Three Permits For More Grand Avenue Apartments Issued
Three new brick apartment buildings at 3100, 3102 and 3104 Grand Ave in Barbara Park are approved for construction. Each four apartments, two stories, with two enclosed stairways, living dining kitchen areas, two bedrooms and bath. Total February construction costs reach $239,285, vs February 1948’s $141,950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Avenue
Grand Ave
Harry Finkelman
E Carson
Orchard St
Finkelman
Barbara Park
Carson
Dave Finkelman
City Commission
Ff Dave Finkelman
City Planning Commission
Middletown
Fichter Remains In Fair Condition After Crash
Joseph W. Fichter, 54, Ohio Grange Master, lies in fair condition at Fort Hamilton Hospital Hamilton after a Friday collision north of Eaton. He suffered a hip fracture and facial injuries, with transfusions given since emergency surgery. The crash, while he was en route to Carey Ohio for a Farmers Institute meeting, also killed Fred Haverkamp, 31, driver of the other car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio
Fort Hamilton
Hamilton
Ichter
Eaton
Carey, O
Farmers’ Institute
Fred Haverkamp
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings
The Paramount lists Snake Pit with Olivia de Havilland and Mark Stevens at 1 15, 3 20, 5 25, 7 30, 9 35 p.m. The Strand offers Drums with Abu at 3 50 and 7 50 p.m. and Four Feathers with June Duprez and Ralph Richardson at 5 30 and 9 30 a.m. Also briefs on a ministerial move and royal church controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Snake Pit
Olivia Deavilland
Mark Steens
Abu
Lso
Four Feathers
June Duprez
Ralph Richardson
Elks District Session Draws 75 Members in Hamilton
Seventy five Middletown Lodge Elks attended the Southwest District meeting in Hamilton over Saturday and Sunday. Harry Lang of Middletown chaired the session. Main speakers were Jack Maurer state president and Gene Fournace president elect of the Ohio State Elks Association. National convention in Cleveland set for July 10 to 14. committees appointed to handle details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Middletown Lodge No. 257
Hamilton
Harry Lang
Middletown
Jack Maurer
Gene Fournace
Ohio State Elks Association
Cleveland
Judge Walter S. Harlan Dies Suddenly at 80 in Hamilton
Walter S. Harlan 80 long-time Hamilton and Butler County attorney and former Common Pleas Court judge died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton at 3 45 am from complications. He had been active last week and served on the bench from 1912 to 1918 before private practice. He resided 325 North C. St. Hamilton survived by widow Lulu sister Mrs Jane Jackson Hamilton five grandchildren and three brothers Willis Donald Raymond of Middletown. Funeral services at Charles W Moore Funeral Home Dayton with interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers named by county bar association president Jackson Bosch. Association meeting scheduled for March 1 canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Walter S. Harlan
Butler County
Common Pleas Court
Mercy Hospital
Ohio
Harlan
Butler County Common Pleas
County Bar Association
Inside Realty Company
Jackson Bosch
Association
Robert J. Shank
Carl Petters
Gordon Smith
P. P. Boll
George McCandless
Brandon Millikan
Bosch
North C St
Lulu
Jane Jackson
Robert Klaus
Louetta LaPole
Middletown
Willis
Donald
Raymond
Charles W. Moore
East ‘Third St
Dayton
Memorial Park Cemetery
Funeral
Middletown man Daniel Day dies at 69 during church service
Daniel Frank Day 69 of 1115 Baltimore St. died of a heart attack while attending services at the Church of God in Maude. A Brown County native and longtime Middletown resident since 1911, he worked as a construction laborer. Survived by wife Emma, daughter Mary Moore of Middletown, brothers Clark Bethel Ohio and Oliver New Richmond Ohio, and sisters Ollie Elkel Lebanon and Mrs. Samuel Smith Cincinnati. Funeral arrangements with McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home.
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Daniel Frank Day
Baltimore St
Church of God
Maude
Brown County
Middletown
Emma
Mary Moore
Clark
Bethel
Oliver
New Richmond
Ollie Elkel
Lebanon
Samuel Smith
Cincinnati
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Death of Leroy F Laut longtime Dayton Power and Light supervisor
Word was received today of the death of Leroy F Laut 60 of 626 Miami Chapel Rd Dayton a supervisor at Dayton Power and Light Company for 33 years who died Sunday at 1 pm of a heart attack Born in New Bremen he had lived in Dayton 36 years and was a member of St John Evangelical and Reformed Church He is survived by his widow Irma C two daughters Opal J Lucas Hayward Wis and Delight Young of Dayton his mother Recina Laut Middletown two sisters Helen Hagan and
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Leroy F. Laut
Miami Chapel Rd
Dayton
Dayton Power and Light Company
New Bremen
St. John Evangelical and Reformed Church
Irma C
Opal J. Lucas
Hayward
Wis
Delight Young
Death notice for three-week-old Thomas Bradbury Jr
Thoms Bradbury Jr Ward was received today of the death of Thomas Bradbury Jr three-week-old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Bradbury who died at the residence in Oregonia Ohio. He is survived by his parents a brother Charles a sister Julianne the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Nat Upton Middletown and the paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Bradbury of Oregonia. Services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the McClure Funeral Home in Waynesville and interment will be at Corwin Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Smith
Hawkins
Middletown High School
Frigidaire of
Dayton
Tridestone Lodge 83
New Era Baptist Church
Ester
R. L. Hawkins
Young St
Adolph Henderson, Jr
Olivia Hawkins
Robert L. Jr
Charles H
Willaim Oliver
J. H. Price
J. Pate
Woodside Cemetery
C. L. Maxberry
Triedstone Lodge
John T. Young
Death of Mrs. Ella Harkrader Carson in Indiana
Mrs. Ella Harkrader Carson 83 former Monroe resident died yesterday in Rushville Indiana rest home. Survived by brothers George and Carl Harkrader and sister Mrs Richard Reed Rushville Indiana. Services Tuesday at Whitmer Funeral Home Monument Ave Dayton with interment in South Cemetery Monroe.
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Monroe
Ella Harkrader Carson
Rushville
Ind
George Harkrader
Carl Harkrader
Richard Reed
Whitmer
Monument Ave
Dayton
South Cemetery
Death of Mrs Emma Lacy in Lebanon area
Mrs Emma Lacy aged 86 died at her daughter Eva Young’s home in Lytle. Survived by daughters and three sons Wilbur Walter and Howard living near Dayton and Lebanon respectively. Funeral services Wednesday at Stubbs Funeral Home with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin.
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Lebanon
Emma Lacy
Eva Young
Lytle
Young
Wilbur
Walter
Dayton
Howard
Stubbs
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Presley in Lebanon
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Presley 64 and widow of James W Presley will be held Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon Route 1 with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. She was an active member of the Lebanon Grange and died Saturday at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Bertha Presley
Lebanon Grange
Oswald Funeral Home
James W. Presley
Lebanon Cemetery
Deaths: Sullivan and Diefenbach Obituaries
Associated Press reports last night from Liberty Missouri and New York detailing the deaths of Dr. James Bascoe Sullivan 64 head of psychology at William Jewell College and Elmer G Diefenbach 55 a chairman of several corporations and a pioneer in natural gas distribution headline notices confirm their passing and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Liberty, MO
James Bascoe Sullivan
William Jewell Colege
New York
Elmer G. Diefenbach
Round-Up Of Scouters To Highlight Week's Activities In Area
Middletown district scouters prepare a week of activities led by Paul Parker scout executive. The Thursday round up in the Civic Association auditorium features exhibits on camping gear and advancement manuals, talks on church relations, and new training programs. installations, film shows, and open forums precede dances and snacks as leaders gather for planning and charter reviews by Kenneth Connelley.
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Middletown
Thursda
Paul Parker
The
Civic Association
Camp Hook
S. Hughes Garvin
Church of the Ascension
Elza Abraham
Two Are Injured In Car Crash Near Panama Street
Two people were hurt early Sunday when a car struck a utility pole and overturned three times. Sterling Harrison, 22, suffered a possible skull fracture. Leon C. Howard, 23, head cuts. Howard was charged with physical control under alcohol influence and released on bond. A separate collision on Woodlawn Avenue at Baltimore Street damaged two cars, about $5 in total. A hit and run was reported involving a car parked by Rev. F H Hampton at Ninth Avenue, damaged overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Harrison
Columbus Ave
Leon C. Howard
Vanderveer St
Middletown Hospital
Howard
Panama St
Parkway
Wilson Ambulance
F. H. Hampton
Young St
Bertram Mitchell
Ninth Ave
Police Briefs Highlight Juvenile Break-in Probe and Robbery Attempt
A 13 year old was ordered to appear before juvenile authorities over an attempted break in at Party Service on Canal Street and First Avenue after being seen tampering with locks. Joe Hunter reported a dark haired man tried to hold up his business early yesterday but fled as officers arrived. Marlon Ratliff, 18, was brought back to Franklin to face forgery charges tied to a $79 bad check from First National Bank of Franklin. Willy Riley, 27, was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge after being stopped at La Fayette Street and Yankee Road.
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Canal St
First Ave
Joe Hunter
Garfield St
Hunter
Marlon Ratliff
North Leibee St
Franklin
Ratliff
First National Bank of
Willy Riley
Ottawa St
Riley
LaFayette St
Yankee Rd
Ross Crim Receives National Ice Marketing Institute Certificate
Ross Crim, office manager at Middletown Ice and Coal Company, was awarded a certificate of achievement by the National Ice Marketing Institute in Washington, D. C. The certificate marks the successful completion of a two week course in merchandising sponsored by the Personnel Training and Marketing Department of the National Association of Ice Industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Crim
Middletown Ice and Coal Company
National Ice Marketing Institute
Washington, D. C
National Association of Ice Industries
Vital Statistics List From Dayton and Nearby Areas
A brief vital statistics roster lists individuals including Leroy F. Laut age 60 of Dayton, infant Thomas Bradbury Jr. of Oregonia, Mrs. Ella H. Carson age 83 of Rushville Indiana, Mrs. Emma Lacy age 86 of Lebanon, Walter S. Harlan age 80 of Hamilton, and Daniel F. Day age 69 of 1115 Baltimore St.
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Leroy F. Laut
Dayton
Thomas Bradbury, Jr
Oregonia
Ella H. Carson
Rushville
Ind
Emma Lacy
Lebanon
Walter S. Harlan
Hamilton
Daniel F. Day
Baltimore St
Births at Hospital Report from Local Families
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Walton pan Bexley Dr a girl Saturday. Mr and Mrs Elbert Young Franklin Route 1 a boy Saturday. Mr and Mrs Dale Schubert West Elkton O a girl Sunny. Mr and Mrs Rex Rice Excell o O a boy Sunday. Mr and Mrs Paul Jeffery 621 Moore St a boy Sunday. Mr and Mrs William Monk Middletown Route 1 a girl Sunny. Mr and Mrs Clarence Haag fen Route 1 a boy Mon
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Kenneth Walton
Pan Bexley
Elbert Young
Franklin
Dale Schubert
West Elkton
Sunny
Rex. Rice
Excello
Paul Jeffery
Moore St
William Monk
Middletown
Clarence Haag
Fen
Monay
Hospital NAMES listed for medical and surgical discharges
A list from The Hospital Monte Whiteted notes numerous patients by name and parentage with medical or surgical discharge statuses. Several entries name addresses in Midlletown Kings Mills Navaho St and surrounding areas, including families Whiteted Horn Wilson Gardner Justice Sarcher Wells Davis Abrams Waddell Long Moore Ward Williams Linden Carr Klopf Norvell Ferryman Llewellyn Southard and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Whiteted
Lee Whiteted
Middletown
Douglas
Dallas Horn
Nelson Horn
Navaho St
Jesse Rose
West Middletown
Margaret Wilson
Kings Mills
Michael Gardner
Manchester Ave
Denzil Justice
Moore St
J. D. Sarcher
Sunset Pl
Merle Wells
Fleming Rd
Herbert Kelhoffer
Trenton
Albert Taylor
Franklin
Car Crash Leaves Fendersmith In Serious Condition
Charles K. Fendersmith, 53, of 132 Eaton Dr., remained in serious condition at Middletown Hospital. He was injured last Wednesday when his car went into a ditch on Yankee Rd.
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Charles K. Fendersmith
Eaton Dr
Middletown Hosital
Yankee Rd
Gunshot Wounds Fatal To Resident, Police Search For Assailant
James Hawkins 23 of 1117 Young St died after a pistol attack at York Ave and Garfield St. Roy Lee Smith of 1320 Sycamore St is sought on a first degree murder charge. Hawkins’s death followed an argument after they exited an automobile. Police detained Wilburn Barge and Grady Smith for questioning. Funeral plans set for New Era Baptist Church.
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James Hawkins
Young St
York Ave
Garfield St
Roy Lee Smith
Sycamore St
Wilburn Barge
James H. Davis
Grady Smith
Walnut St
Hawkins
Roy Smith
York
Middletown Hospital
R. L. Hawkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fichter
Samuel R. Smith
Liberia
West Africa
Mr. Smith
Northwestern University Graduate School
Firestone Plantations Company
Harvel American Community Church
William II
Britain
Central Avenue
Your Hudson
Central Ave
ELKS
Thoms Bradbury, Jr
Mrs
Ella Carson
Charles Lockmeyer
Russell Stephens
Phil Robertson
Clyde Pierson
Donald Skinner
Post
Everett Sams
Henry Garetson
Wallace Frayer
Thomas Swaim
Joseph Heffner
Edward Sandusky
O. B. Walker
Chester Hollenbaugh
Wallace Sloan
James Martin
Jimmay
Ralph Whitehead
Parker
Kenneth Connelley
Kentucky
West Virgin
Troop Five
Armco
Mayfield School
Mayfield
Order of Arrow
Boy Scout
Allan Vandervoort
Mack Keeton
Mohawk St
Nan Wigginton
Woodlawn Ave
Wigginson
Keeton
Moe
Loaretine
Len Mele
Ela
Raymond Boxwell
Jefferson
Jeanette Shaffer
Lucille Osborne
Auburn St
Evelyn Dalton
Mason Dalton
Arthur Ward
Church
Biren
Harold W. Jones
Ite Tei Tata A
George W
Snc
Fleming
City Fuel & Heating
Grand
Electric Power Dept
American Rolling Mill Co
Monroe High School
New Guinea
Philippines
41St Infantry Division
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Closeaires
Butler
Pick UP & Delivery Service
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