Red Cross Drive Gets 18220 Approved By Board Of Appeals
The Review Board of Appeals approved an 18220 goal for Middletown Red Cross fundraising for the coming year. E T Gardner Jr announced the amount is below the possible maximum while Dorothy Spears said 21220 will meet local needs with 75000000 national quota. Wylie Mitchell will chair the drive with James Martindale as co chair and Robert Q Millan as treasurer. Tom H Stubbs named secretary after a thorough review of past year expenditures and future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Gardner, Jr
Reoe
Red Cross
Gardner
Dorothy Spears
Spears
Middletown
Wylie Mitchell
James Martindale
Cochairman
Robert Q. Millan
Millan
Tom H. Stubbs
Youths Held After Lebanon Greenhouse Fire Incident
Three boys aged 12 to 14 were held for questioning in Lebanon after a small fire behind the Mulford Greenhouse on East Main Street. They admitted sneaking in to smoke cigarets with matches and had earlier played there last Thursday. Juvenile Detention held them overnight for further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Mulford Greenhouse
East Main Street
W. H. Fulberth
Oxford Road To Be Cleared For Local Fans
More than 2,000 Middletown basketball fans face travel on Route 73 from Trenton to Oxford for two games against Hamilton at Withrow Court. Snow and extreme cold keep highways hazardous. salt and cinders will be laid on the route near Collinsville. Officers urge careful driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Trenton
Oxford
State Highway Department
Hamilton
Withrow Court
Leonard Ware
State
Collinsville
Toledo Firms Win Germantown School Bond Bids
Two Toledo firms, Stranahan-Harris and Ryan-Sutherland, won the Germantown $200,000 school bond issue in a noon bid. The bonds carry a 2 percent coupon with $368 premiums, run for 20 years from 1949 to 1968, financing new school buildings with construction deferred for lowered costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Toledo
Board of Education
Stranahan-Harris Company
Ryan-Sutherland Company
Grocers Debate Relief Payment Method
The Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association debated relief payout methods. They favored vouchers over checks, arguing checks invite misuse and hurt independent grocers. A committee will study the issue for city commission presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grocers and Meat Dealers Association
Max Stamper
Grocers Association
Stamper
J. Schatzmann
Middletown
Ohio
Schatzmann
Martha Dillman
Toledo
Dillman
1947 Probate Report Issued by Butler County Court
Judge Oscar R. Leiser released the 1947 probate report detailing 1102 marriages in Butler County with 15 by church, 563 estates administered, 282 wills probated, 254 letters testamentary issued, 82? letters of administration, 84 guardianships, 14 trusteeships, 37 adoptions, seven name changes, 15 birth record corrections, 43 birth registrations, and numerous institutional commitments including 89 to Longview Hospital and others to veterans and state facilities. Data prepared by Miss Lillian Woodruff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Oscar R. Leiser
Ohio
Butler County
Longview Hospital
United States Veterans Hospital
Chillicothe
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Orient
Gallipolis
Lillian Woodruff
Paramount and Strand Showings With Star Casts
Paramount screens Ex le with Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Maria Montez at 1 15 4 05 7 05 and 10 05 p m plus Invisible Wall with Don Castle and Virginia Christine at 2 50 5 50 and 8 50 p m Strand features Tarzan and the Huntress starring Johnny Weissmuller Brenda Joyce Friday at 1 15 4 05 7 and 9 55 p m Saturday at 1 40 5 30 8 25 and 10 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Exle
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Maria Montez
Invisible Wall
Don Castle
Virginia Christine
Strand
Johnny Weissmuller
Brenda Joyce
Middletown Board Plans School Conditions Survey
The Board of Education adopted a resolution authorizing a study of local school conditions led by Dr. T. C. Holy from Ohio State University. The survey aims to address population growth and possible enrollment from annexed areas. Resignations were noted and staff changes announced including Miss Ernestine Roudebush replacing Miss Mary Lamphier for the rest of the year. A wire recorder gifted by the local National Council of Jewish Women was welcomed for use in defective speech classes. New equipment for gym, economics, and commercial departments was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Board of Education
T. C. Holy
Ohio State University
Ernestine Roudebush
Mary Lamphier
Laura Kitchen
National Council of Jewish Women
Mary Brehany
Tree of Life Party Plans Are Finalized
Plans for the Tree of Life party to be held Sunday at 3 30 p m at Beth Sholom Synagogue are being completed with committee meetings. The supper committee chaired by Mrs L M Phillips and Mrs Jacob Friedman met last night and final plans for the 5 30 p m supper after the program were set.
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Tree of Life
He Ld
Beth Sholom
L. M. Phillips
Jacob Fried Man
Warren filling stations looted in Springboro incidents
Warren County Sheriff Gerald W. Couden investigated two breaking incidents last night. In Springboro Wayne Gilpin's Station was entered by smashing the glass front door with merchandise and $10 taken. At Waynesville Robert Service Station was entered by breaking a padlock with merchandise and $25 stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Warren County
Gerald W. Couden
Springboro
Waynesville
Gilpin
Robert
Lions Club Hears Chamber Secretary at Noon Meeting
Roy L. Patterson secretary of the Chamber of Commerce spoke to the Lions Club, praising the Industrial Council for keeping Middletown industry free of strikes during the war. He announced next week’s topic, Housing and Home Financing, to be presented by Robert Spurrier of Dayton, executive secretary of the League of Insured Savings and Loan Associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Chamber
Industrial Council
Patterson
Middletown
Robert Spurrier
Dayton
Spurrier
League of Insured Savings and Loan Associations of
Fair and Cold Weather Predicted for Saturday
A frigid start had Midloton residents braving 1 degree temps this morning with a rise to 2 degrees by 9 am. Thursday's low was 5 degrees at 8:30 am and the 24 hour high reached 14 degrees by 1 am today. The weatherman forecasts fair and cold conditions tonight and Saturday.
March of Dimes totals rise in Middletown drive
March of Dimes contributions mount to 2516.57 with 155.97 from Cooperative Club at the booth yesterday. Kiwanis Club staffed today and Moose ge set for Saturday. Officials expect totals to top 3000 in Middletown by week’s end as booth returns and proceeds from the Saturday basketball game add to the sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Club
Kiwanis Club
Moosege
Middletown
KIWANIANS HEAR TWO POLIO TALKS
Kiwanis clubs hear two polio talks by high school students on infantile paralysis as part of the March of Dimes drive. Charles Reuthe presented films on polio. Dr Alfred W Smith is nominated for membership and will be inducted next week. A letter from international president Dr Armstrong was read as Kiwanis marks its 33rd birthday with 2,200 clubs nationwide. Next week’s program chair is Martin Bauer. The note adds the Dead Sea depth at 2,570 feet below sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Young
Kiwanis Club
Charles Reuthe
Alfred W Smith
Dr. Armstrong
South Carolina
Martin Bauer
Ray Collinsworth Elected President of Middletown Trades Council
Ray Collinsworth was named president of the Middletown Trades and Labor Council at the annual election of officers and trustees. He will replace Robert Barker as head of the Council and also serves as business agent for the Teamsters and Truck Drivers Local AFL. The group adopted a policy to refrain from endorsing political candidates and will install new officers February 5 with Barker administering the oaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Collinsworth
Middletown
Joe DeBolt
Council
American Bank
Barker
Funeral services for Michael Schafer in Trenton
Michael Schafer 79 of Trenton died at Ft Hamilton Hospital Hamilton. Funeral at Holy Name Church Trenton at 9 a m Saturday. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Thelma Schafer Dayton and Helen Schafer Amstutz Dayton and sister Mrs John Ritter Middletown. Friends at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Friday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Michael Schafer
Ft. Hamilton Hospital
Hamilton
Holy Name Church
Woodside
Schafer
Thelma Schafer
Dayton
Helen Schafer Amstutz
John Ritter
Middletown
McCoy - Leffler
Friay
Gibbs five month old dies in Cincinnati
Camden five months old James F. Gibbs son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Gibbs Camden Route 3 died yesterday at Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati. He is survived by his parents one sister and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gibbs of Camden and Mr. and Mrs. O H Black of New Miami. Services will be at 10 a m Saturday at the Brown Dawson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
James F. Gibbs
James H. Gibbs
Children's Hospital
Cincinnati
Andrew Gibbs
O. H. Black
New Miami
Brown- Dawson Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Williams to close evangelistic campaign services at Calvary
Rev. S. J. Williams will hold the last week night service this evening at Calvary Methodist Church showing the picture The Blind Beggar of Jerusalem. He and Mrs. Williams will make their final appearance Sunday at 7 30 p m in this evangelistic and educational series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Williams
Calvary Methodist Church
Jerusalem
Mrs. Williams
Zion Church installs new officers and deacons
Zion Church has installed two newly elected deacons Cecil Dearth and Edward Charles. New council officers include Vice President Ted Karchner, Secretary E M Reed, Financial Secretary Edward Charles, and Treasurer Glenn Neville. Charles becomes sixth council member for the year. Retiring deacons were Morris Smith and George Gibbs. Zion School adopts a four-teacher monthly rotation with George Gibbs, Mrs Stanley Hirshbach, Morris Smith, and Rev C P Cressman teaching Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Church Council
Cecil Dearth
Edward Charles
Church Council
Ted Karchner
E. M. Reed
Glenn Neville
Charles
Morris Smith
George Gibbs
Zion Church School
Stanley Hirshbach
Cc. P. Cressman
Local OSU Student Heads New Society
The Ohio State University student chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management has received a charter from the Columbus senior chapter. Wallace Rees of Middletown, student president, announced the news. Prof. Wyllys G. Stanton presented the charter at a campus business meeting Wednesday. Prof. Ralph C. Davis serves as faculty advisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State University
Society For the Advancement of Management
Columbus
Wallace Rees
Middletown
Wyllys G. Stanton
OSU Industrial Engineering Department
Ralph C. Davis
Business Organization
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Board of Appeals
Review Board of Appeals
Oxford Road
Standt’s
Bulova
Benrus
Mighty Liberal
Standt's
Grocers
Warren Filling Stations
Dead Sea
Trades Council
Loren
C. W. Elliott
Middletown Hospital
N. Broad St
Melba Voorhis AT the Piano
N. Main ST
Doellmann’s
Central Ave
Tweedies
Drew Arch Best
Price
Doellmann Shoes
J. Williams
Gray’s Watch Repair
OSU
Dial
Vic
Louis F. Jones
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