Two City Swim Pools Open Tomorrow as Sunset Pool Delays
Two municipal pools Douglas and Yankee Road will open at 1 p m tomorrow with weather promising fair skies while Sunset pool awaits painting and is expected to open Saturday. City officials report a record season ahead with low admission prices 12 cents for youth and 25 cents for adults and minimal tax charges. Elks plan a Sunday flag presentation ceremony at 3 p m in the Elks Temple to dedicate a flag for the Woodside Memorial with speeches by Homer Kirby and W Coffey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodside Cemetery
Middletown Lodge No. 257
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks Temple
North Main St
Bri Ram
W. Coffey
Kiwaniset
Woodside Memorial Committee
Homer Kirby
Elks Lodge
Elks
Douglas
Yankee Rd
Sunset Pool
Ross Kramer
Dougas
Trap Shooting Ranges Added at Middletown Sportsmen Club
Don Carey, president, announced installation of three new trap ranges on the east side of the Middletown Sportsmen's clubhouse complex. The skeet range will be relocated to create space for the new traps, with the existing skeet area adjusted to match the trap range level. Completion is planned for June.
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Middletown
Don Carey
Book in Search of a Title by Sea Trader Captain
Captain John Fiske Little 72 writes a book without a title and invites readers to name his autobiography. A Yankee trader and former manufacturer's representative, he has crossed the Atlantic 54 times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
U.P
John Fiske Little
Lawrence Forney elected ITU head at Middletown union meeting
Lawrence Forney was elected president of Local No. 487 of the International Typographical Union. Carl Hammond is vice president and Edna Henderson recording secretary. James Agoston secretary-treasurer. Arthur Braun sergeant-at-arms. Delegates named to Middletown Trades and Labor Council are O'Brien and Barker. O'Brien and Layton Goodman to the Allied Printing Trades Council. Board of auditors includes Small, Barker, and Mrs. Du Ermit. trustees named Keltner one year, Pflanzer two years, and Mrs. DuErmit three years. No monthly meetings in summer. activities handled by officers and an incoming executive committee. A special Allied Printing Trades Council meeting set for Friday at the Pressman's Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Forney
International Typographical Union
Carl Hammond
Edna Henderson
James Agoston
Arthur Braun
W. J. O’brien
Hargus Barker
Middletown
O'Brien
Allied Printing Trades Council
Pressman's Lodge
Nelbar St
Navy announces sailor drowned in Hampton Roads
Norfolk AP reports Marine PFC Darrell R. Hagan of Jerusalem Ohio drowned when a Navy launch swamped in Hampton Roads last week after being listed missing. Next of kin listed as Mrs Flora P. Hagan Jerusalem RFC 1.
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Norfolk
Darrell R. Hagan
Jerusalem
Navy
Hampton Roads
Hagan
Flora P. Hagan
RFC 1
Depot Mail Collections Are Resumed at New York Depot
Mail collections from two NYC depot boxes are resumed after postmaster Hilbert H. Martin received an order from H. L. Price directing crews of trains Nos. 422 and 417 to collect mail when the trains stop. Residents were asked to refrain from mailing there while the issue was investigated. No. 422 arrives at 12:38 a.m. and No. 417 at 6:10 a.m.
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New York Central
Hilbert H. Martin
Martin
H. L. Price
Columbus
Nyc
Local Postmaster To Attend Session At Ohio Convention
Hilbert H. Martin postmaster attends the annual Ohio Chapter National Association of Postmasters convention in Cleveland at the Hollenden Hotel from June 24 to 26. Daily business sessions occur with a Wednesday reception a Thursday baseball game and moonlight boat ride. A Friday Postmaster General luncheon and a Friday show precede a Saturday luncheon ladies style show and a Saturday banquet. Postmaster General Donaldson and several Washington aides will attend.
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Hilbert H. Martin
Ohio
National Association of Postmasters
Hollenden Hotel
Cleveland
Donaldson
Washington
Butler Grand Jury To Hear Abbott Evidence Wednesday
Hamilton officials said Edwin Buell will vacate his grand jury seat as the panel begins at 9 30 a m tomorrow to hear evidence in the killing of Morris Abbott a 45 year old farmer found slain near his Pennsylvania farm. It remains unclear if indictments against Cyril Gordon or Mrs Marie Abbott will be pursued or whether a larger jury will be convened for an early July trial.
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Hamilton
Edwin E. Buell
Morris Abbott
Chesapeake and Ohio
Buell
Weaver Rd
Reily
Fred Bramer
Cyril Gordon
Marie Abbott
Paul Baden
Wright Plant Sale Talks Restart After Freeze Lift
Wright plant at Lockland sees sale negotiations reopen between Electric Autolite and the Federal Munitions Board after the Army Air Forces lift of a sale freeze. Autolite had offered $8.4 million for the Kings Mills plant, with government recapture risk under a national security clause. Final terms hinge on Autolite relinquishing North Shop and settling the security clause details, plus a government lease if defense work arises.
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Wright
Lockland
Electric Autolite Company
Toledo
Federal Munitions Board
Army Air Forces
Munitions Board
Autolite
Kings Mills
Kings S
War Assets Administration
Electric Autolite
Secretaries trade miss laid rose bush by accident
Mary Lou Leight, secretary to Safety Council Director Paul E. Wilson, received thorny rose cuttings from Sophie Hewitt, secretary to Civic Association Director Thomas C. Venable. Hewitt had placed them in a used envelope addressed to Venable. Leight forgot the cuttings until Hewitt reappeared with them, the rose bush having traveled in the outgoing mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Leight
Mary Lou
Safety Council
Paul E. Wilson
Sophie Hewitt
Civic Association
Thomas C. Venable
Miss Hewitt
Venable
Miss Leight
State of Union and Violence showings at Paramount and more
Movie listings for Paramount show State of Union with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn at 1 50 4 25 6 55 and 9 25 pm. W F s Daughter features Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin at 2 05 4 35 7 and 9 30 pm. Violence with Nancy Coleman and Michael O Shea at 1 29 4 01 8 33 and 9 05 pm. Partners of the Sunset with Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball Taylor at 2 46 5 18 7 50 and 10 22 pm. Also report of 25 Owingsville High School students injured when chartered bus crashed into an embankment near Cambridge Ohio while returning from Washington DC.
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State of Union
Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
W. F's Daughter
Barbara Stanwyck
van Heflin
Nancy Coleman
Michael O’shea
Jimmy Wakely
Cannonball” Taylor
Cambridge, O
Owingsville
Here
Washington, D.C
Franklin woman Jennie Cummings dies at 84
Mrs. Jennie Alice Cummings, 84, died of a heart attack at 2 p m Monday at her East Fifth Street home in Franklin. Widow of Jacob Cummings, she leaves daughters Mary Kauffman of Toledo and Laura Iman of Dayton, and five sons Jefferson Otsego Mich Ora Robert Perle and Paul all of Franklin, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Calling hours start after 10 a m Wednesday at Eaton Funeral Home. services at 2 p m Thursday there with Rev Elmer J Gregg of St Paul Lutheran Church officiating. Burial at Woodhill Cemetery.
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Franklin
Jennie Alice Cummings
East Fifth St
Jacob Cummings
Mary Kauffman
Toledo
Laura Iman
Dayton
Jefferson
Otsego
Mich
Ora
West Alexandria
Robert
Perle
Paul
Eaton Funeral Home
Elmer J. Gregg
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Woodhill Cemetery
Warren County farmer Henry Russell dies after surgery
Henry Russell 63 of Lebanon Route 1 a Warren County farmer died at Christ Hospital Cincinnati after surgery He was active in the Lebanon Grange and Bethany Church Survived by wife Carrie and five sons Donald Dayton Marion Cecil Alvin and He ber all of Lebanon Services are set for 2 pm Thursday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery
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Lebanon
Henry Russell
Warren County
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Lebanon Grange
Bethany Church
Carrie
Donald
Dayton
Marion
Cecil
Alvin
Heber
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Garland Judd 80 Dies. Middletown Area Teamster
Garland Judd eighty of 811 Elev enth Ave died at 9 55 a m today in Middletown Hospital where he had been a patient since May 13 He was among Middletown s oldest teamsters former employee of C E Murphy Co and Frank Kemp Contracting Co until retirement ten years ago Survived by wife Sarah one son Paul William three daughters Leone Harris Estella Sticklen Minnie Gomin seventeen grandchildren and thirteen funeral arrangements are pending at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home
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Garland Judd
Eleventh Ave
Middletown
C. E. Murphy Company
Frank Kemp Contracting Company
Sarah
Paul William
Leone Harris
Toledo
Estella Sticklen
West Middletown
Minnie Gomin
Dayton
Paul J. Barnaby Dies at 54 Former Middletown Photographer
Paul J. Barnaby 54 of Dayton an executive with General Motors and former Middletown photographer died Sunday at Miami Valley Hospital He owned Tobias Studio and Hayden Tobias later bought the business from him.
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Paul J. Barnaby
Dayton
General Motors Corporation
Middletown
Miami Valley Hospital
Mr. Barnaby
Tobias
Hayden Tobias
Annual Hose Check Starts by Firemen
Firemen begin the annual June hose pressure tests across three stations. The program tests 19,900 feet of hose with a 400 pound for new lines and 25 pound yearly degradation, discards faulty hoses, and ends early next week under assistants Lukens and Bell.
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William F. Fishbaugh
Fishbaugh
Robert Lukens
Robert Bell
Legion Delegate List Announced for District and State
Candidates for American Legion delegates to district and state conventions announced. Delegates total 29 with Denny and Coffey automatic. events set July 11 in Lebanon and August 7–9 in Columbus. Executive committee shifts to first and third Mondays in June August. Poppy day sales netted $1,200. Junior baseball sponsored by the post will be discontinued this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Lebanon
Columbus
George Denny
Martin Coffey
William Niblock
J. D. Sawyer
E. A. Lampe
Edward Portsmouth
Marvin Blankenship
C. J
The
Post
City Considers Incinerator to Solve Garbage Problem
City Commissioners study the growing garbage issue and may seek a bond issue at the fall election for an incinerator. A site near the State Highway Department was inspected but required a bridge and tree removal. Plans call for a trench dump as an alternative, while relocation of the current railroad depot and annexation talks are also in progress. Officials prepare for a joint meeting with county, school, township, and city leaders on financials and annexation. Airport improvement plans are filed with the state CAA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Marvin Clark
Middletown
Fred J. Schatzmann
Columbus
CAA
Spine Injured After Fall From Truck in Mayfield
Mrs. John Whalen aged 38 of 1024 Fourteenth Ave was admitted to Middletown Hospital this morning after a fall from a truck Sunday in Mayfield. Attendants report severe contusions of the back and spine with further observations to follow.
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John Whalen
Fourteenth Ave
Middletown Hospital
Mayfield
Meeting Move Clears Way for Dr Hill Attendance
The event was rescheduled to Wednesday afternoon so Dr. Ross A. Hill could attend, as he will be out of town in the evening.
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Ing
Ross A. Hill
Dr. Hill
Miss Patricia Daley Named District Color Bearer at VFW Auxiliary
Miss Patricia Daley president of Middletown Post 3809 was elected district color bearer at the district meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Sunday in Norway Ohio. Mrs Velma Bleier of Cincinnati is the new district president. All officers serve two year terms. A large number of delegates from the local post and the auxiliary attended the all day session. A joint meeting of the VFW and the VFW Auxiliary was held at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Daley
Middletown
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Norway
Velma Bleier
Cincinnati
VFW
Broken Arm From Bicycle Collision on Vail Street
Robert Spons, 11, of 205 Webster Street, suffered a broken collar bone when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Franklin Back, 17, of Germantown Route 1, last night. Back said the accident happened in the 1300 block of Vail Street as the boy rode out of Mullberry Alley. he was taken to a physician after returning home and the injury became apparent.
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Robert Spons
Webster St
Franklin Back
Germantown
Vail St
Mullberry Alley
Barnaby is Laid to Rest in Dayton Westminster Church Funeral
At his death he was a member of Lincoln Masonic lodge Middletown and longtime General Motors employee for 20 years. Survived by wife two children his mother and two brothers. Funeral services conducted at 3 p m today at Dayton West Westminster Church.
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Lincoln Masonic Lodge
Middletown
Barnaby
General Motors
Dayton Westminster Church
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Edward L. Rice
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
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W. Pres
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W. Secy
Cope Funeral Home
Broad Street
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