Seven Dances In City Saturday Will Climax 1949 Polio Campaign
Middletonians will dance to seven orchestras on Saturday to raise funds for polio. Co chairs Martin Thomas and John Fitzgerald report the three week drive ends with multiple venues including American Legion Six Bits of Rhythm, Manchester Hotel Pete Jones, Moose Hall Herb Spade, Eagles Hall Tune Masters and Music Makers, Knights of Columbus revellers Tommy Wills, and a final Midway Roller Rink party Monday. Tickets are $1 from local committee. Civitan Club volunteers raised $137.17 to date.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eagles Hall
Tommy Wills
Knights of Columbus
Fraternal Order of Police
Associate Lodge
Fitzgerald
Midway Roller Rink
Civitan Club hears Father Golembiewski lecture
Father Paul Golembiewski of St. Peter Claver mission spoke to Civitan Club members about the mission’s work since its December 1 establishment. He outlined methods and procedures for inducting new members into the church.
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Paul Golembiewski
St. Peter Clave
Civitan Club
So Dear to My Heart and Other Paramount Films
Paramount shows So Dear to My Heart with Bobby Driscoll and Beulah Bond at afternoon and evening slots Wednesday. Strand screens Hairy Ape with Susan Hayward and William Bendix and Wolf Man with Claude Rains and Warren William. Thursday features Rope with James Stewart and John Dall and Romance of the High Seas with Doris Day and Jack Carson at listed times.
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Bobby Driscoll
Beulah Bond
Susan Hayward
William Bendix
Claude Rains
Warren William
James Stewart
John Dall
Doris Day
Jack Carson
Leaders to Meet at Midl town Girl Scout Club
Leaders' committee of Middletown Girl Scouts will assemble in the Girl Scout club room at 8 p.m. today, said Mrs Garnet L Church, director. Also on the calendar this week is a cookie committee meeting set for 2 p.m. Thursday in the clubroom.
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Middletown
Girl Scouts
Garnet L. Church
North College Hill Drugstore Robbery Suspects Nabbed
Hamilton police captured James Albert Guy and James Turner linked to a Monday night armed robbery at Edwards Drugstore in North College Hill. The men, both drinking, were identified by a clerk. getaway car license led to their arrest. Police recovered cash and a cashed government check. Guy faced divorce papers filed by his wife for drunkenness and cruelty.
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Hamilton
North College Hill
Edwards Drugstore
James Albert Guy
Shuler Ave
James Turner
Ludlow St
Ham
Ilton Enquirer Bureau
North Third St
Guy
Turner
Ennis Edwards
Edwards
Giles Fisher
Fourth St
Maple Ave
John Mullins
Hamilton City
Freda
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Police Briefs Report Local Incidents And Suspects
Bernice Lewis 22 was arrested for petit larceny at the G C Murphy Co. and faces Municipal Court. A bicycle recovered at Charles Street and Manchester Avenue is suspected to belong to Kelsey Murphy who was struck on Yankee Road. Murphy is in Middletown Hospital. A bicycle stolen from Malcolm Minor was recovered. Bobby Wilson 5 was bitten by a stray dog on Stanley Street. no serious injury. A taxi driver, John Kroger 26, reported striking a car on Central Avenue and awaiting its driver, who did not appear. Damages totaled 50 to the taxi and 200 to two other cars, one of which collided with a rear of another vehicle.
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Bernice Lewis
City Hotel
G. C. Murphy Company
Central Ave
Charles St
Manchester Ave
Kelsey Murphy
Waneta St
Yankee Rd
Murphy
Middletown Hospital
Malcolm Minor
North Broad St
Bobby Wilson
Stanley St
Health Department
John Korger
Waite St
Taid
Kroger
Ohio Bell Telephone
Firemen Plan Summer Festival and Training Film
North Middle town Fire Association members met at the fire house on Manchester Rd Lyman Nein, president, announced plans for a summer festival and a Cincinnati amusement film representative to discuss features at next week’s meeting. A volunteer fire fighting training film will be shown Feb 8 or 15, provided by the State Fire Chiefs Association. Discussion on Poast town fire protection was not raised. Work on the automatic fire alarm system is delayed awaiting wire.
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North Middletown Fire Association
Manchester Rd
Lyman Nein
Nein
Cincinnati
Bad State Fire Chiefs Association
Poasttown
State Highway Patrol
Springfield industrialist Stephen Dunbar dies at 72
Stephen S. Dunbar, 72, retired industrialist and interurban line executive, died yesterday. He was once linked with the Springfield Dayton Urbana traction line, later evolving into the Cincinnati and Lake Erie system.
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Springfield
Stephen S. Dunbar
Springfield-Dayton-Urbana
Cincinnati and Lakerie
Dayton baker elected Ohio Bakers head at annual meeting
Cincinnati AP reports A E Craig of Dayton Bread Co was chosen president of the Ohio Bakers Association at its annual meeting. He succeeds Clayton Zeilinger of Marietta. Re elected for one year were William Mountain of Toledo as vice president Fred Allen of Columbus as treasurer and Ray Ferguson of Columbus as executive secretary.
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Cincinnati
A. E. Craig
Dayton, O., Bread Company
Ohio Bakers Association
Clayton Zeilinger
Marietta
William Mountain
Toledo
Fred Allen
Columbus
Ray Ferguson
Missing Chief Fired in Thessalon
Police Chief Neil Montgomery has been missing since Thursday and the small Ontario town of Thessalon voted to fire him for neglect of duties. City council acted to replace the chief as concerns persisted about his absence.
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Thessalon
Ont
Neil Montgomery
Ontario
Man Held in Cincinnati Wife Murder Case
Jessie Rupe, 44, is held for questioning after the body of his wife Mattie Lee, 44, is found slain in their Cincinnati home. A homicide detective says she had been beaten to death.
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Cincinnati
Jessie Rupe
Mattie Lee
Homicide
Tom Faragher
Cincinnati Man Bound to Jury Over Burglary Charge
William Cornelius of 1215 Main St Cincinnati is held for Butler County Grand Jury on a $1500 bond for unlawful entering with intent to steal. He pleaded not guilty after stating he entered E F Harpring’s residence by mistake. Mrs Harpring testified a man and Cornelius were in the home. watches and cash are missing.
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William Cornelius
Main St
Cincinnati
Butler County Grand Jury
Cornelius
E. F. Harpring
Route 25
Harpring
Obituary for Katherine Mussberger Hurbst 67 Hungarian native dies
Mrs Katherine Mussberger Hurbst aged 67 dies at home in Franklin route 2 after long illness. A P Lorillard employee for 38 years she lived in Middletown three years and Franklin six. Survived by husband Andreas. Services Friday 2 p m at McCoy Lefler Funeral Home with burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Thursday 2 5 p m and 7 10 p m.
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Katherine Mussberger Hurbst
Hungary
Franklin
Route 2
P. Lorillard Company
Middletown
Andreas
McCoy-Leffler
Woodside Cemetery
Mrs. Louisa Steele Dies at 80 in Middletown Home
Mrs. Louisa F. Steele 80 longtime Middletown resident died today at 10 20 am at her home 819 Sixth Ave Survived by husband Joshua two daughters Elizabeth McKee and Bertha Watkins two sons Curtis Lee A J Steele Elijah a sister Amanda Davis two brothers John Frashier and M V Frashier 21 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren Funeral arrangements incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home
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Louisa F. Steele
Middletown
Sixth Ave
Joshua
Elizabeth McKee
Wayne County
W. Va
Bertha Watkins
Cleveland
Curtis
Lee
Dayton
A. J. Steele
Elijah
Amanda Davis
John Frashier
M. V. Frashier
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Death notice for Mrs Emma McClellan Ward in Detroit
Mrs Emma McClellan Ward is notified of the death of Emma McClellan 64 who died today at 8 30 a m at her Detroit residence She was a native and longtime resident Surviving Herman her husband John Harpersbarger a brother West Middletown and Nelda Marts a sister West Middletown Funeral services will be held at Hollander ch Friday at 1 p m
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Ward
Emma McClellan
Detroit
Mich
Herman
John Harpersbarger
West Middletown
Nelda Marts
Hollander
Demitt 91 Funeral Services Set at Morrow
Mrs. Kate B. Demitt 91 died yesterday at her son Clarence Demitt Pennsylvania freight agent at Morrow. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at Yale funeral home with Eastern Star services Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Burial is in Morrow Cemetery. She leaves one daughter in addition to her son.
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Lebanon
Kate B. Demitt
Clarence
Pennsylvania
Morrow
Yale
Eastern Star
Morrow Cemetery
Charles T. Johnson obituary in Lebanon
Charles T. Johnson, 82, of 406 East Mulberry Street, Lebanon, died at home after an extended illness. A retired farmer, he is survived by his widow Sally and several children. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Charles T. Johnson
E. Mulberry Sr
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Sally
Rites set for Mrs Johanna Hamm in Lebanon obituary
Mrs Johanna Hamm 74 dies at daughter Mrs Henry Stegar Kings Mills. Rites Thursday 9 a.m. at St Francis de Sales Lebanon Cemetery burial follows. Survived by husband John and daughter, with other relatives unnamed.
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Lebanon
Johanna Hamm
Henry Stegar
Kings Mills
St. Francis de Sales Church
J Ohn
Mrs Susan Coleman services in Miamisburg Thursday
Mrs Susan Nora Coleman 78 died Monday night at her home in Chautauqua. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Trinity Re formed Church Miamisburg with burial in Fairview Cemetery West Alexandria. Survived by husband O. O. Coleman two sons one sister and one brother.
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Franklin
Susan Nora Coleman
Chautauqua
Trinity Reformed
Alfred T Gilpin Dies at 88 in Springboro
Alfred T Gilpin 88 oldest resident of Springboro died Monday at his residence Services will be conducted in the Anglesby.
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Springboro
Alfred T. Gilpin
Anglesby
Commissioners Seek Funds to Meet Payrolls and Sessions
City Commissioners move to pass an appropriation ordinance to release funds for payrolls and operations, possibly visiting Middletown Hospital to confer with Rob ert Gibbs who is recovering from illness. The group plans to meet with other city officials and address bus service, annex protests, and a Grand Ave zone change at upcoming sessions.
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Robert A. Gibbs
Middletown Hospital
Marvin D. Clark
Gibbs
A. K. Lewis
Ortman- Stewart Bus Company
East End
Francis Carmody
Transportation Development Committee
Charles St
Manchester Ave
Thomas D. Carmody
Grand Ave
City Planning Commission
Motherhood Rights Lost In Sterilization Adoption Order
Los Angeles AP report states Georgette Brucks 21 agreed with attorney Walter Anderson to be sterilized after delivering her April baby and to place the child and another older child for adoption. Superior Judge Thomas Ambrose issued the order, a unprecedented move not covered by California law.
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Los Angeles
Georgette Brucks
Walter Anderson
Thomas L. Ambrose
Ambrose
California
Maples Syrup Price Set At Geauga Festival
Maple syrup may sell for six to seven dollars per gallon at the 20th Geauga County Maple Festival in Chardon April 1 to 3. Wayne Johnson, group secretary, noted production costs drive prices and predicted prices will rise with demand after speaking at the Ninth Annual Geauga County Forestry Meeting in Claridon.
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Chardon
Geauga County
Wayne Johnson
Johnson
Geauga County Forestry Meeting
Claridon
Funeral Home Services Thursday at 2 30 PM
Funeral home in Franklin will host services Thursday at 2 30 PM with interment in Springboro Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 PM today at the funeral home. The article notes the origin of the name Nebraska from Ne-brath-ka meaning shallow water.
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Franklin
Springboro
Nebraska
Polio Victim Mary Rutz Sees Worsening Yet Steady Hope
Twelve year old Mary Rutz, stricken with polio, reported to have a "good night" at Mercy Hospital Hamilton as attendants note her condition improving to "fair." State patrolmen performed a tracheotomy to remove the iron lung collar for the Port Union girl hospitalized in Columbus yesterday.
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Mary Rutz
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Port Union
Columbus
Death claim case opened over six year old girl’s bus death
Dalton Brooks of near Poasttown sues George Michael of Martz Paullin Rd Warren County for 15000 to seek retribution in the death of his six year old daughter Jeanette who was run over by a Carlisle Centralized School District bus driven by Michael. Trial before Judge John Kiracofe in Butler County court before a jury. Clarence Taylor and Paul A. Baden represent the plaintiff. A A Bendigs Jr and William B Davis defend.
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Dalton Brooks
Poasttown
George Michael
Martz-Paullin Rd
Warren County
John Kiracofe
Butler
Jeanette
Michael
Carlisle
Clarence Taylor
Middletown
Paul A. Baden
Butler County
Cincinnati
A. A. Bendigs, Jr
William B. Davis
City meters ordinance sent to council in Cincinnati
Cincinnati city manager W R Kellogg forwarded an ordinance to City Council requiring penny and dime parking meters along with nickel meters. The move signals a broader effort to standardize coin operated parking devices across the city.
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Cincinnati
W. R. Kellogg
Williams resigns from Williams Y M C A to lead another group
Carl E. Williams resigns as executive secretary of the Cincinnati Williams YMCA to take a similar post elsewhere. The abrupt move leaves the local YMCA seeking a replacement and underscores leadership changes at the organization.
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Cincinnati
Carl E. Williams
The
Williams Y.M.C.A
New YMCA Leader to Begin Duties in Springfield
A YMCA official in Springfield Illinois will assume a new position on April 1. The note mentions that several diamond mines in South Africa are situated in the cores of ancient volcanoes.
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South Africa
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Some Scharper
Lary Bicknell
Thomas
March of Dimes
Otarians
Father Golembiewski
AT the Movies
Paramount
Robert
WPFB
Middletown Health Dept
Harley Harkrader
S. River St
C. O. Chesterson
Tytus Ave
Harkrader
Chesterson
Uwe
Johnston
Ralston Paint Store, Inc
Samuart
HOTEL
Manchester
Cor, Broad and
Pca Li
Lammie Bailey
Mrs. Katherne Hurbst
Louisa Steele
Mrs
Kate Demitt
Susan Coleman
Moraine City
Women’s Employment Office
Amelia and Keowee Streets
Ohio
Frigidaire
General Motors Corporation
Riggs
Y.M.C.A
Springfield, Ill
Harold W. Jones
Middletown, Ohio
General Foods
Suede Gaberdine Kid
Dagenbach’s
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