Middletown 1949 Construction Totals Hit 2 Million
Middletown 1949 construction reached 2 382 633 dollars, 56 412 dollars under 1948 estimates. Inland Container Corp received a 110 000 dollar permit for factory expansion at 627 Catalpa Dr, with a 46 000 dollar foundation permit issued earlier. Builder B D Morgan listed as contractor. 17 dwellings permitted in December. Prefab homes rise. a new company seeks approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Orville Corson
Corson
Inland Container Corporation
Catalpa Dr
Manager Screening Group Plans First Meeting January 12
The City Manager Screening and Advisory Committee led by Elliott D. Levey will meet January 12 at 7 30 p m in the Municipal Court room to organize and set procedures for screening applicants for the new city manager. Sixteen applications had been received, including C E Beatty the local Water Works Superintendent and several managers from other cities plus former military officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott D. Levey
City Commission
Ee Ri
Levey
C. E. Beatty
Marine Sergeant Pay Promoted at Edenton Station
Technical News notes Norman T. Pay, son of Mr and Mrs John H. B. Day of 3603 Manchester Rd, promoted to his present grade recently while stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station in Edenton. A six year Marine veteran, sergeant Pay attended Monroe High School and worked for Armco before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman T. Pay
John HB. Day
Manchester Rd
Marine Corps Air Station
Edenton
Marines
Dey
Monroe High School
Armco
At the Movies Friday and Saturday
Listings show films including Feahabod and Mr Toad by Wal Doesney with showings Friday and Saturday. Shamrock Hill features Percy Ryan and Ray McDonald with multiple evening times. Jolson Sings Again stars Larry Parks and Barbara Hale with late night shows. Counterpunch with Joe Kirkwood and Leon Errol on Friday and Saturday. Red Pony with Myrna Loy and Robert Mitchum and Square Dance Jubilee with Don Berry and Spade Cooley also listed with various times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feahabod
Mr. Toad
Wal Doesney
Percy Ryan
Ray McDonald
Jolson
Larry Parks
Barbara Hale
M.m
Joe Kirkwood
Leon Errol
Brown
Max Terhune
New Years Fve
Myrna Loy
Robert Mitchum
City Briefs Knights of Pythias Meet at Castle Hall
Lafay ette Lodge No. 37 will meet at 7 30 p m Knights of Pythias. Alcoholics anonymous will convene at 4 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Lafayette Lodge No
Castle Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
Residents Prepare For Extended New Year Holiday
City agencies and businesses close for a three day New Year holiday as banks offices schools and public services adjust schedules. Ohio Bell and utility offices shut three days while 350 accident deaths are forecast prompting caution for drivers tonight and tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Middletown
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
National Safety Council
Paul Wilson
Wilson
Change in With Holding Tax Reporting Procedures
The United States Treasury announces a new method for reporting and depositing income tax withheld and social security taxes under the federal Insurance Contributions Act for wages paid after January 1, 1950. Banks like Oglesby-Barnitz and First National are official depositories. Employers will pay monthly withholding and social security taxes at a bank using a new Form 941, with Form 450 used for deposits. Depositories forward deposits to the Federal Reserve and return validated receipts to employers for quarterly tax payments. Banks issue memorandum receipts as permanent payment records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury Department
Oglesby-Barnitz
First National Banks
Internal Revenue Office
Federal Reserve Bank
Judge Urges Separation of City Clerk and Court Clerk Posts
Municipal Judge Alton H. Combs urged the City Commission to separate the offices of city clerk and Municipal Court clerk and to require court recommendations for all future personnel changes in the Clerk of Courts Office. He called for the court to have sole appointment power, noting the office's technical duties and its vital link to the court. The letter, dated today, will be sent to the new commission, ahead of the January 1 1950 charter start.
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Chamber of Commerce
The
Civic Association
Alton H. Combs
Harold Goetz
Lloyd Miller
Ohio State
Clerk of Courts Office
New City Commission
Clerk of Courts
Middletown
Combs
Ohio
Colonial Design Set For Highview School Plan Changes Noted
The Highview Elementary project on Highview Road adopts Colonial design echoing Roosevelt Junior High. Changes include eliminating side entrances, adding front entrances, and dividing grades by wing. Red brick with white trim favored. bids expected by March 1 per Clerk Ross H. Snyder, Board of Education.
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Highview School
Aolon Highview Rd
Ross H. Snyder
Board of Education
Snyder
Thomas McLaughlin and Associates of
Lima
Arrests Tied to Major Foundry Looting Case
Hamilton police arrested a Cincinnati man and a Butler County resident in connection with a three month theft spree at Bartles Forge and Foundry. Investigators say the men tried to sell two and a half tons of aluminum castings to a junk dealer. Police recovered motors, paint, roofing paper, nails and more at the Woodsdale home and shed. The Cincinnati man, a former employee and brother-in-law of the Woodsdale suspect, faces grand larceny charges. the other man faces receiving and concealing stolen goods charges. Oliver L. Bartles, the foundry president, was due to identify the loot. Authorities estimate the value in the thousands.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati
Butler County
Bartles Forge and Foundry Company
Woodsdale
Cincinnatian
Butler Countian
Paul Purcell
George Kyle
Oliver L. Bartles
Forfeits Bond in DUI Charge at Municipal Court
Sherman Perry of Stanley Street forfeited a $300 bond in Municipal Court today on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Perry
Stanley St
Army hearing on Mad River flood control plan set
An Army engineers hearing is planned for January 25 in Springfield to discuss the advisability of a flood control project for the Mad River drainage basin. The basin covers most of Clark and Champaign Counties and parts of Logan and Montgomery Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Army Engineers
Mad River
Clark
Champaign Counties
Logan
Montgomery
McDade to Attend JA Conferences in Chicago
Robert McDade Middletown Junior Achievement executive director will attend the Western Staff Conference of JA area directors in Chicago next week. All area directors west of Pennsylvania will meet at the Stevens Hotel for the three day conference opening Tuesday January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McDade
Middletown
Junior Achievement
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Stevens Hotel
Colin Gardner Honored For Forty Years Of Service
Colin Gardner vice president of sales at Gardner Board and Carton Company was honored at a year end luncheon for forty years of service. His brother E T Gardner presented a 40 year pin. Colin chaired industry and civic efforts and helped found Middletown Hospital and the Red Cross Chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Gardner
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Gardner
F E. T. Gardner
Gardner Company
Folding Paper Box Association of America
Red Cross
Middletown Hospital
E. T Gardner
Four Realtors Named To State Committee Posts
Four members of the Middle Town Real Estate Board were notified of Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards committee appointments. C. G. Crist joined the license law committee, Ross M. Snyder handling public relations, Harry Finkelman on convention, and Ben Kitchen on taxation and legislation. A meeting of new officers and committees will be at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus on January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Real Estate Board
Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards
Ben Kitchen
Ernest K. Steiner
C. G. Crist
Ross M. Snyder
Harry Finkelman
Deshler-Wallick
Columbus
Oberlin Professor Named AAAS Director
Named director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Dr. Paul B. Sears of Oberlin College. The AAAS, meeting in New York, is a federation of 214 scientific societies with about 45 000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul B. Sears
Oberlin College
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Warren Farm Fire Damages Hay Barn Tractor
Damage from the Warren farm fire on CCC Highway near Morrow rose to seven thousand five hundred dollars including 20 tons of hay a tractor and a hay baler with a barn damaged. Tenant Charles Corwin was milking cows inside the barn unaware of the blaze until warned by a passing motorist. Local fire units from Morrow and Loveland contained the fire and prevented further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Richard Whitacre
CCC
Morrow
Charles Corwin
Carl Brown
Loveland
Traveling Crib Display Planned at Holy Trinity Church
The traveling Crib sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Women will be placed on Holy Trinity Church lawn during one of the early Masses on New Year’s Day and stay until after the final Mass at 11 30 a m. It was designed by Mrs Dale Constiner regional president of the NCCW. Committee in charge includes Miss Edith Bergen and Mrs John J Roche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of Catholic Women
Holy Trinity Church
Dale Constiner
Holy Trinity Parish
Edith Bergen
John J Roche
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B. D. Morgan
Carson
Commissioner's Office
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's Church
Sylvester Husser
Paramount
South Canal ST
K. W. Flint
Gus Valen
Paul Long
McDade
Melampy
Warren Farm
the Bunny Sandwich Shop
Central Ave
DIAL
R. H. Smith
Hamilton Journal and Daily News
Middletown Journal
Said County
Middletown Ice & Coal CO
Curtis ST
Tune Masters Trio
le Og Bay
Johns-Manville
Glazecoat Building Board
Johns-Manville Glazecoat Building Board
Woodhealth
Enterprise
Dow
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