Roy McDonald
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Homer Williams
Fairfield
Route 4
Excelle
Williams
Herman Rekers
James Bunch
Pershing Ave
Squire J. E. Jackson
Bunch
North Middletown
Doty St
John Martin
South Main St
William Lackey
James Pittman
Verity Pkvy
Fourteenth Ave
Pittman
Caroline Liggett
Walter Hees
S. Sutphin St
Harry F. Rigdon
Sixteenth Ave
Jo Ann Larick
Jackson St
Frederick Nickells
Armco Dr
Nickells
St. John’s
PTA
Fred Reid
Grove
Charles R Troup
Hampton St
Carl James
Wit Service
Yale Party
Durbin
Ohio Department of Highways
Mrs
Marguerite Lack
Mrs. Maud Massey
Sarah Quillen
Seventh Degree Grangers
Broad Street
Bulgars
Rellebie Factory
Advance Upholstering CO
CALL
Funeral Home, Inc
Sherman Mothers Plan
Yule Party
Sportsman Board
Calvary Men’s Club
Paramount
Bunny Sandwich Shop
Central Dial
John J. Palmer
Mes
Told Peard
Seth
Meying
Tecey
Melampy
Butler Cleaners
Ice
DIAL
Butler
Clnton Si
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