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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1949
Page
4
Armco East Works ends a 3,312,000-hour safety run after a worker was limited from duty due to slight illness and fever. The 129 day streak ended, with no lost-time injuries, marking a company and steel industry high. A separate Butler plant run of 133 days and 2,630,000 man hours without an accident also ends due to a fall injury.
City commissioners received an annual report on fire equipment from tests conducted in June. 600 feet of 2.5 inch hose were found defective and discarded, aged 10 to 22 years. Total hose amounts to 8,750 feet. Pumpers met test requirements with LaFrance units delivering 62 gpm at 159 psi and Ahren Fox units 60 gpm at 150 psi. Chief William Fishbaugh credited thorough inspection and servicing for the equipment’s good condition.
Middletown experienced a wind and rain period with seven highway accidents and several injuries. Police logged no crashes from late Saturday until noon today, but last night four people were hurt on Route 63 and another three on 741 at Green Tree Road.
Ballots mailed Saturday to about 60 members of the Middletown Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association prompt returns by July 5. Roy L. Patterson of the Chamber of Commerce holds ballots awaiting counting to choose president Steve D Varga and Earl Flint. other officers and five directors are listed with Stomper declining reelection after three years as president.
Albert Moore, 21, of 3209 Giencoe Ave., was treated at Middletown Hospital after five men beat him at Charles St. and Manchester Ave. The incident stemmed from an earlier altercation. Moore was released. Earl E. Reece, 19, of Hamilton, faces reckless driving charges. Forrest Hawks, 21, of Springdale, O., charged with speeding. Both were nabbed on Route 25 by State Patrolmen and released on bond.
Paramount presents Colorado Territory with Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo at 1 25 3 25 5 30 7 35 and 9 35 p m Monday Cover Up starring William Bendix and Dennis O Keefe at 1 55 3 55 5 50 7 45 and 9 40 p m Tuesday
Monday listings include Yellow Sky with Anne Baxter and Greg Peck at 2 50 6 20 and 9 55 p m and Whiplash with Dane Clark and Alexis Smith at 1 15 4 45 and 8 20 p m Tuesday shows Yellow Sky at 10 35 p m and Whiplash at 8 30 p m Harris Rose dale on stage at 8 30 p m
Lando Jacob Fortner 67 of 2412 Easton Ave died Sunday night at Middletown Hospital after a three year illness. Born in Columbus Indiana he served in the Army from 1899 for six years mainly in the Philippine Islands then ten years in the Navy retiring as Chief Carpenter's Mate. He settled in Middletown in 1915 and worked for O R Cecil as a carpenter for about 26 years. Survived by widow Ida father Albert Greensburg Ind and sister Maude Cox Rushville Ind. Services Wednesday 2:30 pm at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev J D Nisewonder officiating. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 2-5 and 7-10 pm.
Mrs Maude McMann 69 a Middletown resident for 28 years died Sunday at 9 am at her home 2430 Hill Ave She was born in West Liberty Ky member of the Church of God Survived by husband John daughters Christine Wells Irene Fishback three sons Earl Clarence John B four grandchildren a brother H A Maxey two sisters E E Dawson and Effie Pieratt The funeral is at First Church of God Wednesday 2 pm with Rev R C Caudill officiating Interment Woodside Cemetery Friends may visit McCoy Leffler Funeral Home today 7 10 pm and Tuesday 2 5 pm and 7 10 pm The body will lie in state at the church Wednesday noon until service time.
Lena Mae Powell age 48 of 1326 Reynolds Street died at 12 06 am Sunday in Middletown Hospital after four years of ill health and 12 hours in serious condition She was born in Fleming County Kentucky and had lived here ten years Her son James Billie John of Lexington sisters Mrs Joe Hogue of Middletown Mrs Nora Sharp of Lexington and Mrs Flora Griffith of Louisville Funeral services set for Tuesday at 9 am Riggs Funeral Home with Rev R C Caudill and Rev Clarence Walker Lexington assisting Interment Lexington Cemetery Calling hours 2 65 to 7 10 pm today
Robert Jones Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Robert Jones of 511 Seventeenth Ave died Saturday at 10 30 pm at Middletown Hospital. He survived by his parents grandparents Dr and Mrs S S Richards and Mrs Lucille Lige and a great grandmother Mrs John McClusky. Graveside services were held today at 11 am at Woodside Cemetery with Rev Joseph Pate officiating. Maxberry Funeral Home handled arrangements and J Everett Sams assistant cub master prepared them.
Mrs Frank Usher formerly Sarah Barnett of Middletown died suddenly at her Baltimore home. Survivors include seven children four grandchildren her mother a sister and a brother. Her husband Frank predeceased her by ten years. William Barnett left Middletown for the Baltimore funeral.
William B Urschel 78 of this area died of complications at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton at 10 30 p m Sunday He is survived by his widow Ollie three nephews and one niece and a twin brother Edward of Dayton Funeral services are incomplete at the Holweger Holt Funeral Home in New Lebanon Ohio
William Sheets 63 custodian of First Presbyterian Franklin for 25 years died Saturday at Middletown Hospital after weeks of illness. Survived by widow Ethel three daughters Mrs Thompson Mrs Glossip Jr and Mrs Kaiser of Cincinnati four grandchildren two brothers Henry and John two sisters Mrs Lloyd and Mrs Wallace. Visitation at Robert Eaton Funeral Home until noon Tuesday then to church for 2 30 p m services officiated by Rev William J Hannum.
A valve installation at Red Lion Big and Little pumping station triggered a 200 foot steam geyser that lasted about an hour. Clay Luce, station manager, arrived early to install the valve while hundreds of curious residents within five miles observed the spectacle, prompting police contact in Lebanon and Middletown.
Officials of the Inspection Bureau Inc a new agency for electrical permits and inspections in the city will meet with contractors journeymen and others in the electrical field at 7 30 p m in the Veterans of Foreign Wars building. Howard A Jaberg chief inspector and Marion Taylor Middletown office will attend. The meeting arranged by Paul Stoutenborough head of Butler County Electrical Contractors will cover national electrical code requirements and regulations. The bureau began operations June 15 and has recorded 22 jobs completed to date. The burial remains in Woodhill Cemetery.
Ralph Mike Cornele 51 died early Sunday at 94 North River Street after months of illness. He was a former fireman at Monsanto near Miamisburg. Survivors include wife Gladys. three daughters Mrs Frank Nemcke Jr of Franklin, Mrs Lester Waites of Middletown, and Miss Jean Cornele at home. four grandchildren. two brothers John of Middletown and Joseph of Dayton. three sisters Mrs Albert Shankle of Dayton, Mrs Dunafee of Mansfield, and Mrs Ida Ivo of Middletown. Funeral at Robert Eatoneer Home in Franklin at 2 with Rev William J Jennan officiating. Interment Woodhill Cemetery. Visitation today 7-9 p m and Tuesday and Wednesday until time of services.
Mil waukee mourns Richard Harvey Mitchell known as Nicnie Mitchell a former lightweight boxer who boasted of being one second from the crown in a bout with Benny Leonard. New York remembers Elias Anton Cappelen Smith 75 a patent holder in metal refining long linked to copper industry. Palo Alto notes Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur 74 Stanford chancellor former interior secretary and physician born in Boonesboro Iowa.
Peoria Illinois based Orma C Callender 67 real estate broker and former Hiram Walker and Sons personnel director. Wilmington North Carolina Roscoe James Doss 65 vice president in charge of traffic at Atlantic Coast Line. Cuttyhunk Mass Huntington R Hardwick 58 Harvard All American end. Ashford Eng Sir Charles I Agglesden 88 editor of Kentish Express for 68 years.
Thunderstorms are predicted tonight with lingering showers on Tuesday as the area remains warm and humid. Temperatures yesterday rose to a high of 99 degrees after 3 45 p m with a 3 inch total rainfall, a low of 83 degrees. This morning the mercury was 72 at 6 a m rising to 76 by 9 30 a m.
Relatives of Mrs. Mary Arpo Gordon will share in her will filed in Butler County Courts. After debts the income and later principal will be distributed to the families of three sisters and a brother through a 10-year trust. Names include Louise Sharkey, Peggy Goss, Jack Sharkey, Pearl Gibbs, Robert A Gibbs and heirs, plus the Jackson children and John Arpp Jr. Bequests to family members and First National Bank as trustee and executor noted. Lawyer Fred J. Schatzmann handled the will.
A group of YMCA youngsters will tour the Sorg Paper Company tomorrow under Harry ter Braak, boy's work secretary. Meet in the boys division at 1 p.m., tour begins at 1:15 p.m., followed by a swim at the Y pool.
Elmer J. Rice a 63 year old farmer from Austinburg died from burns suffered when his clothing caught fire on Saturday in Geneva Ohio. He died yesterday at a local hospital after the incident.
In PANA and Lexington two notable figures are remembered. The Rev Earl A Miller 65 led a southern Illinois Presbyterian congregation and hailed from Mt Vernon Illinois after study in Cincinnati Ohio. Richard C Stoll 73 longtime circuit judge and University of Kentucky trustee born in Lexington Kentucky is cited in accompanying notes.
The list includes William B Urschel 78 of Horton William Sheets 63 of Franklin Ralph Cornele 51 of Franklin Frank Usher of Baltimore Robert Jones Jr 511 Seventeenth Ave Lena Mae Powell 48 1326 Reynolds Ave Maude McMann 69 1430 Hill Ave Easton Ave
Mr and Mrs Robert Goss of 1916 Oxford St welcome a girl. Mr and Mrs Samuel Franks of Franklin welcome a boy. Linville Harris of Lebanon Route 2 welcomes a boy. John Dimprich of 1203 Eaton Ave welcomes a boy. Earl Christy of Blanchester C welcomes a boy. Robert Howell of 232 Park St welcomes a boy. Calvin Harpe of Trenton welcomes a boy. Martin Gebhardt of Germantown welcomes a boy at Dayton Osteopathic Hospital. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Gebhardt of Calumet Ave.
Several couples from West Chester Hamilton Middletown and surrounding areas received marriage licenses. Names include Vearl J Williams and Christine Abney. Richard L Brune and Roseary Bisdorf. George A Weidner and Florence L Unger. Harry W Brannock and Betty J Laubenstein. Edgar Hitchue Wagner and Jean Rose. William Carl Treadway and Delores M Powell. Luther Grady and Beulah M Newton. Virgil G Sorrell and Lorna L Blackmore.
In The Hospital Brenda Lou Cole daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar Cole of Clarendon Ave surgical Ronald Havens son of Mr and Mrs Edward Havens of Cleveland St surgical Leah and Mary Williams daughters of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Williams of Plum St surgical Emma Jean Land daughter of Mr and Mrs Sherman Gilbert of Auburn St surgical Mrs Elbert Caudill of Germantown Route 1 medical Mrs Charles Byrd of First Ave medical Mrs Stanley Whittlesey of Fourteenth Ave surgical Benjamin Riley of Milner Hotel medical Mrs Mike Mandzak Sr of Central Ave surgical Thomas Hoyle son of Mr and Mrs Charles Hoyle of Wayne s ville Route 1 medical Archie Ingram of Garfield St medical Mrs Forest Weaver of Middletown Route 2 surgical Mrs John Cope of Franklin medical Rollie James Trent son of Mr and Mrs Raleigh Trent of Central Ave medical Wilbur Richards son of Mr and Mrs Forest Richards of Franklin Route 2 medical Janes Tibbs of Park St medical Otto FE Martin of Stanley St John Willis of Columbia Ave Walling Gray of Manchester Miss Bess Beard of Franklin St medical
Mrs Frank Chapman of Wildwood Road Mrs John Follmer of Malvern Street Sheron Adams daughter of Mr and Mrs James Adams of Sixth Avenue Hugh Henderson of Franklin Route 2 are listed among local residents with family connections and addresses in this community notice.
Heavy rains and winds eased the heat in Middleton and caused minor damage, while nearby Hamilton saw a $75,000 fire after lightning struck Las-Stick Manufacturing. Power restored, rainfall totaled 4.92 inches for June. storms disrupted lines, damaged vehicles, and prompted firefighting efforts.
Marjorie Guernsey daughter of Mr and Mrs Bertrand Guernsey of Winton Street Mrs Robert Mettler of Pine Mrs William Igo of Crawford Henry Hall of Clark Street Adrian Taylor son of the Rev and Mrs R E Taylor of Columbia Avenue Nick Pantel son of Mr and Mrs John Pantel of Central Charles Kilby of Hamilton Route 1 Mrs Mildred Crawford of Arlington Avenue Miss Sara Southers of West John Clark of Hill Avenue
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