Amanda Body Names Committee To Study Three New Proposals
About 40 to 50 Amanda property owners met to form two committees. One will study annexation to Middletown, the other incorporation as a village and purchase of fire equipment. Reports are due in 30 days with another meeting planned. volunteers from Fairfield and Osborn fire departments offered aid if Amanda forms its own company after losing Middletown protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda
Middletown
Syquipuicny
Ralph Helsinger
Amanda Property Owners Association
Amanda School
Carrol Fleming
Albert Hall
Amanda Homes
Helsinger
Fairfield and
Osborn
Middletown Fire Department
Monroe
Industrial Council PR Committee Meeting Cancelled
The public relations committee of the Industrial Council cancelled today’s noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel because several members were called out of town. Chairman H W Wright announced the conference will be rescheduled for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Industrial Council
Manchester
H W. Wright
Snow or Sleet Predicted This Weekend
The weatherman advises motorists to postpone weekend trips as snow or sleet is forecast for tonight and Saturday. Temperature readings show 10 degrees this morning, rising to 24 by 6 p.m., with 18 degrees noted at 10 a.m. and 24-degree high expected later.
Three Initiated Into Moose Lodge
At the Moose Club weekly meeting three new members were obligated and seven applications were read. Plans were set for the March of Dimes dance Saturday and the club dance tonight with Herb Spade and his orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Club
Herb Spade
First Presbyterian Church Holds Annual Session
The First Presbyterian Church held its annual congregational meeting on Wednesday at 7 30 p m after a Women’s Association dinner. Officers were elected for three year terms including E H McCandlish as Elder and Clerk, and Joe H Ayers as meeting chairman. The treasurer W H Minton reported a sound financial state with budget oversubscribed and benevolence near doubled. The minister Rev R F Pieters presented a full activity report and closing prayer followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Women’s Association
Don Carey
E. H. McCandlish
Ade E. Miller
Joe H
Minton
R. F. Pieters
Pieters
Three Named Directors of Butler Children's Farm
The Butler County Children’s Farm board gains three new members, Father L L Denning, E L MacDaniels, and Tom C Venable, elected at a Hamilton Middletown Co-Operative Clubs meeting. Aimed at a $300,000 fundraising goal, the campaign plans professional agency help and a three year board term rotation to support farm establishment and operation. Captain Walter L Messick spoke on post war recruitment trends and youth training as enlistment papers rise in Butler Clinton and Warren counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom C. Venable
Maiag
Middletown Civi Association
E. L. McDaniels
L. L. Denning
Hamilton
Butler County Children's Farm
Middletown
D. K. Kruger
Ben Kitchen
American
Bureau of
Chicago
Walter L. Messick
U. S
Butler
Clinton
Warren
Messick
Two Youths Confess Robberies In Warren, Hamilton Counties
Robert E. Johnson Jr. and Russell Stailey pleaded guilty to armed robbery before Mayor Clyde C. Collins in Lebanon. John Henson, arraigned on the same charge, refused to plea until counsel present. Johnson bound to Warren County Grand Jury. Stailey bond set. They confess robberies in Hamilton and Warren counties and the Pony House raid on January 16, with $375 taken. Accomplices Asbell Adams and Charles Sparks held in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Robert E. Johnson Jr
Russell Stailey
Cincinnati
Clyde C. Collins
John Henson
Johnson
Warren County Grand Jury
Stailey
Hamiitsn County
Collings
Henson
W. H. Fulberth
Gerald W. Couden
Warren County
Hamilton County
Fulberth
Couden
Asbell Adams
Charles F. Sparks
James C. Case
Double Services for Mother and Son in Lebanon
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. for Martha Smith 77 and her son Thomas Smith 43 who died within 24 hours of each other at Middletown Hospital from a heart attack. Thomas a World War II veteran and Lebanon Lodge of Eagles member is survived by six brothers and two sisters. Martha died after months of illness and leaves six sons and two daughters. The Rev. M G Mittelstedt will officiate with burial in Clarksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Oswald
Thomas Smith
Middletown Hospital
Lebanon Lodge of Eagles
Martha Smith
M. G. Mittelstedt
Clarksville
Butler County Crippled Children's Chapter to meet at YMCA
The Butler County Chapter of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children and Adults will hold a meeting at the YMCA in Hamilton on Sunday afternoon February 1 at 3 pm. All members urged to attend. The Sea of Galilee lies about 700 feet below the Mediterranean 25 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Ohio Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
YMCA
Hamilton
Sea of Galilee
Mediterranean
Fire Clears One Story Home on Logan Street
A morning blaze at 1812 Logan Street in Mrs Mayme Dow ney’s single story frame house caused no damage. Firemen reported the fire started at 9 52 a m and blamed a faulty furnace pipe for the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Downey
Logan St
Cremen
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Show Weekend Lineup
Paramount screens Pi rates of Monterey with Marie Montez and Rod Cameron at 1:15 4:20 7:20 and 10:20 p m plus New Orleans with Arturo de Cordova and Dorothy Patrick at 2:45 5:50 and 8:55 p m Strand presents Red Stallion with Robert Paige Ted Donaldson Friday 3 6 9 10:45 p m Saturday 4 7:40 and 10:45 p m Also The Chinese King featuring Roland Winters as Charlie Chan Friday 1:15 4:25 7:25 10:30 p m Saturday 2:45 6:25 9:40 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Marie Montez
Rod Cameron
New Orleans
Arturo de Cordova
Dorothy Patrick
Robert Paige
Ted Donaldson
Roland Winters
Charlie Chan
Shandon Man Dies After Threatened Suicide At Home
Shandon area resident Anthony Armanic, 32, died after drinking poison while deputies hurried to his Bell Road home to intervene. Sheriff Walke had spoken with Armanic and his wife during the phone exchange before he left to seek medical aid at Mercy Hospital. Armanic, a molder by trade, had been missing for three weeks following a reported non support complaint filed by his wife, who also alleged threats against her and their four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shandon
Anthony Armanic
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Charles B. Walke
Walke
Armanic
Urmanic
Overpeck
City Files Answer To Engineers' Suit
Fred J. Schatzmann, city attorney, filed an answer in Butler County Common Pleas Court in a damage suit by The Jones and Henry Engineering Firm of Toledo seeking $46,600 for alleged breach of contract on sewer improvement work. The city argues the contract was not approved and that a second firm’s contract saved money, with funds from a federal disposal project not usable for damages. The suit may be delayed by illness of the plaintiff’s attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Fred J. Schatzmann
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Jones and Henry Engineering Firm
Toledo
Floyd G. Browne
Ohio
Glenn Pratt
Paul Erb
Brown
C. W. Elliott
Heavy Icicle Threat Over City Hotel Roof
A 20 foot long heavy icicle with a sharp point hung from the City Hotel roof on Central Ave prompting a safety alert. A pedestrian notified Paul E. Wilson, director of the Safety Council, who alerted firemen. Company 1 crews hoisted hooks and ladders while a sidewalk guard kept passersby safe as icicle was dearmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Ave
City Hotel
Paul E. Wilson
The
Safety Council
Tax Deadline Set Saturday For Employers
Tax deadline looms Saturday midnight for employers. Complete C A B reports quarterly wage withholdings, unemployment contributions, federal excise tax for eight plus employees, semi annual sales tax returns, and annual individual wage reports with total annual withholding. Delinquent reports incur penalties. four copies required for Internal Revenue Collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Proposed Gas Change Won't Affect City
The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company plans to change its gas service type for customers in Cincinnati and 18 Hamilton County communities. Middletown Arch Robinson, local manager, said the change will not affect the area. A hearing before the State Utilities Commission is set for April 12. The company cites a mix of natural gas, manufactured gas and coke oven gas and notes its coke oven gas contract with Armco expires April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Middletown
Arch Robison
State Utilities Commission
Armco
City Reports Due By February Fifteenth
Fred J. Schatzmann acting city manager announced the annual city reports in book form should be ready by February 15. At least one report is still being compiled as the practice of including department summaries continues after being started last year. The annual revision of the city code book to bring it up to date is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Fred J. Schatzmann
Schatzmann
Lions Club Hears Robert Spurrier Speaker
Members of the Lions Club heard Robert Spurrier executive secretary of the League of Insured Savings and Loan Associations of Dayton Ohio detail housing and home financing. Spurrier formerly led the Research Department of the H L C and served on the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Oday
Robert Spurrier
League of Insured Savings and Loan Associations of
Dayton
O. Spurrier
Manchester
H. Oo. LC
Federal Home Loan Bank Board of
Washington D. C
Middletown Gains High Standing in Ohio Hospital Survey
A Columbus report from the Ohio Hospital Advisory Council shows Middletown ranked high among cities in a survey tied to a $40 million federal hospital program. The study notes Middletown sits in class four of six, with major cities like Cleveland Cincinnati and Springfield ahead, while many other towns face lower priority for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Advisory Council
Middletown
Columbus
Ohio Hospital Advisory Council
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Springfield
Piqua-Troy
Mansfield
Painesville
Youngstown
West Union
Washington, D. H
New Lexington
St. Marys
Bowling Green
Barnesville
Ashtabula
Hillsboro
van Wert
Ohio
Four Injured In Car Mishaps In Middletown Area
Four persons suffered minor injuries in separate accidents reported by city police. Arren Jones six of Terrace Park Hamilton and Vernon Schwing of Fourteenth Avenue were treated at Middletown Hospital and released after Jones allegedly struck a Greyhound bus on South Main Street and fled. Ed Aber 38 of Lincoln Park driver of the bus said he stopped at a bus stop on South Main Street when struck on the left rear. Jones was arrested for fleeing the scene and ordered to appear in Municipal Court. Schwing rode with Jones. In a second crash Denny Mitoff 57 of Esco ll o struck the rear of a car driven by Ernest Paugh 5 of South River Street Franklin injuring Paugh and John Day 8 riding with Mitoff who suffered a nose bruise.
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Arren Jones
Terrace Park
Hamilton
Vernon
South Main St
Schwing
Jones
Denny Mitoff
Escello
Ernest Paugh
South River St
Franklin
Verity Pkwy
Paugh
John Day
Miroff
Increased Hospital Activity and Reelected Trustee
Logan T. Johnston was reelected to a five year term on Middletown Hospital’s Board of Trustees at the annual Hospital Association meeting. Reports by Dr. Stratton and Miss Beck highlighted rising patient days 53582 in 1947 from 51928 in 1946. 1777 births in 1947. shifts in accident cases. and plans for a full-time radiologist and pathologist as lab work expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan T. Johnston
Middletown Hospital
The
Hospital Association
J. C. Stratton
F. Evelyn Beck
Middletown
Accid
Stratton
Police briefs report thefts in Franklin area
M L Reams of 1004 Elwood St reported his car ransacked and a pair of glasses valued at 15 dollars stolen from the grove ment. Marshal O E Chamberlain of Franklin reported a break in last night at the Club Smokery on Sixth and Main St Franklin with a gun and two boxes of cartridges and two boxes of pennies taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Reams
Elwood St
Grovement
O. E. Chamberlain
Franklin
Sixth and
Main St. Franklin
Paris library houses only books by women
A Paris library has embraced a single-genre collection by dedicating its shelves exclusively to works penned by female authors. The initiative highlights women’s literary contributions and offers readers a focused cultural experience within the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
ROA Chapter Hears State President Speaks on ROA aims
Colonel Charles P. Smith president of the Ohio Reserve Officers Association spoke on aims of the ROA at a local chapter meeting last night at the American Legion. He noted support for Universal Military Training active duty pay for reservists and retirement pay. Colonel W. M. Worthman of Cincinnati discussed Japanese American relations in the occupied empire and noted his recent tour as president of the war crimes tribunal in Tokyo. Members endorsed the Woodside Cemetery World War II memorial project and urged participation in military funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Smith
Ohio Reserve Officers ‘Association
ROA
American Legion
Smith
W. M. Worthman
Cincinnati
Empire
Worthman
War Crimes Tribunal
Tokyo
Woodside Cemetery
Hamilton deputy treasurer fractures ankle in icy slip
Miss Helena Schnapp deputy county treasurer Hamilton slipped on an icy sidewalk while en route to the courthouse and fractured her ankle. The report notes her confinement to home during recovery. A second unrelated sentence mentions a rabbit building a nest in its burrow using underfur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Helena Schnapp
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Amanda Body Names Committee
Moose Lodge
Butler Children’s Farm
Hamilton Counties
Eas
Homme
Roy A. White CO
Tame Homes
Gunnison
Tailored Homes, Inc
Franklin & Chautauqua
Oonto
Westinghouse Laundromats
Melampy
Tweedies
Drew Arch
Doellmann Shoes
Standt's Scout Rogers
Wiles
William Rogers
Rogers
Wm. Rogers
Standt S Jewelers
Central Avenue
Traue
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