Middletown dominates first draft exam group selection
More than half, 39 of 69 men called by Middletown Local Draft Board 10, are from Middletown. The list includes residents from near Middletown and Hamilton areas, with one each from Cincinnati and Frankfort, Ind. Examinations set for August 2 at 7 20 a.m. at the Legion Home, then bused to Cincinnati and back the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Wylie Mitchell
Middledietown
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Frankfort
Ind
Mitchell
Milford
Oxford
Belle
Hanover
St. Clair
Wayne
Liberty
Lemon
Madison
Nesdavy
Legion Home
Phillip Rizzo, Jr
Stanley St
Clarence Watson
Seventeenth Ave
Charles Victor Hall
Waite
Robert Harold Pierce
Highland S
Joe Fugate, Jr
Crescent Blvd
Donald Ralph Gingerich
Robert Puthoff
Columbia Ave
William Edward Taylor
South Main St
James Hall
West Middletown
Arthur Combe
Centre Ave
Lawrence Franklin Glass
Garfield St
Sam Turner
North Canal St
Ross Sloneker Thorpe
Wicoff St
Raymond Eugene Tibbs
Guy J. Allen
Seneca St
Walter Wilcox, Jr
Four applications for Middletown city job filed
Four applications were received by the 5 p.m. deadline yesterday for the post of assistant building commissioner in Middletown. The Civil Service Commission secretary said today that at least four more were expected and a few additional might be accepted if applicants wish to file. An oral examination will be held at 7 p.m. today at the City Building to determine if enough applicants qualify for a written test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
P. F. Job
Civil Serv Commission
Johnson
Winchester 73 at Paramount and Westerns at Brakland
At the Paramount theatres Winchester 73 stars James Stewart and Sheby Winters with showings Friday and Saturday at 1 15 3 20 5 35 7 45 and 9 50 p m. Brikrand presents Slattery Hurricane with Richard Widmark and Veronica Lake on Friday 2 40 5 50 and p m Saturday 3 45 7 35 and 10 15 p m. Hostile Country features Jimmy Ellison Russell Hayden Friday 1 15 4 10 7 20 10 30 p m Saturday 2 40 6 20 and 9 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Winchester
James Stewart
Sheby Winters
Bikrand
Slattery
Richard Widmark
Veroonica Lake
Jimmy Ellison
Russell Hayden
Air Reservists Hear Talk On Korean Warfare
Butler County's 9526th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron met at Post 218's American Legion Home. Lt. Col Robert S. Hayden led the unit as Capt. Charlies Lambertson outlined the Korean conflict history and current status with a map. Sgt. Paul Watkins explained recall specialties and extended active duty options, inviting former airmen to enlist or reenlist. The group will meet again August 3 at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
9526Th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron
American Legion
Robert S. Hayden
Charlies Lambertson
Hamilton
Lambertson
Paul Watkins
Volunteer Air Reserve Liaison Office
Cincinnati
Air Force
Watkins
Middletown
Army and Air Recruiting Office
Nelva Center
South Canal St
Sgt. Watkins
Air Reserve
9526Th
Middletown Officials Inspect Seating for New Schools
Middletown school officials will travel to Grand Rapids Michigan to inspect seating equipment for the district's new elementary schools under construction. Supt Wade Miller L S Cohn school board president Hugh Butler and Ross H Snyder will evaluate American Seating Company gear and seek final board approval if satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ross H. Snyder
Wade F Miller
L.S. Cohn
Hugh Butler
Snyder
American Seating Company of
Funeral services for Edward Ruppert 85 Franklin
Edward Ruppert 85 died Thursday morning at his daughter's home Mrs. Ralph Canton. Funeral services will be Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Mary Church with Rev. Nicholas Schneider officiating. Burial will be in Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday at Robert Eaton Funeral Home in Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Edward Ruppert
Ralph Canton
St. Mary Church
Nicholas Schneider
Woodhill Cemetery
Robert Eaton
Franklin Man Richard R. Rawlings Dies in Alliance
Richard R. Rawlings, 42, died Thursday at a hospital in Alliance from complications after two major operations. He and wife Letitia, a Franklin teacher, spent the summer in Alliance. He previously worked at a Dayton store. Surviving: wife, two children. Services will be Saturday at Myers Funeral Home in Alliance with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Richard R. Rawlings
Alliance
Rawlings
Bennett Rader 79 farmer dies. services in College Corner
Bennett Rader of Old Bath Indiana died after a long illness. Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Miller Funeral Home in College Corner. Burial in College Corner Cemetery. Survived by son Isaac of College Corner. daughters Martha of home and Ruth Woolyung of Oxford. seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Oxford
Miller
College Corner
Bennett Rader
Farmer
Old Bath
Ind
Isaac
Martha
Ruth Woolyung
Deaths from Associated Press reach multiple cities
Jeffersonville Indiana Frederick Dean Mitchell 68 longtime editor of the Jeffersonville Evening News for 15 years. Akron Ohio Dr Albert Rein Menschneider 71 longtime Baldwin Wallace College Conservatory director Bach authority and former MTNA president. New York Cyrus H Staehle 53 character actor on Broadway born in St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jeffersonville
Ind
Frederick Dean Mitchell
Jeffersonville Evening News
St. Louis
Akron
Albert Reimenschneider
Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music
Bach
Music Teachers National Association
New York
Cyrus H Staehle
St. Paul, Minn
Man Injured As Cars Hit On Verity Parkway
John Barnette, 56, of 914 Garden Ave, injured with shoulder and multiple breaks after bicycle he was riding collided with a car driven by James W. Heck, 24, of Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati. The crash occurred at Verity Pkwy and Centennial Ave as Barnette rode in the right lane and attempted a turn. Heck traveled south and slid about 75 feet before striking the bicycle. Barnette was taken to Middletown Hospital by Riggs ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barnette
Garden Ave
James W. Heck
Kennedy
Cincinnati Pole
Verity Pkwy
Centennial Ave
Barnette
Heck
Middletown Hospital of Riggs
Preble Youth Killed by Bull in Ohio Barnyard
Gerald Jacob Hock, 18, of Brookville Route 1 near the Preble Montgomery line, was killed by a 1200 pound bull in his family barn while bringing cows to the milking area. Brother Norman found the body. Parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Hock say the bull, though gentle, attacked in play. The Preble county coroner notes broken neck and internal injuries. Surviving are twin sister Geraldine and sister Caroline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Gerald Jacob Hock
Brookville
Preble-Montgomery County Line
Norman
Arthur Hock
G. W. Flory
Preble County
Flory
Lewisburg High School
Geraldine
Caroline
Bristol Herald Courier editor’s wife Hartzell dies at 55
Hartzell, 55, wife of the Bristol Herald Courier associate publisher and editor, was born in Mercer County Illinois. Plymouth Mass notes William D. Nugent, retired vice president of Media Records advertising service and former Hearst advertising manager, born in Mendon Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartzell
Bristol Herald Courier
Mercer County
Illinois
Plymouth
Mass
William D. Nugent
Media Records, Inc
Advertising Statistical Service
Hearst Newspapers
Mendon
Kentuckian Held For Questioning In Pastor Solicitation
A man described as a rather distinguished looking fellow posing as a crime investigator was held in Dayton for questioning. James T. Ford, 67, of Newport Kentucky, had a past including a three year Atlanta Penitentiary sentence for mail fraud. He visited pastors including Rev. John Parr of First Baptist Church and claimed ministerial backing for a Senate Committee investigation into horse betting and the numbers racket. Police traced his solicitations to 33 communities with ministers in Middletown Dayton Springfield Hamilton and others. Ford had been warned to return in three or four days and was arrested after a pastor grew suspicious. He had prior Dayton innkeeper fraud fines and workhouse time. Captain Ralph Bauer said police had photos and data on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Valley
Dayton
Jack L. Smith
James T. Ford
Newport
Ford
Atlanta
John I. Parr
First Baptist Church
Smith
Middletown
Springfield
Hamilton
Washington Court House
Xenia
Yellow Springs
Piqua
Troy
Senate Committee
Ralph Bauer
Toastmasters Meet Thursday at Manchester Hotel
Carl Rentschler won first place and tied for most improved speaker at the Toastmasters Club meeting at the Manchester Hotel with his talk Your Job. Guy Reibel split the most improved speaker title with American Ego at Work. Harold Vorhis joined as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Rentschler
Manchester
Guy Reibel
Ben Riley
Bob Osborne
Ola Huber
Jack Dean
Harold Vorhis
George Holtz
Britt Kendrick
Earl Billman
Don van Ausdale
Gramarian
Lee Wildermuth
Kendrick
Rentschier
Fairborn
Pilots Meeting Tonight At Middletown Airport
Pilots from Middletown, Hamilton, and nearby areas will gather this evening for an orientation program at Middletown airport. The session begins at 8 p.m. and covers Civil Aeronautics Administration functions and regulations, sponsored jointly by Hamilton Airport, Inc. and Queen City Flying Service, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Hamilton
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Hamilton Airport, Inc
Queen City Flying Service, Inc
Martha Becraft Returns From Basic Training
Pvt Martha Becraft of the U S Army WACs daughter of Mrs Pearl Becraft of Excello is at home on a 10 day furlough after completing basic training at San Antonio Texas She will be assigned to a post at Pensacola Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Becraft
US. Army Wacs
Pearl Becraft
Excello
San Antonio
Tex
Pensacola
Fila
Vital Statistics Babies Born to Middletown Couples
A list of newborns announced in Middletown with parents including Mr and Mrs Frank Lalli Route 2 g rl yester day and Mr and Mrs Charles O'iara Middletown Route 1 girl yesterday. Other entries mention Mr and Mrs George Geary Columbia Ave yesterday and Mr and Mrs Robert Scott West Shadows shepherd girl today. Out of town births record Mr and Mrs George Fugett Massillon Ohio girl today Ruth Rabdabaugh and Mr and Mrs Frank L Hill Call girl yesterday. Grandparents noted Homer Swanger Curryer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caton St
Wall Ave
Joe Johnson
Middletown
Albers
Ernestine Morrison
Columbia Ave
Frank Lalli
Charles O'iara
George Geary
George Fugett
Massillon
Fugett
Ruth Radabaugh
Aulby
Frank L. Hill
Matern
Homer Swanger
Curryer
Middletown Couple Applies for Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses filed for Dorsey C Short 4 Armco employe Middletown and Juanita Medley 30 bakery manager 39 South Main St Middletown. John H Hicks 44 restaurant worker Dayton and Edna M Kehr 45 teacher Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey C. Short
Armco
Middletown
Juanita Medley
South Main St
John H. Hicks
Dayton
Edna M Kehr
Monroe
Hospital Patients Listed By Street and Condition
The list names dozens of patients with their neighborhoods and statuses. The entries include Dayton Ringle surgical at Fleming Road, Charlie Richmond surgical from Franklin, Mrs. Stanley Snider surgical from Franklin, George W. Breiel surgical on South Main Street, Mary Jane Roof surgical, Herbert Spensel medical, Mrs. George Hensley surgical from Baltimore Street, Martin of Stanley Street medical, Francis Bierman surgical on Crawford Street, Goebel Bowlin Elsmere Street, Walla Palmer Garfield Street, Mrs. Arthur Root Trenton, Mrs. Charles Wright Cincinnati, Daniel Skidmore West Middletown Route 1, Shirley Crawford Belermont Street, Clelley Nichols Carolina Street, Jerry Brewer Baltimore Street, Marvin Blankenship German Town Route 1, Richard Doane Lebanon Route 2, Judith Tinch Believed to be daughter of Mr.
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Crawford St
Paul Keaton
Baltimore St
Joseph Sorrell, Jr
Michigan Ave
Jack Henri Alford
Fifth Ave
Lawrence Wilson Ferguson
Second Ave
James Smith
Middletown
Frederick Wilson, Jr
Sycamore St
William Edward Wilson
Michigan
Reece James Ingram
Minnesota
Bruce Monroe Goldflies
Sutphin St
Alfred Lee Withrow
McKinley St
Theodore Repper, Jr
Monroe St
George Yost
Central Ave
James Estel Meyer
John Richard Stone
Randall
Bailey
Dayton Ringle
Fleming Rd
Charlie Richmond
Franklin, Surgical
Stanley Snider
George W. Breiel
South Main St
Mary Jane Roof
B. A. Roof, Sr
Woodlawn Ave
Herbert Spensel
George Hensley
Martin
Stanley St
Francis Bierman
Walla Palmer
Garfield St
Arthur Root
Trenton
Charles Wright
Cincinnati
Daniel Skidmore
West Middletown
Shirley Crawford
Forest Crawford
Belermonte
Clelley Nichols
Carolina
Jerry Brewer
Baltimore
Marvin Blankenship
John Lakes
Germantown
Richard Doane
Russell Doane
Lebanon
Judith Tinch
Area Youth County reports 10th polio victim
Middletown records its second polio case this year as Area Youth County climbs to ten total cases. The latest patient is 11yearold Billy Soule of Middletown Route 2, hospitalized at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton. First case of the week was Robert Dale Jones Jr. of Oberon Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Buteer County
Charles J. Reuthe
County Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Eich
Billy Soule
Sir
Mre
Wiiee Soute
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Robert Dale Jones, Jr
Oberon Dr
Lebanon Soldier Listed Missing
A Defense Department notice from Washington lists PFC Beecher M. Mefford of Lebanon Route 2 Otterbein as missing in action. Earlier reports mistakenly stated he was killed in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Defense
Washington, DC
Beecher M. Mefford
Cora V. Mefford
Lebanon
Otterbein
Mefford
YMCA Boys Tour Crystal Tissue Paper Plant
Thirty seven members of the YMCA Boys Division Summer Fun Club toured the Crystal Tissue Paper plant on Thursday. Guided by John E. Burdsall and John Dowd and John Evans, they watched pulp to finished paper. Junior Leaders Rode ney Trent William Walker Johnnie Birchfield and Teddy Thompson led the group as Harry ter Braak coordinated the event. The next tour is July 25 to Naegele Aver Printing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
John E. Burdsall
Asau
John Dowd
John Evans
Harry Ter Braak
Rodeney Trent
William Walker
Johnnie Birchfield
Teddy Thompson
Naegele- Aver Printing Company
Standardized Time Adopted at 1884 Conference
Standard time was adopted at an international conference in Washington D C in 1884. Before then, the computation of time was a jumbled affair in all countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wedding party members named in brief notice
Mrs. Ralph Tinch of Frankl in. Mrs. John Wells of Meadow ve. Mrs. James Shouse of South Main St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wells
Meadow Ve
James Shouse
South iMain St
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John H. Walker
Texas Ave
James Edward Ellis
Young St
Roy Lee Smith
Thomas J . Swaim
Harrison St
Robert Emery Hall
Harold Howard Presley
John Edward Kolb
Jeff EF. Black
Joseph Bernard Paproski
William Howard Frost
Robert L. Browning
Fredric Lewes Ross
Meek Cox
Richmond
Thomas John Gorman
Philip Neri McDonough
John Wilam Martin
Gordon Adrian Mann
Collinsville
Alfred Price Sloane
Henry Odin Sehraub, Jr
Everett Franklin Smith
Clayton Garland
Allen Lee Batcher
Seven Mile
Clarence W. Rogers
Clarence
Orchids
Doellmann’s
Richard Rawlings
Bristol
Central Ave Land
Verity Pkvy
Mark F. Baker
Lincoln Park
William C. Call
Moore St
iCall
Federo
Ralph Tinch
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