Three Hurt In Weekend Traffic Mishap City
Three persons were injured in weekend accidents near Middletown and on Ohio 4 at Fienner's corner. Mrs May Sonenshein and Geneva Collins were involved in a collision. Sonenshein suffered knee cuts while Collins and two others were treated at Mercy Hospital.
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Middletown
Polite
Ohio 4
Fienner’s Corner
May Sonenshein
East Lawn Dr
Cincinnati
Geneva Collins
Whitaker Ave
New Miami
Sonenshein
Perry Collins
Minor Tiffs Plague Police
Police report a weekend of small quarrels including a resident hit with a frying pan after entering the wrong house. William Watson, 28, of 700 Nineteenth Ave, treated for a head cut at Middletown Hospital. A wife punched in the eye and a salt shaker threw at the husband as doors were broken in a restaurant. Robert Driscoll, 47, of 39 South Main St, sustained a cut over the eye and on the hand.
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William Watson
Nineteenth Ave
Middletown Hospital
North Clinton St
Robert Driscoll
South Main St
Music Programs Highlight City Parks This Week
City parks host a week of musical events with a second Pop contest Friday at Gardner playground. The American Legion band led by Earl Mendenhall, backed by the American Federation of Musicians and Middletown Trades and Labor Council, performs after last Friday’s Sunset park show. Dances run each evening across Yankee Rd Gardner Barnitz Bar nfit Douglas and Sunset. Movies play six nights at Sherman Barnitz Sunset Gardner Yankee Rd and Douglas. An amateur hour appears at each playground with a park song. parents urged to attend for family activities.
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Gardner Playground
American Legion
Earl Mendenhall
American Federation of Musicians
Middletown
Gardner
Barnfit
Douglas
Sherman
Barnitz
Yankee Rd
Mrs. Raychel Brooks Dies at 79 in Middletown Church Leader
Mrs. Raychel Anna Brooks a longtime Middletown church leader and Sunday school teacher died at her home 1909 Wayne Ave after years of poor health. Born near Ezel Kentucky she was married to Reuben Brooks in 1898 and lived in the city since 1916 with four years in Cleveland. Survived by husband son Harold and sister Lula Henry. services set for Tuesday at 2 pm at First Church of Christ with burial in Woodside Cemetery.
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Raychel Anna _ Brooks
Middletown
Wayne Ave
Ezel
J. G. Nickell
Lou Ann Maxey
Christian Church
Anarly
Joseph Nickell
Churenminster
Kentucky
Reuben Brooks
Cleveland
Hazel Green Academy
Bryan and
Stratton Business College
Louisville
Caruch of Christ
Sarah Thompson Missionary Society
Ms. Stooks
Harold
Lula Henry
Mt. Sterling
McCoy-Leffler
First Church of Christ
Woodside Cemetery
Constance Reed Services Planned for 11 Month Old
Funeral services for Constance Lee Reed, 11 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Reed of 2507 North Verity Parkway, will be held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Woods side Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 7 and 10 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Lee Reed
Elmer Reed
North Verity Pkvy
McCoy-Leffler
Furial
Woodside
Mrs Laura Ballinger Obituary
Mrs Laura Ballinger 65 of 616 Cleveland Street died Sunday noon at Middletown Hospital after five months illness. A Middletown resident 24 years she leaves three daughters Rosie Ratliff Emma Ballinger Hazel Colditon. two sons John West Middletown and Earl Franklin. two brothers James Payne Franklin and Daniel Payne Richmond Kentucky. 18 grandchildren. Services pending Wednesday at Eaton Funeral Home Franklin. Burial in Middletown Cemetery.
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Laura Ballinger
Cleveland St
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Rosie Ratliff
Emma Ballinger
Franklin
Hazel Colditon
West Middletown
John
Earl of
James Payne
Daniel Payne
Richmond
Eaton Funeral Home
Middletown Cemetery
Singer and Bride Honeymooning in California Home
Beverly Hills report says crooner Dick Haymes and Nora Eddington Flynn wed yesterday under an orange tree at Haymes home. They plan a three week Hawaii honeymoon later this week. Judge Bran officiated in a double ring ceremony. Nora’s Las Vegas divorce from Errol Flynn was finalized July 8, and Haymes’ Reno divorce from Joanne Dru occurred June 23.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Dick Haymes
Nora Eddington Flynn
Hawaii
Edward Bran
Jack Eddington
Charles Farrell
Barbara Hodges
Nora
Errol Flynn
Las Vegas
Nev
Haymes
Joanne Dru
Reno
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings
Paramount presents Neptune's Daughter with Red Skelton and Esther Williams at 1 30 3 40 5 40 7 40 and 9 40 p m Disaster with Richard Benning and Trudy Marshall at 1 40 4 15 6 45 9 15 p m Monday and 1 40 4 20 7 00 10 20 p m Tuesday Susanna Pass with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at 2 45 5 30 7 50 10 20 p m Monday and 2 55 5 35 9 05 p m Tuesday
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Neptune's Daughter
Red Skelton
Esther Williams
Richard Benning
Trudy Marshall
Susanna Pass
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Vital Statistics Entries Include Ages and Addresses
Mrs. Raychel Brooks, 70, 1909 Wayne Ave. Constance Lee Reed, 11 months, 2507 North Verity. Mrs. Laura Ballinger, 65, 616 Cleveland St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raychel Brooks
Wayne Ave
Constance Lee Reed
North Verity
Laura Ballinger
Cleveland St
Births at Hospital and Out of Town Births
Births at hospital list nine families with newborns including Wendt Kovach Reffitt Lehman Hoskins Hall Mote BlankenShip Newton and Newton's neighbors a boy or girl born on Saturday Sunday or Monday in Lebanon Franklin Garfield Central Manchester and Pearl streets Out of town James Johnson a boy at Mercy Hospital Hamilton
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Robert Wendt
Manchester Ave
Michael Kovach
Garfield St
Lloyd Reffitt
Central Ave
Richard Lehman
Tytus Ave
Leon Hoskins
Franklin
Howard Hall
Route 1
Donald Mote
Lebanon
John Blankenship
Clarence Newton
South
Louis Pleska
Pearl St
James Johnson
Lafayette St
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Marriage Licenses for Homer Pennington and Mary Hoover
Homer Pennington aged 18 a grocer of Hamilton and Mary Catherine Hoover aged 21 a stenographer of Hamilton Route 6 obtained a marriage license. The filing notes their residences and occupations in Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Pennington
Hamilton
Mary Catherine Hoover
Hospital Admissions List Shows Numerous Surgeries
The hospital reports multiple patients from area towns undergoing surgical procedures including Anthony Bruck Nora Allen Frances Cooper Carl Reed Harold Farmer Ralph Hedric John Decker Naomi McCoy Clyde Slifer Edith Arpp and others with several dismissed. Entries specify patients as sons or daughters of local residents and note medical or surgical status.
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Anthony Bruck
Bertha Bruck
Highview Rd
Surgical
Daniel Allen
Nora Allen
Church St
Robert Pennington
Waynesville
Frances Coonzer
Dautgnter
Floyd Cooper
Franklin
David Scott Gibbs
David Gibbs
Grand Ave
Albert Bussard
Germantown
Carl Reed
Earl Reed
Harold Farmer
West Middletown
C. Ethyl Bowman
Yankee Rd
Ralph Hedric
John Decker
Tunis Decker
Forest Egleston
Arlington Ave
Naomi McCoy
Lebanon
Bertha Pelfrey
Middletown
Clyde Slifer
Jefferson Rd
Charles Kilby
Hamilton
Omar Leslie
Edith Arpp
Manchester Ave
George Allmeyer
Karen Hall
Donald Hall
Bethany
Craig Joyner
Harold Joyner
Less Drinking And Disorderly Conduct Police Report Shows
Middletown’s monthly police report shows fewer intoxication and disorderly conduct cases in June, with 52 intoxications from 85 last year and 14 disorderly conduct incidents from 25. Drunk driving charges were six versus 11 a year ago. There were 1,131 arrests and citations, 810 calls, 73 accidents injuring 17 people, two breakings and entries, and 810 total officer responses plus 88 routine escorts.
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Middletown
Thomas D. Carmody
Bird Parade of Parrotpolice Quip Goes Quiet
Patrolmen Landon Webb and Robert Trimble answered a complaint on Franklin Street about a noisy parrot. Webb told the bird to be quiet, and the talkative pet replied with a crude remark. The parrot eventually settled down after the officer’s instruction.
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Landon Webb
Robert Trimble
Franklin St
Webb
Safety Torch Signals Citywide Safety Effort
Roy Moorhead, a welder, faces an overtime workload as 37 calls pour in for sealing dangerous open wells. The campaign, led by the Middletown Womens Division Safety Council and the Health and Welfare Committee of the Business and Professional Womens Club, awaits Moorhead's final report to gauge reach and impact. Neighbors report potential death traps and may call the safety council at 2-3618 or Miss Francis Murray at 3-2943 to request seals.
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Roy Moorhead
Womens
Middletown Safety Council
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Moorhead
Safety Council
Francis Murray
Health and Welfare Committee
NSLI Dividend Applications Being Prepared
World War II veterans are advised to contact the local Legion post for National Service Life Insurance dividend details. Lampe says VA forms will reach posts soon and the local service center will assist with applications. About 16 million veterans held 20 million policies. VA data show a $2.8 billion NSLI dividend authorized to begin in January 1950.
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E. A. Lampe
Middletown
Blast Rocks Residence At Pisgah
One home explosion damaged the residence of John S. Williams, a Procter and Gamble analyst in Cincinnati. No injuries. Williams and his family slept inside as a makeshift bomb is suspected. packing paper found near the shrubbery where the device likely sat.
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Pisgah
Pisgah. O
John S. Williams
Procter and Gamble Company
Cincinnati
Mrs. Williams
Williams
Edna
David
Eileen
Seventh Polio Case In County Is Reported
Butler County reports its seventh polio case of 1949 at Mercy Hospital Hamilton. Charles Reuthe, county Infantile Paralysis Foundation chair, identifies the patient as 29 year old Charles Swanner of 2403 Dixie Highway, Hamilton. The case is described as mild.
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Butler County
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Charles Reuthe
Butler County Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Reuthe
Charles Swanner
Dixie Highway
Weather forecast: fair and warmer into tonight and Tuesday
The weatherman predicts fair and warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday. Storm clouds may gather but little rain is expected. Sunday temperatures varied within five degrees, reaching a high of 77 and a low of 72. At 3 am today the mercury was 68, rising to 78 by 10:30 am.
Union Organizer Held After Wife Shot Incident
Alfred Granakis 29, organizer for the Die Casters Division of the CIO United Automobile Workers, was jailed today in Cleveland after he shot and seriously wounded his wife yesterday. He described the incident as an accident.
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Cleveland (Ap
Alfred Granakis
Die Casters
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Timken workers in Ohio accept new one year contract
About 12,000 Timken Roller Bearing Co employees in five Ohio plants returned to work after approving a new one year contract over the weekend, averting a strike. The agreement covers wage scales and benefits and ends the long labor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Ohio
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Clark St
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Rodney Sorrell
Carolina St
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Wilburn Barge
Young St
Main St
Eighteenth Ave
Kenneth Whitman
Forest Ave
Sixteenth Ave
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Ars
Roy B. Williams
Great Falls
Mont
Henry Boeckman
Ridge Rd
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Bryan Wells
Oregonia
Arthur Johnson
Elsmere St
Tylervile Rd
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Maud, O
Tylerville Rd
Arthur J. Crowe
River Rouge
Mich
Everett Bowman
Route 127
Fred D. Keily
William Maggard
Greensburg
Maggard
Kelly
Thomas H. Colling
Springboro Court
Otterbein
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John A. Finker
Dayton
Sumac
Constance Reed
the Civilized Globe
Paramount
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Excello
Thomas Hoyle
Charles Hoyle
Franklin Griggs
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Nina Bugizedes
Rawford St
James Ringel
Jacob Root
Trenton
Jon Clem Reed
Second
Jerry Ross
Mrs. Buford Rose
Hollywood Beds
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NSLI
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Tee Furnace Co
Broad St
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Ing Nerval
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