Housing Shortage Still On Here Federal Controls Will Continue
Relief aid administered by the Family Service Bureau advanced slightly in December. Miss Helen Davis reports 178 active cases, 154 at month end, with 53 applications handled and 24 cases closed. General relief rose to 8411.05, medical to 1502.29, administrative 248.90. Layoffs drove new December openings. 10 for unemployment, 4 for discontinuance, 2 for illness, and 1 wage-earner desertion. Middletown remains among 18 Ohio cities under federal rent controls as housing shortage persists. Kessel notes decontrol efforts, seven counties freed, eight partially, with the 55 of 88 counties once controlled now reduced to about 600,000 people.
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Helen Davis
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Congress
Scouters Study Camp Program Targets Improvements This Year
A camp committee meeting discussed caretaker qualifications and job specs for Camp Hook. A Boy Scout camp promotion plan was mapped, improvements for the year were reviewed, and questionnaires to unit leaders were announced to boost the camp program. A post summer survey of Scouts yielded practical improvement ideas.
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Camp Hook
Adult School Team To Start Tonight
The Mid dletown Adult Night School at the Senior High School opens at 7 p.m. tonight with about 225 students expected. Courses run 12 weeks to March 30, cost three dollars each, covering automobile mechanics, shorthand, typing, welding, electrical math, blueprint reading, machine shop and more. Supervisors will add courses if ten or more enroll.
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Middletown
Hugh Butler
Butler
Engineers meeting postponed by society secretary
Alfred Fritzsche announced that the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers meeting scheduled for last evening has been postponed until further notice.
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Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Alfred Fritzsche
New Cap ital University President Leads Lutheran Conference
Dr Harold L Yochum of Cap ital University Columbus Ohio was elected president of the National Lutheran Educational Conference at its annual meeting in Cincinnati yesterday. He succeeds the outgoing leader and assumes duties as head of the group signaling new direction for Lutheran higher education nationwide.
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Cincinnati
Harold L. Yochum
Capital University
Columbus, C
National Lutheran Educational Conference
City in 1949 shows smallest operation cost rise in four years
The year end report to be presented to City Commissioners shows 1949 general fund operations at $1,997 remaining balance, $570 146 in general expenses, and only a $29,000 rise from 1948. Officials credit efficient department heads and the City Commission for limiting costs amid higher public service demand.
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Fred J. Schatzmann
Law
Schatzmann
Starr Floral Expanding With Three New Greenhouses
Starr Floral Company plans a fifth major expansion adding three greenhouses at an estimated cost of 18000 dollars. The 119 by 93 foot addition will extend the total greenhouse length to 330 feet and cover about an acre under glass. Construction will start next month and finish in 90 days by Winandy Greenhouse Construction of Richmond Indiana. The new space will advance carnation culture with new varieties and specialty plants. The firm is owned by Floyd and Wanda Starr and is located on Route 4 just south of the city.
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Starr Floral Company
Floyd Starr
Winandy Greenhouse Construction Company
Richmond
Ind
Starr
Wanda Starr
Route 4
Journal Manager Sets Optimistic 1950 Outlook for Middletown
N J Lawler Middletown journal manager reviews 1949 top news stories and predicts a stable economy and a bright 1950. He lauds Armco and Gardner Carton for local leadership, cites steel industry progress, a planned modern theater, and the Civic Association’s community service, urging youth to embrace hustle and hope.
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M. J. Lawler
Journal Manager
Denfield
Noronic
Kathie Fiscus
Cardinal Minds
Reds
China
Labor
Three Middletonians Held After Series Of Burglaries In County
Three young Middletown men were held in Hamilton today in a wave of burglaries across the Middletown area over the weekend. Thomas Arrowood 20 Edgar Lykins 19 and Ronald Lawson 22 were charged with burglary and larceny in warrants. They were arrested after a patrolman spotted one man carrying a blackjack and found 42 cartons of cigarettes eight bottles of whisky candy gum cigars and four flashlights in their car. They allegedly signed statements admitting thefts at English Tavern Route 25 Middletown Blueball Red Lantern Route 25 near West Chester Log Cabin Cafe Route 4 north of Hamilton and Weeping Willow Inn Route 4 south of Hamilton. Other thefts were reported at Northway Inn Maple Park Mayfield Cleaners Mayfield Subdivision and the Irons Restaurant. Police described loot including cigarettes whisky rings a radio and ice cream among others with losses totaling at least $85 plus items. A break-in at Ross Township School yielded $5-$6 in cash. In Franklin a beehive was stolen from River Street. bees were later found at the Anthony Wayne school under construction on Farm Avenue.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Butler County
Mark Duerr
Thomas Arrowood
Malvern St
Edgar Lykins
Reynolds Ave
Ronald Lawson
Tytus Ave
Blueball
Red Lantern
Westchester
Weeping Willow Inn
City board appointments and budget items on agenda
Tomorrow night’s meetings will consider appointments to city boards for the year, a committee report proposing changes to electrical examining regulations, and temporary three month appropriations.
Injured Woman Trips and Falls on Central Ave
Mrs. B. F. Holloway, 68, of 206 Highview Rd., received treatment at Middletown Hospital for facial cuts and a wrist injury after tripping on the sidewalk in front of 1044 Central Ave. Her glasses were broken. She was released after treatment.
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B. F. Holloway
Highview Rd
Middletown Hospital
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Decatur Buggy Company
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Northway Inn
Maple Park
Mayfield Cleaners
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Irons
Grand Ave
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Ross Township
Franklin
Roy Howser
River St
Anthony Wayne
Farm Ave
Adel Ld
McCoy- Leffler White
McCoy - Leffler Ambulance Service
Ito Lal
Broad Street
Hot Ave
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N. Main St
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