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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1950

Page

2

Armco Birthday Party Park and Bus Plan Names Sunset Park

City to host Armco birthday event with 4000 cars using two off-street lots near Sunset Park. Buses from all routes will flood in by 12 30 p m next Wednesday, with extra units deployed as riders grow. Parking rules restrict Sunset Park streets, but two lots near Wildwood Golf Club and FP Lorillard warehouses provide spaces within three blocks. Police and safety crews will guide traffic and attendants will direct parking while volunteers urge walking or bus use to lessen congestion.

Sunset Park Armco Bellomonte St Redemonte Central Wildwood Golf Club Aberdeen Prive Wildwood Club House Fleming Rd Lorillard Fimo Place Reliemonte D. S. Holstein Jack L. Harris Clyde Rich Walter Kilbourn Holsteins Committee

New Legion Officers To Meet Tonight

Members of the new American Legion Post 218 executive committee will meet at the Legion Home tonight to elect four more members and organize the group. Russell D. Stevens Jr. notes the session follows Legion Day Picnic committee gatherings at 8. FE B. Sickle chairs the picnic committee, with the event at LeSourdeville Lake on August 19 and a Mi ami Valley queen selection as the highlight. The picnic is sponsored by the Miami and Hamilton Legion posts.

American Legion Post 218 Legion Home Russell D. Stevens, Jr Post FE B. Sickle Legion LeSourdeville Lake Spain Miami Valley M We Hamilton Legion

Obituary for James Gay Ward of Dayton and Franklin

James Gay Ward 43 of 2560 Dryden Rd Dayton died Tuesday morning at St Elizabeth Hospital after four days confinement. Native of Berea he spent most of life in Franklin area, moved to Dayton 15 years ago. Owned Gay Cafe on Dryden Rd. former printer at McCall's Magazine. Survived by father Frank of Berea widow Martha a brother John of Waynesfield Ohio two half brothers Allison Harrison and Robert Harrison both of Franklin and half sister Mrs Jesse Smith of Middletown Route 2. Funeral Friday 2 pm Meyer and Boehmer Funeral Home 600 Washington Ave Dayton with burial in New Miami Cemetery. Rev A R McMurrin of Franklin Nazarene Church to officiate. Friends may call today 2-10 pm.

Ward James Gay Dryden Rd Dayton Franklin St. .Elizabeth Hospital Bereaby Gay Cafe Dryden Road McCall's Magazine Dayton Moose Lodge Englert Lodge Dayton Printing and Pressmen's Association Frank Berea Marthe John Waynesfield Alison Harrison Robert Harrison Jesse Smith Middletown Meyer and Boehmer Funeral Home Washington Wew Miami Rev. A. RR. McMurrin Franklin Nazerene Church

Funeral services for Betty Low Mail to be held Saturday

Funeral services for Betty Low Mail 17 of 06 Yan kee Rd will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Joseph RK Baker and Son Funeral Home with the Rev Mr Clay officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today. Born in Middletown Mine Mail or Middletown was employed by peerase in the ticket taken to the Middle town hospital three months ago.

Betty Low Yankee Rd Joseph RK. Baker and Son Clay Woodside Cemetery Middletown Mine Peerase

Funeral services for Fulley Woodland set for Saturday

Fulley Bud Woodland 56 of 401 Bellomonte St died yesterday. Services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Wilson Funeral Home with Reverend H W J officiating and burial at Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Friday at the home 2 to 3 and 1 to 10 p.m.

Fulley Bud) Woodland Bellomonte St Wilson Funeral Home H.W. J Woodside Cemetery

Nir Nina Jane Russell Funeral Held For 3 Year Old

Funeral services for Nina Jane Russell age 3 daughter of Mec and Mrs Harvey Russell of Millers Trailer Camp near Blueball will be held Saturday at 10 am at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Byron H Sprague officiating. Al home today from 3 to 0 p.m. Walter Lenhaar 25 of 3020 Tytus Ave driver of the car in which the child rode remains in serious condition at Middletown Hospital.

Nina Jane Russell Mec Harvey Russell Miller's Trailer Camp Blueball McCoy - Leffler Byron H. Sprague Woodside Walter Lenhaar Tytus Ave Middletown Hospital

Death of Effie Trimble at 76 in Lebanon

Mrs Effie Trimble, 76, died Tuesday evening at her Water Street home after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband J B Trimble and five sisters including Mrs Cora Bradley and Mrs Pearl Malott of Lebanon, Mrs Josie Hawke of Waynesville Ohio, and Mrs Grace Waites of...

Lebanon Effie Trimble Water St J. B. Trimble Cora Bradley Pearl Malott Josie Hawke Waynesville, O Grace Waites

Municipal Court Fines Ray Dickey for License Violation

Ray Dickey, 22, of 1611 Glen Ave, was fined $25 and costs for driving without a license. He was arrested by the State Patrol.

Ray Dickey 1611 Glen Ave State Patrol

Buford and Mrs. Caroline Fight of Cincinnati funeral

Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Oswald Funeral Home officiated by Rev. J. T. Baylor McHendry. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery.

Buford Caroline Fight Cincinnati Oswald J. T. Baylor McHendry Lebanon Cemetery

Deaths By The Associated Press Chicago Jerger 70 physician author

CHICAGO Dr Joseph A Jerger 70 physician and author publication of his largely autobiographical doctor here s your hat assailing high medical fees and specialization cost him his membership in the Chicago Medical Society After a fight he was reinstated PASADENA California James D Hoffman 66 brother of Paul G Hoffman ECA chief and unre c

Associated Press Chicago Joseph A. Jerger Chicago Medical Society

At the Movies Paramount: Varieties and Rocket Ship X-M

Paramount presents Thursday and Friday screenings with Hollywood Varieties starring Robert Alda and P enny Stewart at 1 15 3 45 6 10 and 8 40 p m Rocket Ship X M starring Lloyd Bridges and Osa Massen at 2 20 4 45 7 15 and 9 45 p m Belvedere Goes to College with Clifton Webb and Shirley Temple at 1 15 4 05 7 10 and 10 p m Enchanted Valley with Allan Curtis and Anne Gwynne at 2 45 5 50 and 8 55 p m Friday Prince of Foxes with Tyrone Power and Wanda Hendrix at 1 50 5 35 and 9 20 p m Northwest Stampede with Joan Leslie and James Craig at 3 55 and 7 40 p m

Paramount Hollywood Varieties Robert Alda Pessy Stewart Lioyd Bridges Osa Massen Belvedere Clifton Webb Shirley Temple Allan Curtis Anne Gwynne Tyronne Power Wanda Hendrix Joan Lestie James Craig

Veterans urged to file papers for life insurance dividends

Veterans who have not received their life insurance dividends should notify the Veterans Information Office at once, says E A Lampe veterans officer. They should present either their insurance number or the insurance dividend ecard mailed after the dividend payments were announced.

E. A. Lampe Lampe

Vital Statistics Births Report Across City

James Gay aged 43 Day mentions a birth. Effie Trimble 76 Lab anon reports a birth. Hubert Puckett 904 Sheridan Ave. has a boy born yesterday. Winford Back 2127 Wayne Ave. reports a boy born yesterday. Clarence Milton 1104 Baltimore St. has a girl born yesterday. Phillip Richard West Middletown Route 1 reports a boy born yesterday. Leonard Hausman 4-A Veterans Village reports a boy born today.

Hubert Puckett Sheridan Ave Winford Wayne Ave Clarence Milton Baltimore St Phillip Richard West Middletown Leonard Hausman Veterans Village

Hospital List Of Patients And Procedures Collated

In The Hospital are Barrett of Baltimore St. medical. Douglas Whitaker of Clifton Farms medical. Nelson Hart of Christel Ave surgical. Mrs BE. L. Eyer of Lebanon Route 2 surgical. Mrs E. E. Sooy of Stanley St surgical. Brenda Terrell daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Terrell of Sixteenth Ave surgical. Mrs James Morris of Tytus Ave medical. Mra A. Plummer of Central Surgical. Johael Si Ritatt son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hiatt of Crawford St medical. Mrs Seney Lawson of Garfield Mrs Louis Diefenbach of Stanley St medical. Mrs D. R. Harris of Crawford St medical. Mrs Harry pam of Grove St surgical. Myrna Shearer daughter of Mr. ena Mrs. Rodney Shearer of Burton Rd surgical. Clarence Green Jr of Hawthorne St surgical OUT OF TOWN Ramillea Mrs Clara Raedabaugh of 1028 Fiwood St Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati pis Thomas Hatton of South Ave Robert Lanter of Logan Ave Mrs Donald Wells of Malvern John R. Crmody Sr of Franklin Route 1 Wilbur Moyer of Germantown Route 1 Mrs Powell Wells of Woods id e Ave Darrell Haven son of Mr and

Are Barrett Baltimore St Douglas Whitaker Clifton Farms Nelson Hart Christel Ave BE. L. Eyer Lebanon Srgical E. E. Sooy Stanley St Brenda Terrell Charles Terrell Sixteenth Ave Surgical James Morris Tytus Ave

Truck Involved Accident Injures Child's Foot

Carolyn Brewer 6 of 2023 Woodlawn Ave was injured when a coal truck owned by Ashworth Coal rolled over her foot after noon yesterday. Driver Taylor Hievins delivered coal to Sherman School. child was on the engine board and fell as the truck started. Robert Ashworth took the girl home then to Middletown Hospital and a physician. No bone determination yet. Damages totaled $200 after a second crash at First Ave and Letbee St involving M T Ginter and Margaret Centers.

Carolyn Brewer Woodlawn Ave Taylor Hievins The Ashworth Coal Company Brewing Sherman School Robert Ashworth Coal Company Middletown Hospital M. T. Ginter Central Ave Margaret G. Centers Lawn Ave First Ave Letbee St Ginter Centers

Crippled Child Society Reports County Expenditures

Butler County chapter of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children and Adults heard a report on work for the first six months of 1950. County chair man Paul Kordenat said 18 cases from January 1 to July 1 cost $487.17 for therapy braces x rays wheel chairs shoes and rehabilitation equipment. Two new cases were reported this month.

Butler County Ohio Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Incorporated The Civic Association Paul Kordenat Kordenat

Song Fest Group To Meet Tonight

A community song fest committee will meet tonight in the Barnish Room at the YMCA. Chairwoman Mrs Bert Perkins said anyone interested in helping with the project is invited to attend and participate in the preparations.

YMCA Bert Perkins Werson

SPEBSQSA Group To Meet Monday

Members of the local SPERA chapter will meet at 7 p m at the VFW Hall and then travel to the Hamilton Chapter to witness officer installations for both groups. A future joint meeting is planned with Mrs Corba Wells of South Sutphin Street providing details.

SPERA VFW Hamilton Recree Ne

St John Knights Plan Picnic At Elk Creek Grange

The Knights of St John held their monthly meeting last evening to outline their annual picnic. John Takach, chair, said the event at Elk Creek Grange will start at 1 pm with games and music for dancing through the afternoon and evening. Anthony Hurr, president, announced General Ray Hammer of Piqua is the new supreme commander named at the Cincinnati supreme convention. Plans for the fall program will be made at the next meeting on August 9.

Piensa Knights of St. John John Takach Elk Creek Grange Anthony Hurr The Knights Ray Hammer Piqua Cincinnati

Police Report Wide Open Town and Local Thefts

Police found a wide open town with eight doors two windows and one gate left unlocked. Van Dominick 31 was charged with removing parts from cars after being detained near Linesin Street and Eighth Avenue. A window screen was removed from a home on Calumet Avenue a man asked if she was alone and fled when she screamed. A shot was fired through a window at Gardner Board and Carton Co on West Central Avenue with night watchman O Barker reporting the incident during the holiday. Ronald McGuire 13 was beaten near Yankee Ri park. juvenile authorities were notified. Ross Kramer reported broken bottles at Yankee Road pool. Ann Leppich was bitten by a dog that jumped from a car on Central Avenue and Grimes Street. the dog, owned by Indianapolis residents, was ordered held for four days. Charlies Hixon reported loss of a billfold containing $89 and his driver’s license on Taylor Avenue. Two-thirds of the nation’s commercial buckwheat crop is raised along the New York Pennsylvania border.

Gardner, Board and Carton Company West Central Ave O. Barker Ronald Yankee Ri Park Ramsey McGuire Ottawa St Ross Kramer Yankee Rd Ann Leppich Delaware St Indianapolis Central Ave Grimes St

Safety Week Emphasizes Driver Responsibility Against Speeding

Local Safety Director Paul Wilson urges heightened consciousness after a deadly Independence Day period with 740 traffic deaths nationally. Safety Week runs through July 15 featuring a large safety demonstration, a parade on Friday July 14, and stunts highlighting road safety, culminating in the Second Annual Middletown Area Truck Roadeo at LeSourdsville Lake Saturday afternoon.

Paul Wilson Wilson America Safety Week Middletown Area LeSourdsville Lake

Books Damaged In Garfield School Break-In

Vandals broke into Garfield School last night or today and damaged books in the supply room with paint. Patrolman Arnold Ferguson said a knife appears to have tripped the rear door lock. No items were reported missing.

Garfield School Arnold Ferguson

Accident Patient Totals Show June Comparisons

June 1949 and June 1950 accident patient figures at Mirddie town hospital show 267 and 264 treated respectively. Auto accidents dropped from 64 to 30, while pedestrian home and unclassified categories rose, with park and playground incidents at 13 this year versus 21 last year.

Iran Mirdietown Local Safety Council

Democrats set meeting Sunday in Butler County HQ

Butler County Democratic central and executive committees will convene Sunday at 2 30 p m at the county headquarters in Hamilton. The gathering was announced today by executive committee chairman Greg Holbrook.

Butler County Democratic Central Hamilton Greg Holbrook

City Manager References Are Checked

The reference committee will verify all references for city manager applicants. Chairman Levey said references will be checked by mail. Seventeen applicants were interviewed and reports given to the general committee. Three local candidates and others from out of state attended Middletown interviews.

Ellett

Swimming Classes Postponed A Week

The Middletown Girl Scout Council suspended regular swimming classes next Wednesday because of Armco Steel Corp open house plans. Mrs. Garnet L. Church said classes resume Wednesday July 19. Weather caused yesterday’s instruction to be postponed. Second session registrations report strong, with 0 girls registered per camp. Curley is a disease affecting sugarbeets in the northwest.

Middletown

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