Butler County Farm Bureau adopts resolutions at annual meeting
In Hamilton the Butler County Farm Bureau passed resolutions opposing price controls and rationing while urging support for bond issues and local levies. It calls for soil and water conservation, opposes certain political changes, promotes vocational programs, supports tuberculosis and livestock disease research, and advocates farm-friendly public information and organizational cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County Farm Bureau
Ross Township
James Lewis
Ooo
Butler County
Ohio House of Representatives
Boards of Education
Bang
Farm Bureau
Federal
United States Department of Agriculture
Social Security
Farmer Cooperatives
Butler County Farm Bureau Federation
Preble County March of Dimes Chairs Named
The Rev Clarence v Bradbury Preble County March of Dimes Director announced area solicitors for Preble county. Camden selections include Rev S Looman and Mrs Dwight Donohoe. Southern section also lists Mrs Lloyd Coleman Harold Shaw and Miss Nina Weiser. Sugar Valley Roy Ballard Fair Haven Rev J C Millikin. County goal set at 3.50 for 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Clarence v. Bradbury
Preble County
March of Dimes
Camden
S. Lowman
Dwight Donohoe
Gratis
Lloyd Coleman
West Elkton
Harold Shaw
Nina Weiser
Sugar Valley
Roy Ballard
Fair Haven
J. C. Millikin
Administrator Appointed for Emma Anderson Estate
Camden Stanley Anderson of New Paris Route 1 has been appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Emma Anderson, deceased, late of Camden. Bond set at $10,000. Appraisers named are Travis, Andrew Dixon and Ray C. Nein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Stanley Anderson
New Paris
Emma Anderson
Bond
Travis
Andrew Dixon
Ray C. Nein
Social News From Franklin and Nearby Areas
Franklin and Middletown residents share social events including bridge gatherings at the Meeker and Hancock households, dinners at Town House, and club meetings. Guests include the Boswell Layman Simpson Chafferty and Poos families, with illnesses and hospitalizations noted for Alyce Eisenmenger Bowling and others. Local trips, a funeral in Dayton, and family visitations are listed among recent activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edw. Fitzgerald
Ralph Archdeacon
David Becker
WSCS January Meeting At Mrs Pressford’s Home
The WSCS will meet Thursday at 2 pm at the home of Mrs Kathryn Pressford with the theme In A Fellowship Service at Home. Mr and Mrs Seafy Ratliff visited Mr and Mrs Roy Spenny. Mrs Mae Wise and Mrs Hazel Schaub spent Saturday evening with Mr and Mrs John Buch et Mr and Mrs E Brelsford and daughter Delores Frank.
Four Enter Guilty Pleas In Lebanon Case
Four of eleven indicted by the January grand jury pleaded guilty before Common Pleas Judge Alton F. Brown. Cecil Hudges admitted operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and received a three year probation. Sherman Fleetwood pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and also got three years probation. Anthony Rogers pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and received an indeterminate sentence to the Ohio State Reformatory. Lawrence Sparks pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and awaits sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Common Pleas
Alton F. Brown
Cecil Hudges
Sherman Fleetwood
Anthony Rogers
Ohio State Reformatory
Lawrence Sparks
Gobel Brandenburg
Clell Dailey
William Ryan
Zimri Stubbs
Sige Stamper
Kent Smith
Woodson Lakes
Germantown Social News Highlights Local Events
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Emrick hosted a dinner with families including the Pullmans and ONeils. WSCS plans a February 2 meeting at Mrs. Oblinger’s home with Mrs. George Small directing the program. Hospital notes report several patients in Dayton’s Miami Valley and Middletown hospitals. A farewell party for Frederick Emrick and Richard Bennett preceded their air corps departure. Local clubs, Rainbow installation notes, K of P and OES meetings, a Germantown night in Dayton, and a housewarming birthday for Amoo Fox are mentioned with attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Everett Emrick
Elmer Pullman
Hal O'Neil
Hubert Sixtond Cone
WSCS
The
Methodist Church
David Oblinger
Richard Oblinger
Emory Oblinger
Donald Slifer
George Small
Rex Addieman
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Susanne Ingham
Midddeltown Hospital
Lewis C. Gephart
South Walnut St
Sonny Emrick
Plum Street
Fredrick Emrick
Richard Bennett
Air Corp
Charles Kuch
Hubert Hewitt
Garvin Woods
Donald Smith
Ray Wilson
Glenn Stiver
Russel Macy
Tommy Calhoun
Jimmey Stead
Donald Guntle
Wilfred Strayer
Clarence Emley
Herbert Ankeny
Hebter Ankeny
Leonard Hartzell
Paul Bell
Luther Huffer
Robertt Rettich
Mary Martha Emley
Franklin
Rettich
Florence Eckhart
K of P
Pythian Castle
John Schaffer
East Market St
OES
Amoo Fox
Earl Heaton
Phyllis
James Fox
Kay
Michael
Kenneth Woodward
Ken
Tim
Glenn Wilcox
Gayle
Bill
Brelsford and Bell Families Visit Middletown Saturday
Mrs Lucile Brelsford and Mr and Mrs Jim Bell of Great House called on Mr and Mrs John Brelsford in Middletown Saturday evening in a social gathering.
Temperature Bias in Painted Rooms Noted
The average person tends to underestimate the temperature in blue rooms while overestimating it in red rooms. This perceptual distortion highlights color impact on thermal judgment and could affect comfort decisions and energy use in interiors.
Local Briefs Highlight Upcoming Community Events
January meeting of the Soubrette Society at Mrs. Marjorie Sloughs home. Grange basketball Thursday and Friday games across several towns. Amanda property owners meet Thursday at Amanda school. Kings Daughters party in Germantown Thursday. Varsity M club hosts a dance at Moen school Saturday. PTA dance at Clearcreek township high school Saturday. Warren Bears fox drive at Blue Ball church. Monroe hosts Lima basketball at Middletown gym Saturday. Wedding band covered dish supper Thursday at Franklin church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratis
Soubrette Society
Marjorie Slough
Mason
Moen School
Springboro
Clearcreek Township
PTA
Warren County Bears
Blue Ball
Monroe
Lima
Middletown High School
Franklin
Methodist Church
Fiddlin' Blacksmith Celebrates Birthday in Ohio
Thomas Collins of Lebanon a veteran blacksmith for 70 years marked his 84th birthday by shoeing a horse in zero weather. Born near Clarksville he learned the trade young and later moved shop to Wellman. A noted fiddler, he plans to add guitar to his repertoire while continuing custom horse shoeing and square dancing. He and Flora Ellen Smith Collins married 56 years ago have two daughters and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Thomas Collins
Tom
Clarksville
Clinton County
John Collins
Clinton
Warren Counties
Wellman
Oregonia
Tom Collins
Flora Ellen Smith
Jessie Thompson
Betty Thompson
Waynesville
Social rounds and gatherings reported in Lebanon area
A string of social events fills a Lebanon patch of notices. Mr and Mrs Victor Stibbs hosted friends and a lunch with many neighbors on Pleasant Street. Supper club members gathered on Deerfield Road while Haile Smith wed Peggy Knicht in Dayton. Virginia Retallick graduated Norwood high. Mrs Robert Chamberline attended Franklin 500 club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Victor Stibbs
Pleasant St
Everett Banta
Gilbert Jameson
Alfred Schwartz
Carl Fisher
I. E. Bowen
Harold Sheets
Jimmy
Victor
Myrtle Sheets
Geraldine Monroe
Fern Davis
Sue Stibbs
Charles Stibbs
Charles Kunker
Deerfield Road
Fred James
Kenneth Edman
Haile Smith
Peggy Knicht
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Dayton
Thomas Ault
Judy
Kenny
Clarence Dunham
Morris Dunham
Columbus Ave
Carl Banker
Lisle Vorkes
Herbert Hall
Broadway Apartments
Roy Crawford
Jack Henderson
Charles Sherritt
Blair Young
Thomas York
Francis Crawford
Ray Dondaro
Alice Rae
Lucille Walsh
Howard Price
Eugene Gutermuth
Sidney Brown
Nettie Haines
Doris Addison
Dick Leak
Morrow
V. R. Retallick
Arlene
Alma Null
Norwood
Virginia Retallick
Virgil Retallick
Robert Chamberline
John Hoffer
Shrine Club Holds Regular Meeting in Germantown
The Shrine Club met at the EUB church in Germantown for a dinner and business session Tuesday evening. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Warren Slifer and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Heistand with Clarence Emrick and Nettie Emrick as guests. Prizes at cards went to Mr. and Mrs. George Paine and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Shrine Club
Eub Church
Warren Slifer
Kenneth Heistand
Clarence Emrick
Nettie Emrick
George Paine
Earl Kern
Camden Men Plan To Attend Meeting At Eaton RotaryEvent
Camden Ro tarians plan to attend the Ladies Night program at Eaton Country Club tonight. Eikenberry Shuey Herbster Matt and Ulrich will attend representing Camden. Thomas Jones president of Earlham College Richmond Ind will be the principal speaker of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Eaton Rotary Club
Eaton Country Club
E. C Eikenberry
Frank G. Shuey
Daniel H. Herbster
William Matt
R. E. Ulrich
Thomas Jones
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Warren County Appropriation Totals 473635.95 for 1948 Budget
County Auditor A M Parker announced Warren County Commissioners set the 1948 budget at 473635.95 total with 239418 from the general fund 214300 from road and bridge and about 19917.95 in miscellaneous funds. The increases over last year include 20961 in the general fund and 14250 in road and bridge with a 2205 decrease in miscellaneous. apportionments list many offices and programs including county home, jail, roads, libraries, health, and charities along with new equipment costs and real estate appraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
A. M. Parker
Warren County
Common Pleas Court
Orphan’s Asylum
Democrats pick Eaton man for election board
The Preble County Democratic Executive Committee endorses Wallace Jones of Eaton Route 2 for re appointment to the County Election Board. Jones, board chairman, completes his first four year term. Other notes mention two Democrats running and possible county offices. The Great Lakes surface is cited as 96,000 square miles in a 300,000 square mile drainage basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Preble County
Democratic Executive Committee
Wallace Jones
Eaton
Jones
Burman R. Taylor
Dwight Emerick
Great Lakes
Camden Mayor Names City Committee Chairs for 1948
Camden Mayor Lloyd Townsley announced the 1948 municipal committee chairmen: Harry Woodard led streets and alleys, Virgil (Ted) Girton headed the hall committee, Robert Strain the law and order committee, Herschel R. Brown the finance committee, and Harry Neff the ditch and sewer committee. Neff also serves as council president. George Austin was reappointed street commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Lloyd Townsley
Harry Woodard
Virgil
Ted) Girton
Robert Strain
Herschel R. Brown
Harry Neff
Neff
George Austin
Melampys Host Family Dinner On Birthday Anniversary
Blue Ball residents Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Melampy hosted a Thursday evening dinner honoring daughter-in-law Mrs. Walter Melampy on her birthday anniversary. Attendees included the Melampys and their son Michael, and other neighbors and relatives visited over the weekend in Middletown and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ball
Hugh Melampy
Inlaw
Walter Melampy
Michael
William Melampy
Judy
E. E. Caldwell
Franklin
Noah Powers
R. E. Gingerich
F. L. Gillman
West Middletown
WD. Redding
G. Patterson
William Lalute
Trenton
Paul Webb
Middletown
Henry Webb
Priscilla Gibbs
Cecil Hall
Edwin Earhart
A. L. Earhart
Harry Mehl
Vail Rd
Harold Nuss
Silas Fugate
Shelby Taylor
William Taylor
Gaynor Patton
Donna Kelly
Janet Hall
William Knorr
Levi Adams
Chester Hall
Franklin Juniors Defeat Germantown In 40 to 27 Setting
Franklin Junior High defeated Germantown Junior High 40 to 27 on Tuesday night. Emley led Germantown with 12 points while Taylor scored 15 for Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Franklin Junior High
Germantown Junior High
Emley
Taylor
Ohio Nurses Association Meets Today
The Southwest District of the Ohio Nursing Homes Association will hold a meeting at Williams YMCA in Cincinnati on Thursday. Lebanon vice president Mrs Hester Carr and State Secretary Bradley Schaeffer of Dayton will join Cincinnati and state officers to discuss problems of the aged and chronically ill. Mrs Eleanora Lapp from the Eleanora-Conner Home in Cincinnati has scheduled the event, with Howard Buri showing films on diet and care. Overcrowded hospitals strain nursing homes, signaling a critical need for better accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ohio Nursing Homes Association
Williams Ymca
Cincinnati
Hester Carr
Bradley Schaeffer
Dayton
Marie Leahey
R. N
Southwest
Eleanora Lapp
Eleanora-Conner
Howard Buri
Mason WSCS Has Meeting
The Mason Methodist church WSCS held its monthly gathering with a short business session followed by devotions led by Mrs. Kate Furbee. Vice president Ellen Smith presented the playlet Thy Weay about the WSCS assets and liabilities for 1948, featuring a cast headed by Mrs. Furbee and including Mrs. Coulson, Compton, Winfield, Voodis, Palmer, Topper, Rompel, Wirthlin, Campbell, Anfranc, Cyrus, Miller, and Bishop. The next meeting is set for February 19 on the third Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MASON
WSCS
Mason Methodist Church
Kate Furbee
Ellen Smith
Almeda Coulson
Nina Compton
Ruth Winfield
Vivian Voodis
Vella Palmer
Elizabeth Topper
Velma Rompel
Eva Wirthlin
Eva Campbell
Martha Anfranc
Dorothy Cyrus
Sophia Miller
Clara Bishop
Oui Vive Club Meeting in Macon
Mrs John Barr hosted the Oui Vive Club gathering on Church street. After a brief business session, Mrs Clarence led a study in English with roll call replies based on A Wish for the New Year. Group singing and the Collect closed the program. Mrs Nina Compton is president and Mrs Laura Jordon secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
John Barr
Church Street
Clarence
Nina Compton
Laura Jordon
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Phicom
Preble
Drive
Ernest Witt, Jr
Joe Baker
William Roberts
Ralph Bailey
Carl Hazelwood
Ralph Bowling
Alyce Eisenmenger
Middletown Hospital
Harold Mills
Robert Johnson
Joan Ritter
Rose Hall
Betty Dennis
Wilbur Ellis
Peasttown
Ralph Hall
John Baker
John E. Fitzgerald
Repley
W. Va
Arents
Ed Fitzgerald
Cecil Logsdon
Women's Society of Christian Service
Betty Toadvine
Jack Nortney
David Rover
George Garrett
Jacksonburg
Castell Drug CO
Grange
Morgan
Hanover
Collinsville
Reily
Fairfield
Elk Creek
Union
Wayne College Corner
Madison
Kings Mills
Seven Mile
Carlisle
Amanda
Amanda Property Owners Association
Amanda School
Kings Daughters’ Sunday School
Methodist
Church
Loren Kratzer
Commissioners
Warren
Pafrif
Democrats
Franklin Juniors
Vradelis
Wadhis Byw
Broad ST
Ohio Nurses Association
Mason Wscs
Oui Vive
Macon
C. E. Dwyer
Chiropodist
Castell
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