Middletown Industries Begin Three Day Independence Holiday
Twenty six of Middletown's twenty eight industries will close for a long Fourth of July weekend in 1952 with many firms ending operations Friday through Sunday. Wrenn Paper and Fairbanks Fiber Box extend a two week vacation and reopen July 14 while Interstate Folding Box vacates July 4 to 14. Several plants plan limited operations for emergencies and essential services.
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Middletown
Middletown Ice and Coal Company
Armco’s East
Wrenn Paper Company
Fairbanks Fiber Box Company
Wrenn
Fairbanks
Interstate Folding Box Company
Crystal Tissue
Fairbanks Fiber
Gardner Board and Carton Company
General Chemical Division
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
Inland Container
Interstate Folding Box
Keuthan Foundry Company
Manchester
Miami Cabinet
Mokry-Tesmer, Inc
Pollock Paper Corporation
Prior Products, Inc
Raymond Bag Company
Shartle Brothers
Sorg Paper
Mill
United Welding
Warren Steel
Wrenn Paper
Three Waive Hearings In Theft Case
Three escapees from the Osborne Reformatory at Mansfield were arraigned in Cincinnati before US Commissioner J Paul Geoghegan on transporting a stolen auto from Michigan to Ohio after their escape. They were Donald E. Elby 24 Toledo Richard Arion Van Vamp 23 Camden and Richard W. Stickles 22 Perrysburg. Police captured them near the West Middletown bridge after escaping last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne Reformatory
Mansfield
Cincinnati
J. Paul Geoghegan
Michigan
Ohio
Donald E. Elby
Toledo
Richard Arion van Vamp
Camden
Richard W. Stickles
Perrysburg
Geoghegan
Reformatory
Local Girl Wins Camping Honors
Myra Lou Getz daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Getz of Shafer Street was named most outstanding camper at the end of the first week by the Hamilton YMCA at Camp Luella May near Somerville. She was chosen by councilors for sportsmanship campership and craftmanship among six local campers. Other local girls present included Joanne Roberson Linda Woodruff Linda Morris Sally Mason and Janet Hamm.
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Myra Lou Getz
Mrnd
Homer Getz
Shafer St
Hamilton Ymca
Camp Luella May
Somerville
Miss Getz
Hamilton
Joanne Roberson
Linda Woodruff
Linda Morris
Sally Mason
Janet Hamm
Condition Unchanged For Franklin Man After Collapse
Albert Hamm 37 of Franklin Route 1, a veteran employee of Raymond Bay Company, remained in serious condition at Middletown Hospital. He collapsed at work on June 26 and underwent surgery after admission.
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Albert Hamm
Franklin Route 1
Raymond Bay Company
Middletown Hospital
Hamm
City Offices to Close for Three Day Holiday
City government and many services shut Friday for a long weekend. Officers report at 5 15 PM for July 4th and I Am An American Day parade duties. Post office closed all day with no regular deliveries. lobby open. Saturday hours resume.
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Joseph Blackmore
Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
Civic Association
Veterans Service Center
Recruiting
Legion Home
South Main St
Jury Recall Set July 21 in Butler County Court
Butler Grand Jury for the May term will be recalled Monday July 21 to dispose of cases accumulated since the May session. Eighteen cases are pending and may rise to 25 by the time the jury convenes, per clerk Joseph T. Kiep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Jackson Bosch
Butler County
Joseph T. Kiep
Five More Sien For Armed Forces
Middletown recruiting center releases four July enlistees and one June recruit. William James Briggs Jr and three others joined the Army or Air Force, with Briggs headed to Lackland AFB San Antonio. June enrollee Clifford E. Vanlandingham enlisted 30 June and also goes to Lackland for basic.
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Middletown
William James Briggs, Jr
Garfield
Jay W. Beatty
Euclid St
Lawrence D. Wilson
South Main St
I. W. Smith
Hudson Ave
Briggs
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Army
Fort George Meade
Clifford E. Vanlandingham
Germantown
Lackland
New Highway Post Office Delivers A New Era
The first trip of the highway post office on the Indianapolis to Cincinnati route arrives at Middletown’s Parcel Post Annex. Postmaster Hilbert H. Martin calls it a significant development while officials and citizens tour the bus and receive brochures and maps detailing the 175.5 mile route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parcel Post Annex
Middletown
Journal
Midwest
Highway Post Office
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Manchester Ave
Hilbert H. Martin
Washington
D. C
Harrisburg
HPO
Annex
Francis Carmody
Martin
Harley V. Stanforth
Glenn T. McClain
Ex‘cello
Dallas R. Earnhart
Ant
Eugene R. Layer
Phrl Whisler
Murray McClain
Truman
Monroe
John L. Bolin Aborrd
United States
At The Movies Schedule Wednesday and Thursday
The listings show Young Man with Ideas showing at 1 30, 4 15, 7 05 and 9 55 p m and When in Rome at 2 55, 5 45 and 8 35 p m across the two evenings.
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Rome
New Police Lieutenant Appointment Expected Tonight
City Commissioners will likely name a new Traffic Bureau lieutenant after an exam lineup placing Sgt. James Combs first and Sgts. Douglas Barrett and James Howerton second and third. Combs to attend Northwestern University Traffic Institute in Chicago for two weeks. He and his wife live on Centennial Ave. Emergency ordinances pave Arlington Knolls improvements including watermains sewers and street work. July 4 celebration set with parade and fireworks.
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Civil Service Commission
James Combs
Douglas Barrett
James Howerton
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
Chicago
H. W. Starick
Sergeant Combs
Clay City
Ohio Traffic Institute
Margie
Centennial Ave
Arlington Knolls
Milton Rd
Sundown Court
Sante Fe Rd
Sierra Rd
Barnitz Field
Starick
Harlan Park
Verity Pkwy
Girard Ave
Good Morning on The Fourth
The Journal will publish on the Fourth for the first time in years with an edition going to press at midnight Thursday and arriving before breakfast Friday. News, ads, and notices have Thursday deadlines to accommodate the holiday schedule.
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Society
Robert Miller Repeats as Gardner Union President
Gardner union officers were installed at the American Trust Building with Robert L. Miller as president for a third year. Edward Payne is vice president, Juanita MacCroskey secretary treasurer, and new reps include Howard Reider mill one Lanie B. Tusing Jr. mill two and Harry Brown cartoon plant. A job evaluation program negotiated by Chalmer Cassidy aims to raise over half the bargaining unit’s wages pending Wage Stabilization Board approval. Elliott D. Levey remains union attorney. An anthracite mine at Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, has burned since 1860.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Board and Carton Independent Paper Workers Union
American Trust
Robert L. Miller
Edward Payne
Juanita MacCroskey
Howard Reider
Mill One
Lanie B. Tusing, Jr
Mill Two
Harry Brown
Miller
Chalmer Cassidy
Wage Stabilization Board
Elliott D. Levey
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Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation
American Coating Mills Corporation
Armco Drainage and Metal Products, Inc
Armco Steel Corporation
Barkeley Electric
Cincinnati Gas and Electric
Clayton and Lambert
Coolidge Corporation
OU Smale
By Steve Howick
Combs
Robert Miller
Gardner Union
Summit Hill
Penna
Packard
Sudatec
Barton Packard Sales
Central Ave
the Journal
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Middletown Journal
First National
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Park Place
Armco East
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