Five Fund Campaigns Approved By Middletown Board
The Middletown Review Board of Appeals approved five fund raising campaigns totaling 28930 for four local and one national philanthropic groups. Approved were American Red Cross Middletown Chapter 14235, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Butler County 2000, Lion's Club Sight-Saving after Seals 4000, Butler County Crippled Children and Adults 1625, and National Recreation's mail campaign 70. Requests from National Probation and Parole Association were denied for lacking a local sponsor and the Mental Hygiene Association report was deferred. The Middletown American Cancer Society was also deferred pending a special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Review Board of Appeals
Civic Association Library
E. T. Gardner, Jr
Civic Association
Middletown
American Red Cross
Butler County
National Foundation For
Lion’s Club
National Recreation
National Probation and Parole Association
Rueben Pieters
The
Mental Hygiene Association
American Cancer Society
Postal Carrier Transferred Here and City Sewer Bid Notice
The Middletown postmaster announced Cecil Hartman from Duluth to Middletown effective January 17. Paul Hopper moves to Duluth. Hartman will take Hopper's route. Also legal notice invites sealed bids for Vista Sanitary and Storm Sewers project in Middletown Ohio with site locations and bid conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Hartman
Duluth
Minn
Middletown
Hilbert H. Martin
Martin
Paul Hopper
Hop
Hartman
Hopper
Alita Vista Sewers
City
Eddietown
Ohio
Vista Sanitary and Storm Gowers
Poinciana Road
Santa Fe Road
Lot
Hampton Place
Pine Road
Fee Road
Sierra Road
RA “Road
Deanataes Road
City Enineer
Hio
Bia
Solvent Bank
BB Ae
Cepesen
Aed
D. Clark
Hamilton County Water Line Hearing Debated
About 15 Buena Vista subdivision residents attended a Friday public hearing at the Hamilton courthouse on water line extensions south of Middletown. Commissioners favored the move but deferred action at least five days for written objections. Bid figures ranged from 49,709.05 to 62,464.25 with 90 properties affected on Oxford Street Road Locust Hickory and Station streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
Buena Vista
Middletown
Harry Duane
Charles F. MceCurdy
Cincinnati
Bond and Sheehan
Reading
H.N.W. Construction Company
Andrew Hemmer Company
Oxford St. Rd
Locust
Hickory
Station Streets
Robbery and traffic incidents reported in local brief
Police notes outline a Wednesday robbery at Gillen Crow Drug Co on Fourth Ave and Yankee Rd with $50 missing from the rear safe. Don Hensler in charge. A separate rear-end incident on Ninth Ave near 917 Ninth Ave involved a Chevrolet with plate 299 NX. William Bare Jr. is linked to the license. A youth on a motor bike hit Mrs. Myrtle Ingram’s car on Central Ave. North Sutphin St residents report a pile of street sweepings dumped in the road with a torch placed atop. Street department notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Crow
Gillen Crow Drug Company
Fourth Ave
Yankee Rd
Crow
Don Hensler
Midway St
Cliff Atchley
Excelso
Ninth Ave
Russell Pence
Atchley
William Bare, Jr
Germantown
Myrtle Ingram
Highview Rd
Central Ave
North
Sutphin St
Stalin to receive 36-foot tapestry for 70th birthday
In Bratislava Czechoslovakia Prime Minister Stalin is to be gifted a tapestry over 36 feet square for his 70th birthday on December 21. About five thousand Slovak women began hand embroidery featuring Slovak folk symbols for the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Movie Lineups at Paramount and Strand Theaters
Paramount shows Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy at 1 15 3 20 5 30 7 35 and 9 45 p m Saturday plus Pale Face with Bob Hope and Jane Russell at 1 15 3 19 7 27 and 9 31 p m Sunday Strand screens Oklahoma Badlands with Allan Lane and Eddy Waller at 3 05 6 15 and 9 20 p m also Code of Scotland Yard with Oscar Homolka and Peter Farr at 1 40 4 35 7 45 and 10 25 p m Saturday and Dude Goes West with Eddie Albert and Gale Storm at 2 40 5 30 and 8 45 p m Sunday Embraceable You with Dane Clark and Geraldine Brooks at 1 15 4 10 7 05 and 10 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Mr. Blandings
Cary Grant
Myrna Loy
Bob Hope
Jane Russell
Allan Lane
Eddy Waller
Code of Scotland Yard
Oscar Homolka
Perek Farr
Eddie Albert
Gale Storm
Dane Clark
Geraldine Brooks
Four Mishaps In City Reported By Police
Police investigated four minor traffic mishaps on Friday with no injuries and under 100 dollars in damage. Incidents included a collision on First Ave and Main St between Ben Morgan and Thomas Blackmore, a curb and storefront crash at Gallaher Drug Store linked to Elizabeth Williams, a Yale Yankee Rd rear impact between Ted Hester and Samuel Baldwin, and a Central Ave First Ave crossover collision involving Harry Cook and Sanford Hogan with about 65 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Morgan
Franklin
Thomas Blackmore
West Middletown
Morgan
First Ave
Main St
Blackmore
Sohio
Gallaher Drug Store
Broad St
Elizabeth Williams
Central Ave
Sebald Realty Company
Yankee Rd
Ted Hester
Middletown
Yankee
Samuel Baldwin
Lewis Place
Hester
Baldwin
Harry Cook
Franklin Route 1
Sanford Hogan
Moore St
Cook
Central
Hogan
Telephone Firm Earnings Listed 1948 results rise above year prior
New York AP reports American Telephone and Telegraph Co. earned 9.20 dollars a share in 1948, 20 cents above the dividend rate, up from 7.43 in 1947. Net income reached 207.62 million on 226.0 million in operating revenue, vs 156.34 million and 201.18 million prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. 7
Ohio Foresters Present Awards at Columbus Meeting
The Ohio Forestry Association honored two Ohioans for forestry work at its two day Columbus meeting. Charles Haas of Geauga County received a conservation award for aiding farmers in woodland projects. J Harold McKenzie of Hillsboro, District Supervisor of the Soil Conservation Department, also received an award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Forestry Association
Charles Haas
Geauga County
J. Harold McKenzie
Hillsboro
Soil Conservation Department
Haas
Hairpin Key Unlocks Locking Girl in Syracuse
Fourteen year old Ann Neugent found a handcuff and fiddled until locked herself. She reported to police. Lt. George Easterly freed her by using a bobby pin from her hair to pick the lock after keys and tools failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Ann Neugent
George Easterly
New York Stocks Quotations From Greene and Brock
A list of New York Stock Exchange items shows Allied Stores American Can Revlon Bendix Aviation Lehigh Steel Boeing Auto Lite Electric Power & Light Canadian Paper Firestone Tire Goodyear Hiram Walker Columbia Gas Electric Internation Tel Tel Copper Commonwealth and more. Notable prices include Continental Bank Crucible Steel Curtis Wright Greyhound Goodyear Westinghouse and Zenith Radio with various percentages and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene & Brock
Allied Stores
American Can Re
Pucetenges
Bendix Aviation
Lehem Steel
Boeing Airplane
Betite
Ouett Bev Seinee
Wees
Canadian Pomir Et Neckan Es
Firestone Tire & Rube
Wel Electric
Cvees
General Motors
Piel
Container Corp
Continental
Crucible Steel
Curtis Wreht
Great Aeepare
Greyhound
Goodyear
Hiram Walker
Columbia Gas & Electric
Int
Tel
Copper Beewe Commonwealth P
Marshal Field
Montgomery Ward
New York Central RR
Northern Pacific RR
Ohio Oil Packard
Pan American ‘Airways Pennayivants RR
Phittive Pets Petroleum An
Procter & Gamble S. Steel Westinghouse Electric
Oe Motors
W. Woolworth
Sheet & Tube
Zenith Radio
Gordon Lindsay dies at 51 after Middletown residence
Gordon R. Lindsay Sr., 51, longtime Middletown resident, died Friday at 2 30 p m at his home on Route 1. A former Hamilton migrant, he worked 25 years as a machine shop foreman at Armco Steel. Survived by Grace his widow three sons Gordon Jr Dale Lewis two daughters Alice Etan Phyllis Camilla his mother Mrs Anna Lindsay two brothers Gilbert and Walter a sister Mrs Edward Ashford four grandchildren five stepchildren and many relatives. Funeral arrangements set with Mccoy Leffler Funeral Home with services Tuesday at 2 p m and interment in Woodside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon R. Lindsay, Sr
Middletown
Hamilton
Armco Steel Corporation
Jefferson Lodge
R.A.N
St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church
Grace
Gordon, Jr
Dale
Lewis
Alice Etan
San Diego
Calif
Phyllis
Camilla
Anna Lindsay
Gilbert
Walter
Edward Ashford
William Martz
Arthur Martz
Dorothy Martz
Nancy Martz
Robert Martz
McCoy-Leffler
Ohio Bus Lines Increases Fares Across Region
Marvin Clark, ticket agent, announced fare hikes for Ohio Bus Lines passengers. One-way to Cincinnati rises to 92 cents from 81, round trip to Cincinnati up from $1.50 to $1.67. All Hamilton fares increased, Middletown fares adjusted earlier. travel south of Hamilton unaffected.
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Ohio Bus Lines
Cincinnati
Marvin Clark
Hamilton
Clark
Middletown
Soldier Petry recuperating from pneumonia in Texas hospital
Pvt. Robert F. Petry Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Petry, has been confined to a hospital in San Antonio for the past month recovering from bronchial pneumonia. Friends may send cards to Pvt. Robert F. Petry, A. F. 15270432, Station Hospital, Ward 4, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Petry Jr
Robert Petry
Sherman Ave
San Antonio
Texas
Robert F. Petry
Station Hospital
Ward
Lackland Air Force Base
Final rites for Pfe Everett E Conley in Germantown
Final rites for Pfe Everett E Conley of Germantown Route 1 are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev H H Jung officiating and interment at Woodside Memorial. Conley, killed in an explosion while in training at Ivyrod England on April 4, 1944, had lived in the city eight years and worked at Armco Steel Corp. He enlisted in March 1943. He is survived by his parents, one brother Harold at home, and three sisters Mrs Mary Baker Middletown, Martha and Cletine at home. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 2–5 p.m. and 7–10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett E. Conley
Germantown
McCoy -Leffler
H. H. Jung
Woodside Memorial
Conley
Ivy Rod
England
Armco Steel Corporation
Harold
Mary Baker
Middletown
Martha
Clotine
Carpenter Earl Keever Dies After Three Weeks Illness
Earl Keever age 46 of 700 14th Ave. Middletown died at 12 45 a m at Middletown Hospital after a three week illness. He worked as a carpenter for 25 years. He is survived by his widow Margaret four sons John Donald Kenneth all of Middletown and Robert in the Navy and one grandchild. Funeral arrangements at the area incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Keever
14Th Ave
Middletown Hospital
Margaret
John
Donald
Kenneth
Middletown
Robert
Navy
McCoy -Leffler
Deaths Last Night
San Francisco Mrs. Jo sephine Rowan 85 widow of Spanish American war fame who carried the message to Garcia died while in Cuba searching for Gen Calixto Garcia. Florence Italy Amo Bassi 76 famed operatic tenor. Cincinnati Mrs. Charlotte Woolley Crosley 85 mother of Powel Crosley Jr and Lewis M Crosley. Waynesburg Pa Burton L Bayard 79 breeder and judge of beef cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
Josephine Rowan
Garcia
McKinley
Calixto Cargia
Cincinnati
Charlotte Woolley Crosley
Powel Crosley, Jr
Lewis M. Crosley
The
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Waynesburg
Bur‘ton L. Bayard
Man Slaughter Charge Filed Against Driver
A charge of involuntary manslaughter was filed against Walter Elliott 39 of Cincinnati driver of the Ohio Bus Lines coach in a Mt Pleasant Pike crash that killed a three year old and injured 26. The warrant signed Friday in Hanover Township was issued on instruction of Sheriff Walke. Elliott said he looked in the rear view mirror and didn’t see the lead bus in time to stop. Funeral details for Sandra Mary Jackman 3 of Hamilton include rites Monday at Michael J Colligan Funeral Home and an angel mass at St Ann Church with burial at St Stephen cemetery. She is survived by parents a brother and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Elliott
Cincinnati
Ohio Bus Lines
Mt. Pleasant Pike
Otto Grafner
Elliott
Sandra Mary Jackman
Ralph Jackman
Forrest Ave
Hamilton
Jewish Gains Near Bargain Stage In Talks
Jewish military gains of the last three months neared the bargaining stage in the Israeli Egyptian armistice talks. Point No 2 covers implementation of UN Security Council resolutions ordering withdrawals to Oct 14 lines and negotiations for peace. Discussions include Faluja Pocket where a 3,000-man Egyptian brigade is trapped by Jewish siege lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chakales Rhodes
Security Council
Rhodes
Faluja
Government seeks tipsters on fat and oil export leak
Washington AP reports the government probes a leak about a 109 million pound uptick in fat and oil exports for January to March. Officials say the extra allocation includes 30 million pounds of lard and 9.3 million pounds of soy bean oil among others, with procurement details undisclosed. The leak is being investigated by the Agriculture Department’s production and marketing administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Germany
Agriculture and Commerce Departments
State
Defense Departments
Production and Marketing Administration
Dimes Funds Near 1000 as Lions Club Near Polio Goal
Lions Club members added 263.10 to the March of Dimes at a Central and Broad fund booth Friday, bringing the week total to 960.34. Fraternal Order of Police and Association lodge oversaw the event in the local high school gym. Junior Chamber of Commerce volunteers will staff the booth today as part of war on polio. William Doench, sports chair, announced events including a January 22 7:15 p.m. basketball game between Carfax and Hamilton All-Stars at the high school gym with added attractions. A February 5 bowling match between Sport Five of Middletown and Brock's of Cincinnati is also planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Central and Broad
Martin Thomas
John Fitzgerald
Fraternal Order of Police and Association Lodge
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Truck overturns in ditch on Route 747 Friday
Robert B Oder 26 of Cincinnati drove a truck that was forced off the road at about 12 noon Friday. The vehicle turned over into a ditch but neither Oder nor his passenger Earl E Oder 22 were injured. Oder said a gasoline truck forced him off the road. Owner Louis Reinert Jr Co of Cincinnati reported a loss of 400 dollars in produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Oder
Cincinnati
Earl E. Oder
Oder
Louis Reinert, Jr
Cincinnat
Dress to apologize wins prize in twin town contest
Reading Pennsylvania officials say a Reading England contest awarded Valerie Barnes a dress as an apology present after she was given a boy's tie as a prize in an essay contest run by officials of the twin towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Reading Chamber of Commerce
Valerie Barnes
England
Opportunist robber at plaza theater in Salem
A holdup man in Salem approached the plaza theater ticket window and demanded all the cash. When the cashier pressed a burglar alarm he fled after grabbing a nearby $10 bill from a subsequent customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Plaza Theater
Sunrise services, concerts at New Era Church
The Community Prayer Band hosts sunrise worship at 6:00 AM at New Era Baptist Church with public invitation. Calvary Singers perform Sunday at 8:00 PM at the same church. A new decl of volunteers will begin 7:30 PM. Mrs Janey Jackson entertained the Los Amigos Club at her home. prizes awarded to Georgine Gregory, Margaret Watts, and Juanita Jiles. Next meeting at Mrs Jiles home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Era Baptist Church
Calvary Singers
Progressive Group
Pocmoerne
Janey Jackson
Los Amigos Club
Georgine Gregory
Margaret Watts
Juanita Jiles
Jiles
Driver Injured in Lebanon Car Crash
Middle town resident Howard Kern aged 32 suffered severe head and facial lacerations when his car left the road and overturned into a ditch near Lebanon around 8 p.m. Friday. He was treated at Williams Clinic in Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Howard Kern
Clinton St
Middletown
Kern
Williams Clinic
Cottonseed oil and vast soy bean and pea shipments
A report details large commodity movements including 57,000,000 pounds of soy beans 5,500,000 pounds of peas and 5,000,000 pounds of an unspecified product tied to cottonseed oil. The figures indicate strong agricultural trade activity and substantial bulk consignments.
Armco Fabricating Divison Wins 1948 Safety Trophy
The Armco Fabricating Division was awarded the 1948 Safety Trophy at a Manchester Hotel dinner before about 500 Armco workers. Ray Young led the program as Morris Evans cited the division’s record of the lowest accident frequency, a top placement in the Middletown Industrial Safety Contest, and national council leads. Discussion covered production highs, payroll growth, and safety as Armco’s first priority with miniature Iron Man replicas presented to federation and foremen’s club leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco
Middletown
Manchester
Armco Fabricating Divison
National Safety Council
Evans
Frank Fanning
C. M. Allen
Sterling Long
Paul Doebler
L. F. Reinartz
W.W. Sebald
C. H. Murray
Troops seize city as Reds take Tientsin
U S Consul General Robert Smyth reported all staff safe after shell bursts damaged the consulate in Nanking area and fires raged in the city. Government forces blamed for fighting as Reds moved into Tientsin with 50 000 government troops said to have fallen into Red hands. The Communist radio broadcast terms for peace punishing war criminals and dismantling Chiang Kai shek’s government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Robert Smyth
Berkeley
Calif
Consular
Smyth
Moosa
Nanking
Tientsin
Communist
Chiang
Kuomintang
Canadian budget surplus reported by Abbott tops six million
Finance Minister D. C. Abbott says Canada’s nine month budget shows a surplus of more than 6 million. By December 31 revenues reached 1,956,208,479 with expenditures at 1,346,258,780, indicating a strong fiscal position for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
D. C. Abbott
Armco Manager Urges Southern Industrial Expansion
R. A. Dadisman, manager of Armco Steel Corporation’s Market Development Division, addressed J. M. Tull Company salesmen in Atlanta, outlining nine points for expanding sales in the South. He cited favorable labor, climate, proximity to Latin American markets, and improving regional economy as reasons the South is a new frontier for industry. He urged aggressive, intelligent sales efforts to capture growing opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Tull Company
Armco
Atlanta
R. A. Dadisman
South
Dadisman
Armco Steel Corporation
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John J. Palmer
Music BY “Tune Masters Trio
Pioneer Tobacco Workers
Ohio Foresters
Gordon Lindsay
Pfe
Everett Conley
Florence
Italy
Amedio Bassi
N. Broad St
Williamson. Ziegler Furnace CO
Darling's
Colored News
Steele
Co.e. Stutenroth
R. G. Adair
Southern
Melampy
Rnto Finnest
Hearing Center
H. M. Hensley
Ruth M. Hensley
R. N
Dial
Mayfield School
Southern Spiritual Singers
First Church of God
Crawford St
Westinghouse
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