Middletown Records High Birth Rate in 1948
Middletown's birth rate for 1948 was the highest in the city's history with more than 1,100 babies born to local mothers, per Health Commissioner Dr. L. C. Neer. Deaths fell from 1947 levels, with declines in cancer, tuberculosis, pneumonia, and accidents, though leading causes remained heart disease and cerebral hemorrhage.
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Middletown
L. C. Neer
Health Department
Madison
Lemon
Heartees
Neer
Tobacco Workers Elect Officers at Pioneer Local 55
Arlie Adkins to be installed as president of Pioneer Tobacco Workers Local No. 55 at a Friday meeting at headquarters 1836 Central Ave. Also installed are Clarence Burnett vice president Charles J. Byrd secretary treasurer Nellie Lewis recording secretary Barney Smith sergeant at arms and Barney Alders door guard. New trustees are William G. Shultz Henderson Rose and Fred Brown. Grievance committee members named John Sexton Lee Carter Arthur Augspurger Charles Powers and Granville Rose. A educational program and discussion of a 1949 plan will follow. Socials will be held every Saturday at headquarters starting January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlie Adkins
Pioneer Tobacco Workers
F.T
Central Ave
Clarence Burnett
Charles J. Byrd
Nellie Lewis
Barney Smith
Barney Alders
William G. Shultz
Henderson Rose
Fred Brown
John Sexton
Lee Carter
Arthur Augspurger
Charles Powers
Granville Rose
James Maines
At the Movies Paramount Cry of the City Screening
Paramount presents Cry of the City with Vic Mature and Richard Conte on Thursday and Friday. Shows scheduled at 1 14 p.m 3 20 p.m 5 30 p.m 7 35 p.m and 9 45 p.m.
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Paramount
Victor Mature
Richard Conte
Scouts To Collect Yule Trees In Eight Trucks On Saturday
Boy Scout executive Paul Parker announces eight trucks will canvass the city Saturday to collect Christmas trees. Drivers, adult Scouts, and four Scouts per truck will work by precincts with trees placed on lawns or porches for quick pickup. Local firms donate trucks. trees will fill ravines at Camp Hook to curb soil erosion. assembly at 8:30 a.m. behind the Civic Association building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Paul Parker
Parker
Waldner Construction Company
Broughton Construction Company
Middletown Sand and Gravel Company
Camp Hook
Lou Waldner
Middletown
Paul Wilson
Middletown Safety Council
Civic Association
Registrants prepare for physical exams with 35 off to Cincinnati
Draft Board No. 10 reported 35 of 36 registrants assembled at 7:30 a.m. for pre induction physicals in Cincinnati. One absentee Clayton Garland will join 26 others for exams Friday January 14. Names and addresses of those ordered to report reflect a broad local pool, with quotas adjusted after a national draft call slash.
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Office of Draft Board No
Cincinnati
Wylie Mitchell
Clayton Garland
Oxford Route 3
Mitchell
Garland
Philip Rizzo, Jr
Stanley St
Loren Douglas Richardson
John William Martin
Hamilton
Rudolph Pate
van Ave
Gordon Adrian Mann
Collinsville
Joseph Sorrells, Jr
Michigan Ave
Cleveland
John Eugene Lavelle
Oxford
Armco Association Opens Balloting for New Directors
Ballots are distributed to Armco workers in district 10 to elect a new Middletown Armco Association Board member replacing retiring director William Frisbie. Delbert Mann and Charles Osborn contend. three-year terms run 1949 to 1952. annual dinner at Manchester Hotel January 18.
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Armco
Middletown Armco Association Board of
Wiliam Frisbie
Delbert Mann
Charles Osborn
Mark Walke
George Arkill
Stanley Rock
George Brecht
Manchester
Leo F. Reinartz
Middletown
Armco Colored Association
Walke
Car Hits Horse Injuring Father and Son in Oxford
A car driven by Milton Roll crashed on Route 27 after striking an unattended horse. The impact caused the vehicle to overturn in a ditch, injuring Roll’s 13 year old son Kent who sustained a broken right arm. The horse, owned by Ernest Butler, reportedly escaped fence enclosure onto the highway. Patrolmen R E Smith and Martin Richards investigated.
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R. E. Smith
Martin Richards
Milton Roll
North Main St
Oxford
Roll
Kent
Ernest Butler
Oxford Route 2
Veteran City Commissioner Gibbs Undergoes Emergency Operation
City Commissioner Robert A. Gibbs of 2306 Arlington Ave was admitted to Middletown Hospital this morning and rushed to surgery at 9 a.m. after a healthful day following last night’s commission meeting. Gibbs, a longtime Middletown figure since 1933, heads Arpp Plumbing and Arpp Realty and has served on the Park Board and Civil Service Commission.
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Robert A. Gibbs
Arlington Ave
Middletown Hospital
Gibbs
Middletown
Arpp Plumbing Company
Arpp Realty Company
Gibbs Als0
Park Board
Civil Service Commission
Street rain causes minor street damage say officials
Torrents of rain flooded streets and basements Tuesday night but the Street Department reports only slight damage. Sewer overload caused impassable streets momentarily but water drained after rain stopped. A few manhole covers blew off and one street was damaged, but no major damage was found.
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Bina
Plan Submitted For Building In East End
Plans submitted for a warehouse at the northwest corner of Manchester Ave and Charles St in East End. Harold Goetz and William Sebald Realty plan a one story building with basement, two driveways, loading platform, and about 15000 dollars in costs. The project aims at an office substation per post office specs, with private lease potential after long prior bids. Two other realtors study additional East End sites.
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Manchester Ave
Charles _ St
Harold Goetz
William Sebald Realty Company
Carson
Post Office
Charles St
Regular Court Spectator Is Hit By Auto
Tom Pickerell, 79, regular Municipal Court spectator, was hit by a car at Clinton Street and Central Avenue while crossing Central, not in his usual front row seat. He sustained shock and left leg injuries and was taken to Middletown Hospital for X rays.
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Tom Pickerell
Central Ave
Pickerell
Clinton St
John Back
Yankee Rd
Middletown Hospital
Baker's
Police Briefs: Disord erly conduct arrests and stolen briefcase
Alex Lackey aged 37 of 1932 Carolina Street and Delbert Riley aged 35 of the City Hotel were arrested in the 1900 block of Central Avenue early today on charges of dis orderly conduct. A briefcase owned by Charles Sapp of Wilmington was reported stolen from a car in the rear of 1306 Woolman Avenue.
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Alex Lackey
Carolina St
Delbert Riley
City Hotel
Central Ave
Charles Sapp
Wilmington
Woodlawn Ave
Jury Recess In Hamilton County Grand Jury Session
Hamilton County grand jury recessed Wednesday night with officials indicating a jury report is due next Tuesday morning. Court officials provided the schedule update and noted no indictments were announced at this time.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Grand
Funeral Services Set Monday For First Lt Karl Davis Jr
Final tribute to Middletown Marine First Lt Karl Davis Jr who died on Iwo Jima will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Davis 26 saved a fellow officer on Saipan in 1944 and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star. He enlisted in 1941, trained at Parris Island and Quantico, was commissioned in California, and saw combat in the Marshalls. Burial will be at Woodside Cemetery Memorial Plot.
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Middletown
Iwo Jima
Saipan
McCoy- Leffler
Karl Davis, Jr
Fourth Marine Division
Pacific
Far East
Davis
James Miller
Earl Davis
23Rd Marines
Fourth Division
Cpl
Richard Minor, Jr
Corporal Minor
Eutenant Davis
Parris Island
S. C
Quantico
Oceanside
Calif
Marshalls
Graduati
American Legion
Buckeye
Ohio State University
James P. Simmonds
Simmonds
Kenneth Learey
First Methodist Church
Woodside Cemetery
Mrs Martha Swearingen Dies in Middletown Rest Home
Mrs Martha Jane Swearingen age 9 died Sunday at Middletown Rest Home. Services are at 1 30 p m Thursday at her daughter Mrs B P Finkbone s home 2200 Arlington Ave Burial will be in Mason Cemetery
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Middletown
Martha Jane Swearingen
B. P. Finkbone
Arlington Ave
Mason Cemetery
Butler Safety Chairmen Will Plan Session
Co-chairman Elmer Barker of Middletown and George Stephen, son of Hamilton, will preside at a meeting of the planning committee for the fourth annual Butler County Safety conference. The planning committee will meet Friday noon in the Hamilton YMCA. The annual Safety Conference is set for March 1 at the Manchester Hotel. The conference is sponsored by Hamilton and Middletown safety councils and the division of hygiene and safety of the Industrial Division of Ohio.
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Elmer Barker
Middletown
George Stephenson
Hamilton
Butler County
Paul Wilson
Middletown —E. Council
Manchester
Division of Hygiene and Safety
Industrial Division of
Ohio
Navy Serviceman Volrick Based In Trinidad Bay Area
George P Volrick aviation machinist's mate first class USN of 201 Baltimore St Middletown serves with Patrol Squadron 48 at Naval Air Station Trinidad B W Volrick entered service September 15 1942 and trained at Naval Air Station Pensacola Fla He is a St Johns High School graduate Lebanon reports Warren County schools in session except Waynesville closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall Tuesday.
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George P. Volrick
USN
Baltimore St
Middletown
Naval Air Station
Trinidad
W.J. Volrick
Naval Service
Pensacola
Fla
Navy
St. Johns High School
Lebanon
Warren County
Waynesville
Knapp Services Held for George J. Knapp in Middletown
George J. Knapp 74 died Tuesday en route to Middletown Hospital. Funeral services will be Friday at p.m. at Joseph R. Baker Funeral Home. He’s survived by three sons Arthur John T. and Herbert all of Middletown, two daughters Mrs. Horace L. Lawson and Mrs. Emery J. Starks both of Middletown, and three sisters Mrs. Marie Star ling Miss Leana Knapp and Mrs. Elizabeth Reuthe Cincinnati. Friends may call at the funeral home until services. Joseph R. Baker and Son Funeral Home in charge.
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George J. Knapp
Middletown Hospital
Joseph R. Baker
Arthur
John T
Herbert
Middletown
Horace L. Lawson
Knapp
Emery J. Starks
Marie Starling
Leana Knapp
Elizabeth Reuthe
Cincinnati
Joseph R. Baker and Son Funeral Home
Infant Childress Dies. Services Set at McCoy-Leslie
Infant Gayrene Childress, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Childress of 400 Young St Middletown, died at 2 49 am at Middletown Hospital. Survived by parents a sister Bonnie Jean maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Butler Jewell Middletown and paternal grandmother Mrs Mildred Childress Middletown. Services Friday at 10 30 am at McCoy-Leslie Funeral Home with Rev H H Jung officiating. Interment in Woodside Cemetery.
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Gayrene Childress
Eugene Childress
Young St
Middletown Hospital
Bonnie Jean
Butler Jewell
Middletown
Mildred Childress
McCoy-Leslie
H. H. Jung
Woodside Cemery
Graveside services for Cpl Clayton Andrews at Gratis Cemetery
Gratis graveside services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. for Cpl Clayton Andrews who was killed in action in Germany on April 4 1945. His body was returned from Europe for burial. he is survived by his father Willard of Camden Route 1 four sisters and two sisters in law. Friends may call at Zimmermann Funeral Home West Alexandria Thursday evening.
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Gratis
Gratis Fairview Cemetery
Clayton Andrews
Germany
Clayton
Europe
Willard
Camden
Chester Spitler
Dayton
John Jencer
Richmond
Ind
Mark Tottenger
Eaton
Elizabeth Andrews
Zimmerman
West Alexandria
Furnace Explodes Damaging Home Under Construction
A gas furnace exploded early today on West Orchard Avenue in Lebanon, damaging a house still under construction. The owner is Dr. Harold Rosencrans. The blaze started in the furnace while workers were on site.
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Lebanon
West Orchard Ave
Harold Rosencrans
Red Cross to Offer Home Nursing Classes in Middletown
The Middletown Chapter of the Red Cross announces a new permanent home nursing program at the Legion Home. Mrs. J. L. Glass leads the home nursing committee as it plans winter and spring sessions open to women and men. Miss Gladys Griss will teach after January 17 with units covering care of the sick and baby child care. A $500 annual home nursing budget has been approved. Resignations of Mrs. S. J. Kuderer and Mrs. Robert Reiner were accepted.
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The
Legion Home
Middletown
the Red Cross
Home Nursing Committee
J. L. Glass
Red Cross
St Whuets
Legion
Glass
Gladys Griss
Miss Griss
Gertrude Cramer
Redam
Cincinnati
Hamilon
Nationaled Cross
S. J. Kuderer
Robert Reiner
Newborn Baby Found Dead Near Hamilton
A newborn girl was found near Summit Road in Gano at 3 15 p m Wednesday possibly killed by a head wound and exposure. Dr Garret J Boone Butler County coroner says the body lay in a field close to the county line and shows no clothing or ID. Constable Al Mahatha and 16 year old Dan Bradberry found the infant and investigators seek the mother’s identity.
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Hamilton
Summit Road
Gano
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Butler
Hamilton County
Oglesby-Barnitz Bank Trust Co Report at Middletown 1948
Summary of condition as of December 31 1948 showing assets 11 912 914 05 total deposits 11 105 241 86 and capital accounts 6 273 553 71. Pledged assets include 965 000 00 in U S government obligations and 178 621 94 in trust deposits. Directors Weatherwax Denny Glass attest and notary Burke swears to statements.
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Oglesby-Barnitz Bank & Trust Company
Middletown
Ohio
U. S
Trust Department
State of
Butler
Ss I
C. R. Tieman
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Armgo Association
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Blueball
Howard L. Schueller
Harrison St
Squire Lammie Bailey
East End
Karl Davis
Mrs
Martha Swearingen
Tedein
Melampy
Dial
Nice
Childress Infant
Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph H. McNabb
Bell and Howell Company
St. Thomas
Topeka, Kas
Laura Knickerbocker
H. R. Knickerbocker
ORA
Deeal
McKesson & Robbins
Mr Em Ora
United States
R. S. Weatherwax
Geo. E. Denny J. L. Glass
C. E. Burke
Dillman’s Market
Butterfield
Veal
Bologna
Dillman’s
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