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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1951
Page
7
A series of short items lists locals visiting relatives in Coraopolis Fairmount Street and other towns. It cites Ann Winget going to Camp Pokago at Lake James Ind and various trips by the Billeters Bates Woods and Arbuckles plus Drs Sawyers preparing for a year in Detroit hospitals.
Miss Lois Jean Margerum and William Ely Neff wed September 15 1950 in Aurora Indiana. Dr Robert Fletcher officiated. Mrs Neff is daughter of Howard and Margerum. Mr Neff son of A C Neff. Both graduates of Middletown High School. she worked at Manchester Machine Co. He served with the U S Army at Fort Knox and they plan to make their home there.
Forest Hills Country Club announces a string of events over the coming weeks starting with the Calcutta Tournament at Verity Golf Course. Bids for teams were submitted Friday with 8 20 a.m. start times, plus pools open and a children's swim party at Verity. Friday includes an adult swim party at the lodge pool and a dinner reservation deadline deadline is noted. July begins the annual golf tournament with entry due by July and James Waxweiler named chairman. July 11 Ladies Day Luncheon and Card Party followed by Ladies Day Golf on July 12. Two membership dances set for July 13 and July 20 named Beverly Hills Frolic.
The Board of Education raised teachers salaries by 100 to 250 dollars annually. New pay schedule sets salaries from 2000 to 4100 dollars. Contracts had been delayed awaiting the decision.
Perfect weather Sunday drew Forest Hills Country Club members for an afternoon golf event. The arranging committee included Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Evans, and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Waxweiler. Low gross winners were Mrs. Harold Goetz Jr and Mr. Waxweiler. Blind bogey went to several players including Mrs. E Norwood Clark and Mr. Johnson. A covered-dish supper followed at the club house.
Sgt Martha J Becraft daughter of Mrs Pearl Becraft of Forrer St Ex cello and Sgt Richard Ebinger son of Mrs Dora Ebinger of Los Angeles wed in a simple ceremony on June 16 at Elgin Air Force Base Florida officiated by Father Norbet Selzer. The couple both stationed at Elgin AFB honeymooned in Southern Florida.
The notices record multiple surgical and medical cases for residents including Willard Ledford Franklin Route 2 Sondra Brinkley West Alexandria Jr Martin Garfield St and others. Births note two boys born yesterday to Russell Lashley Springboro and Homer Hensley West Middletown Route 1 and Curtis Beck Route 2.
Mr and Mrs Rex Wireman from Sixteenth Avenue are at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton for medical care with the partner listed as out of town.
Mark Neal of 2009 Logan Ave has enlisted in the regular Army for 21 months. Sgt. Luther Gregory, station commander of the local Army and Air Force Recruiting Station, announced the enlistment. Neal has proceeded to Fort Meade for basic training after leaving Townsend Towner Oil.
The United States reached a peak of 21,430,000 horses in 1915, but population has since fallen to under 3,000,000.
Three industrial accident victims were treated at Middletown Hospital today. Roy Lay 58 of West Middletown Route 1 injured his right leg after slipping on a wet floor at 3 20 am his condition listed as good Jack Hill 27 of 2109 Crescent Blvd employed by Aeronca Manufacturing Corp suffered lacerations to the little finger while removing a drum cap Hill and Cecil Fore 30 of Middletown Route 3 employed at Coolidge Corp sustained lacerations to the right index finger when equipment fell on his hand Hill and Fore were treated and released
Mrs Anna Hunter 64 of 345 North Main St died Monday at Middletown Hospital after two months of poor health and two days of serious condition. She belonged to Mt Zion Baptist Church. Survived by husband John (d 1944), mother Mrs Vira Ivey, eight grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, five daughters and five sons, with many relatives. Funeral services at Riggs Funeral Home are incomplete.
Edward Leis 84 of 201 South Sutphin Street will receive funeral services at his residence Thursday at 2 p m with Rev H H Jung officiating. Burial will be in Middletown Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m Tuesday. Leis a retired brick mason died Sunday. McCoy Leffler Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
E Clyde Coddington 76 a native of Morrow and retired pharmacist died of a heart attack Saturday in Daytona Beach Fla where he had lived 16 years He moved from Morrow to Columbus in 1918 to run two drug stores He was a Morrow Methodist church member and a Mason Survived by widow Hermione a son Dr A L Coddington of Columbus and a daughter Mrs Elizabeth Zeyst of Daytona Beach Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Yale Funeral Home with burial in Morrow Cemetery
Mrs. Howard Morrows, 52, died suddenly Monday at her home after a heart attack. She was active in the Methodist Church and Eastern Star Lodge and well known in southwestern Ohio women’s groups. Surviving are two daughters, Marjorie at home and Mrs. Eunice Hopkins of Morrow. Body at Yale Funeral Home pending arrangements.
Funeral services for Regina Lynn Cox one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clester Cox of Lansbury Germantown Route 1 will be conducted at 230 p m Wednesday at the Arpp Funeral Home.
A child died at 8 p.m. Sunday at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton four hours after slipping from a front seat as a car backed out of a Mudlick driveway. The wheel ran over the child. Surviving relatives include both parents, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs E C Cox of Mariba Kentucky, maternal grandparents Mrs Covert Poynter of Franchburg Kentucky and William Tolliver of Crandon Wisconsin. Burial will be in Germantown Cemetery.
Frank D. Hunter, 17, a Germantown High student, died from injuries in a two car crash at 12 40 a m Monday at Lower Miamisburg and Township Line roads. Visitation with his parents Mr and Mrs Curt Hunter of 328 East Market Street in Germantown will be after 7 p m today until 10 a m Thursday. The funeral will be at 2 p m Thursday at the John Arpp Funeral Home with Rev H S Gessner of Franklin Baptist Church officiating and burial in Springboro Cemetery. He had worked during the summer for the Miami Valley Milk Producers Association.
Herbert Earl Bratton 59 of Sneads Florida died of a heart attack last Thursday at home after moving there five years ago. native of Preble County, he belonged to the Methodist Church American Legion and Masonic Lodge. Survived by widow Lillian Marie, children Robert Gratis Betty Schull Iris Asbury Evelyn Foyt California, brothers Arthur and Paul Gratis, seven grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Forrest D Campbell Hamilton with burial at Fairmount Camden. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Hudson H Wagonfield 79 of 729 Kenworth Ave a former Democratic Central Committee man in Butler County will be buried at Carrtown Cemetery after a 10 a m service at Webb Funeral Home He died at Mercy Hospital after a six week stay He was born August 21 1871 near Monroe Son of Gotlieb and Mary Silvers Wagonfield Survivors include two sons Herman Hamilton and Howard Oxford two daughters Mrs Martin C Petri Hamilton and Mrs Edward Thieman Oxford a brother William Oxford a half brother and sister eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren
Associated Press notes Charles Francis Jenkins 85, chairman of Farm Journal Inc. and founder of Farm Journal and Pathfinder magazines, and John Theodore Buchholtz 62 of the University of Illinois, a noted botanist and former president of the Botanical Society of America.
Harold McDaniel, 33, of Burton Geauga County, was killed when his car collided with a tractor trailer five miles south of Crooksville, Ohio, late last night AP report.
A fragment describes Earth's interior as molten iron, likening its heat to the planet’s early formation. The line evokes a vivid image of the world’s fiery birth and enduring geothermal strength.
General Ridgway requests safe passage for a liaison convoy to a meeting, promising immunity from attack if route and schedule are disclosed. UN and US officials report heavy air strikes around Pyongyang while Washington vows to keep troops in Korea until settlement. reports of additional Red forces near Seoul and Kaesong surface despite censorship.
The State Liquor Board ordered the Chili Parlor at 9 North Clinton Street to remain closed until regulations are met. It cited insanitary conditions, with suspension of licenses withheld pending good behavior as the cafe is remodeled after operating as a night club managed by Anna Demostenes.
Two boys, Larry Dovenbarger nine and Raymond Pierce seven, drowned yesterday after wading in the Muskingum River about a half mile south of the Y Bridge near Zanesville. Police and rescue crews recovered the bodies from the river.
The article explains poker as an adaptation of a Persian game, brought to the United States via New Orleans. It notes the name derives from the French game poque and the German pochen, which it resembles.
Washington hearing on fuel gas supply cited potential impact on Middletown industries and residents. CG&E president Beckford opposed gas use for TVA Johnsonville plant, citing coal abundance and local shortages. advocates pressed for 136 miles of 26 inch pipeline delivering 30 billion cubic feet yearly to Red Lion Warren County, with peak system load 3560 million cubic feet.
The Pease Woodwork Company, Inc. has leased the General Match Co. property in Reading for ten years. The building offers about 60,000 square feet of space.
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