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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1950
Page
5
Franklin village boards approve a large committee including board members teachers and administrators to investigate salary problems and school financing. The panel will also report on district building sanitation policies clerical staffing and insurance while informing the community on current fiscal challenges.
Franklin The annual meeting of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce will be held next Monday night in the high school. Dinner will be served at 7 pm and the business meeting will follow as officers are elected.
William Noeanover Jr a Hamilton High School graduate has joined the U S Navy and is in recruit training at San Diego with HR C Shriver. Brown J Turner also from Hamilton has been sent to the Naval Training Station in San Diego after attending Hamilton High School. Applications for Regular Navy enlistment are being accepted at the Hamilton Post Office Navy Recruitment Station.
A crowded social note lists Mr and Mrs William Gentry hosting Mrs Anna Gentry and others followed by dinners with Mrs Clarence Evans and Mrs Vestal Paton. The Sisters attend a First Covenant Church event in Cincinnati and Rev Byron Sprague visits with family. multiple ice show attendance and hospital notes intersperse social calls and family birthdays across Dayton Centerville and Cincinnati region.
Fred Steele, longtime patrolman, was named Eaton police chief by Mayor Williard J. Miltenberger at the regular meeting. Steele succeeds John Stover, who resigned after leading the department since last April, with a six month probation. The council seeks an additional patrolman to restore a four-man force as they reopen applications. A protest by landowners over a rezoning from residence to business postponed action, with a meeting set with the Zoning Commission led by Ted Ernest. The planned northwestern housing addition for 36 dwellings was rejected due to insufficient street and sewer improvements.
The Butler County horse association elected officers at the February meeting in Hamilton. Hughes was named president and appointed standing committees for 1950 including membership chaired by Muriel Kellog and finance chaired by Howard McDonald. The executive committee will include retiring president Jim Hoerner and others. Plans include three horse shows monthly during the riding season at various county locations.
Blue Ball Intermediate Girl Scouts will gather at Mrs. Russell Martin's home after school on Wednesday. Mrs. Paul Wilson will lead the meeting and present badges earned over the past year. First Class recipients include Barbara Taulbee Barbara Richardson Jan Treadway and Ethel Thompson, with others earning Second Class badges for their work.
Franklin seniors Donald L. Citoll and Patricia Scholl ranked among the top students in the state general scholarship tests conducted by the State Department of Education. The announcement highlights strong performance and marks achieved by both classmates.
Franklin Founders Day will be observed at the Franklin PVA meeting Monday evening at 7 30 in the high school auditorium. The Franklin Chamber of Commerce annual meeting is set for Monday night in the high school at 7 am.
Seven Mile Band Boosters Association to hold a St Patrick's Dance and Card Party at the new high school gym on March 18. Proceeds fund new band uniforms with Herbert Spade and his orchestra providing music. Executive committee members include Mr and Mrs W P Eaton, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Millin, Mr and Mrs Arthur Graf, Mr and Mrs Karl Bake, Mr and Mrs Lee Griffith, Mr and Mrs O LeRoy Snively, Mr and Mrs Theodore Seeman, and Mr and Mrs John Schuler.
World Day of Prayer was observed at the Blue Ball School with Mrs Russell Martin leading the service. Over 100 boys and girls participated as Mrs Ralph Weaver and Mrs Robert Book Walter directed the music. Mr Weaver, principal, planned the service.
An old newspaper ad promotes Laura Wheeler needlecraft patterns and books. It highlights a crochet doily pattern 602 with charts and photos, offering 20 cents for the pattern and 15 more cents for Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. Readers are instructed to mail name address and zone to New York addresses.
The Plesseni Ridge RUB Church will host Vir. and Mrs. G H Stockley as guest speakers at the 9 30 service. Sunday morning Tone is reported improving in Mittetown Hospital. Lorten Diver Jr is home from the hospital. Dr and Mrs W F E Beach and Mrs Viola Gerlack and daughter Betty Lou of Darton were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Dr Beach. Mr and Mrs Woodrow Murphy are parents of a son born Wednesday at Middletown Hospital. Sr and Mrs William StMbaugh of Middletown and Shirley Wingate of Dayton visited Mr and Mrs Orville Wills. Mr and ? Earl Peck and son Donnie of Middletown were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Asa Peck. Mrs Orville Wills left last week to attend the funeral of her uncle Inlin F May in Tahanon Ky. Mr May was well known here. Clovis Kalbfleisch and Sam Monee spent Monday in Cincinnati.
Noon visits featured J E Edwards and family and Forest Roosa and daughter Nancy of Cincinnati. Franklin guest Hackman joined W D Redding and daughters for Sunday dinner. Walter McCandless of Middletown and Ernest Post of Dixie Heights visited Hinkle, Spence households. Lee McClain improves after Middletown Hospital operation. Geneva Fellowship Sunday School class hosted. Baskett and Knox families hosted dinner with Martin and Bowker households.
Mrs Zane Brant hosted a two table bridge night on West Park Ave with Mrs Jears Spivey and Mrs Elmer Terry sharing top prizes. Hill Bridge Club guests joined luncheon bridge at East Orchard Ave hosted by Mrs Edward Blair. The Tuttlecreek Chapter D A R meets Saturday at 2 pm at Mrs William Mason Phillips home with Dr J Baldridge to speak on The Williams burg Forum and a new member reception. Mr and Mrs Iain Banta hosted a family dinner Sunday on Warren St for their son Roger’s 12th birthday. guests included Everett Banta Eva Banta and others.
Fellowship events and social gatherings fill Presby terian Church parlors last week with hosts Mrs. Ed Kricker Mrs. Ray Neal Mrs. Fee Griffith and Clarence Ginsorich listed among organizers. Community notes include guests speakers Mrs. Judith Namen a Norway native student at Western College and upcoming Bible workshop at Westminster Church.
Hamilton County courthouse doors facing High Street and Court Street were shut yesterday during a coal strike to curb fuel use. Visitors must enter via the front doors on the first floor, with other entries kept closed to reduce cold air. The furnace fire will be banked daily at 2 p.m. to stretch the coal supply until April 1.
Franklin—The annual World Day of Prayer is being observed this afternoon at the First Baptist Church. Five periods of worship are planned. The Franklin Ministerial Association sponsors the event.
Franklin Paull Gaynor host a family dinner for Mrs Mary Schilling Roth birthday. Rainbow for Girls initiation planned Tuesday at the Santa Maria Hall. Don Fairburn and Nancy Gift, Wittenberg students, visited Mr and Mrs Parker.
Mason defeats Carlisle on a tense finale to clinch a district Class B berth in Xenia. Six Mason girls in green and white led cheers despite flu, boosting team morale as Kingston’s Wayne, and attendance reached 5,395 with 5035 paid admissions and 360 passes. Sup t Forrest Burns and Supt Brannaman awarded sportsmanship prizes to Waynesville, Mason, and others.
Local ministers from Congregational Christian Baptist Presbyterian and Methodist churches announced a united Lenten program in Lebanon. The plan runs from Sunday through Easter Sunday April 9 with posters in business windows and joint services to boost attendance. Attendance cards will be used to track churchgoers across participating congregations and reports due on Easter Sunday.
Lebanon Farmers Co operative Company elected new directors Albert Bania Will Miller and Tessie Earnhart for a three year term at the annual stockholders dinner meeting. Other directors include Tearald Benham Wilbur Earnhart Fred Elbon James Foley Lyle Stewart and Charles Rogers. The board will elect officers at a reorganization Monday. Robert B Mooney retired after 30 years service. Ben Stoner of Connecticut Life Insurance spoke on secret service work and the year closed with a strong financial statement. Lee White rehired as manager with Ariss Guilda Dumford and Mrs Witla Cabot continuing in their posts.
Lebanan residents and Warren County have contributed generously to the March of Dimes campaign this week. RB Hatfield, drive chairman, says over $2,600 has been raised and more funds are expected from outlying areas. After expenses, half stays in the county for local cases and the other half goes to national headquarters for research and special projects.
A special meeting in Lebanon March 1 at the Lebanon Public Library will study forming a League of Women Voters chapter for Lebanon and vicinity. Reports on The United Nations, County Government, and Local Government will be presented by attending women groups. The nonpartisan league aims to help members vote more intelligently.
SEVEN MILE The 1.8.1 Close of the Methodist Church will meet with Mrs Forrest Cornthwaite. The Band Roosters Association will meet in the School cafeteria Wednesday March 1 at 8 am. The WSCS of the Methodist church will meet at the home of Mire John Ramsey March 2 at 730 pm. Small catches of mullet often were sold for fantastic prices in the Roman Empire.
The second annual elementary invitational basketball tournament will be held in Wasren Lebanon Morrow on March 6 7 and 8 with Sunt Emery Bethel Morrow as tourney director. Opening night games start at 7 00 and Tuesday and Wednesday tipoffs at 6 30. Wednesday features the finals and a consolation game between semi final losers. Teams include Springboro Mason Kines Mjils Hamilton Maineville Harveysburg Waynesville Carlisle and Morrow. Referees George Bunnell and Harold Yinger of Cincinnati. County Superintendent A F Hatfield oversaw the drawing. SCOUT SET SESSION BLUE BALL The Boy Scouts of Blue Ball meet Tuesday at 6 30 with Scoutmaster Byron H.
Two Lebanon and Excello residents enlisted in the Womens Army Corps announced by President Shell at Middletown recruitment. Recruits Dolores L. Williams and Charlotte J. Wilkerson will undergo basic training at the WAC Training Battalion, Camp Lee, Virginia.
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