Fire Levels Small Home Leaving Nine Homeless
Everett Martin and his wife with seven children, a total of nine, were left homeless when an oil stove caused a blaze that engulfed their three room corrugated iron dwelling on Oxford State Road between Trenton Bridge and Engle's Corner. Monroe Fire Department arrived at 9 p.m. but the structure was already beyond saving. belongings valued at about 2500 were lost, and only the iron shell remained by Wednesday morning. The property is owned by Oliver Martin, the occupant's father, who had just built a new front addition on the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Martin
Oxford State Rd
Trenton
Engle’s Corner
Martin
Emanuel Schultheiss
Butler County
Monroe
Oliver Martin
Day Nursery Workers Meet Friday In Town
Volunteer workers of Middle town's new Day Nursery project of the Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary have been called to a Friday meeting at Garfield Mission Haven at 10 a.m. by nursery chairman Mrs F W Brosius. The final planning touch precedes work schedule assignments for women and Junior Auxiliary volunteers. The nursery is set to open next Tuesday to serve working mothers judged deserving of help.
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Middletown
New Day Nursery
Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary
Garfield Mission Haven
F. W. Brosius
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Listings
Paramount shows Cover-up with William Bendix and Dennis O Keefe at 1 55 3 55 5 50 7 45 and 9 49 p m Wednesday Thursday Flamingo Road with Joan Crawford Zachary Scott at 1 15 3 30 5 25 7 30 and 9 35 p m Wednesday Thursday Strand presents Son of Dracula with Lon Chaney Robert Daige at 1 15 4 40 7 10 and 10 10 p m Wednesday Thursday Also Ghost of Frankenstein with Lon Chaney Bela Lugosi at 3 6 and 9 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
William Bendix
Dennis O'Keefe
Joan Crawford
Zachary Scott
Lon Chaney
Robert Daige
Ghost of Frankenstein
Bela Lugosi
Camera Club Hears Strobo-lite Talk
A Middletown Camera Club meeting featured a Denver Hel land Research Corp representative who explained photoflash use and the Strobo-Lite. George Ward described its high speed flash to freeze action and bulb replacement elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helland Research Corporation
Denver
Col
Middletown Camera Club
George Ward
Officials Push Deadline On Signing Bonds
The Nelbar bond issue of 460000 hinges on retiring city auditor C H Campbell signing 450 bonds before he leaves office tomorrow. City attorney Fred J Schatzmann says Campbell’s signature must appear on bond transcripts and on each bond. Chief Carmody went to Cleveland to collect bonds. printing had them ready by 4 p m. Bonds are 1000 denomination. Braun Bosworth of Toledo and Fahey Clark of Cleveland bid low at 2 percent interest with a premium of 882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Campbell
Fred J. Schatzmann
Campbell
Thomas D. Carmody
Cleveland
Braun, Bosworth Company
Toledo
Fahey, Clark and Company
Ironton Pastor Hurt In Traffic Collision
Three accidents in 12 hours led to charges against drivers. Rev. Harold L. Smith of Ironton and family were injured when their car struck a milk truck at Route 48 and 73 in Warren County. The truck overturned and Smith faced a failure to yield charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Warren County
Harold L. Smith
Ironton
Bertha
David
Minami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Mallory promoted to Senior Sergeant in Air Force service
George H. Mallory son of Mr and Mrs Sam Mallory of 125 Ohio Ave recently promoted to sergeant first class in the Air Force Mallory enlisted September 5 1947 after two years in the Navy serving in the Asiatic Theater from 1944 to 1946 He is now on detached duty with the 1934th Air ways and Air Communications Squadron Kinchey Air Force Base Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Mallory
Sam Mallory
Ohio Ave
Mallory
Air Force
United States Navy
Asiatic Theater
1934Th Airways and Air Communications
Kinchey Air Force Base
Bermuda
Man Injures Self With Crow Bar At Home
COLUMBUS AP Harold Allard age 33 was hit on the head by a crow bar while pulling a nail in a door. He suffered a possible skull fracture and is reported in fairly good condition at Grant hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harold Allard
Grant Hospital
Allard
Charter Study Session Set For Next Week
Middletown Charter Revision Committee plans a meeting with the City Commission next week, chairman Elliott D. Levey says. The 40-member group, drawn from fraternal and service groups, trades, merchants and professionals, previously proposed revisions and will be contacted to set a date. A commission meeting with the committee was requested in a letter from city attorney Fred J. Schatzmann, under direction of Commission chairman Marvin D. Clark, following a league meeting with voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Elliott D. Levey
Levey
Commission
Fred J. Schatzmann
Marvin D. Clark
League of Women Voters
Births at Hospital and Vital Statistics Notice
Vital statistics list names and ages including Mrs. Bonnie Alexander 59 Miss Margaret Gooman 86 Charles Beatty 73 Clarence Powell 69 Glenn Fisher 50 with addresses. Births at hospital record two newborn boys for Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Earl 1335 Avalon Dr and Mr. and Mrs. James Moore 1107 Ellen Dr born Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Alexander
Garfield St
Margaret Gooman
Miamisburg
Charles A. Beatty
Hamilton
Clarence Powell
Franklin Glenn Fisher
Trenton
Daniel Earl
Avalon
James Moorehead
Ellen
Marriage Licenses Listed From Hamilton Middlesex Area
Several couples from Hamilton and Middletown appear for marriage licenses. Gene D Smith 21 student and Glenna J Couch 20 of Hamilton. Edward Rathgens 21 care maker and Edith Hampton 21 employee of American Blue Print Company of Hamilton. Michael Riegert Jr 22 upholsterer and Mary Dolores Conrad 20 office worker of Hamilton. Gilbert J Rivers 24 draftsman 10 McKinley St and Ruth Marilyn Adams 21 office clerk Bundy apartments of Middletown. George W Helton 41 store tender and Rose Hall 46 of James W Day 28 press operator 618 Cleveland St and Billie Mae Sears 20 switchboard operator 1723 Carolina St of Middletown. Charles R Lanson 22 paper worker 3114 Yankee Rd and Joan Betty Kalbaugh 19 clerk 1400 Grove St of Middletown. Roy W Fitzgerald 29 press operator Hamilton and Hazel Hamilton 20 Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene D. Smith
Glenna J. Couch
Hamilton
Edward Rathgens
Edith Hampton
American Blue Print Company
Employe
Michael Riegert, Jr
Mary Dolores Conrad
Gilbert J. Rivers
McKinley St
Ruth Marilyn Adams
Bundy
Middletown
George W. Helton
Rose Hall
James W. Day
Cleveland St
Billie Mae Sears
Carolina St
Charles R. Lanson
Yankee Rd
Joan Betty Kalbaugh
Grove St
Roy W. Fitzgerald
Hazel
Oxford
Hospital Admissions Noted For Local Residents
In The Hospital Norma Jane and Thomas Mc Guire children of Mrs May McGuire of Woodlawn Ave. undergo surgical procedures. Richard Horn son of Mr and Mrs Hubert Horn of Yankee Rd. undergoes surgery. Mrs William Spensel of Webster St. is listed as medical. Mrs Harlan Hedger of Gratis is listed as medical. Mrs Carl Berry of Middletown Route 1 medical. Larry Hasty son of Mr and …
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Jane
Thomas McGuire
May McGuire
Woodlawn Ave
Richard Horn
Hubert Horn
Yankee Rd
William Spensel
Webster St
Harlan Hedger
Gratis
Carl Berry
Middletown
Larry Hasty
Uniform Municipal Court Law Approved By House Committee
The uniform Municipal Court law won House committee approval in the Ohio Legislature. It would place 39 municipal courts plus nine new ones under one law, with minimum judge salaries and local flexibility. The bill expands money-value jurisdiction to 2000 and creates new courts in Ashland Cambridge Delaware Greenville Lancaster Mount Vernon Washington C Court House Coshocton and Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Ohio
Middletown
Associated Press
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Cincinnati
Loveland
Harrison
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Ashland
Cambridge
Delaware
Greenville
Lancaster
Mount Vernon
Washington Court House
Coshocton
Sidney
Citizens Committee Honors E A Emerson for leadership
The Middletown Citizens Committee presented honorary chairman Earl A. Emerson, president of Armco International, with a parchment scroll. The 46-signature tribute followed Emersons role in pushing world peace via a strengthened UN and his testimony before Senate panels on the North Atlantic Pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Emerson
Washington Senate
Vandenburg
Middletown Group
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Board Awaited on Water Works Plans in Columbus
City officials awaited a state health board decision on proposed water works improvements sent for approval in Columbus. The $1.5 million project may be discussed when all members attend. Commissioner Carmody will miss tonight’s session due to a Bethel A M E Church district conference. Bonds for a $20,000 Firemen’s Pension Fund and 20 garbage disposal bonds will be arranged in tonight’s legislation. A 202-page, $80,000 survey of sidewalk, curb and gutter repairs west of the Big Four tracks will be delivered to the City Commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Columbus Od
Francis Carmody
Carmody
Bethel A. M. E
Columbia Ave
Engineering Department of
Camera Club Meeting Prominent Local Figures Listed
A special Mid dletown Camera Club meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Art Studio above the Corner Men's Shop. The notice also lists members and attendees including Mrs W E Hasty Gideon Rd Mrs Billy Moore Franklin Route 1 Fred Abner Franklin Route 1 Mrs Kelly Johnson West Middletown Mrs Robert Hutson Bexley Dr DISMISSED Thomas Welsh North Tathas Ge MENTS Whe Mrs Frank Nugent Franklin Mrs Glen Thuney Lebanon Robert Hollar son of Mr and Mrs Lee Hollar Trenton Arthur Casper son of Mr and Mrs Isador Casper Fleming Rd Mrs Nettie McGee Somer ville Route 1 Miss Irene Russell Young St Mrs Pearl Shaffer Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camera Club
Middletown Camera Club
W. E. Hasty
Gideon Rd
Billy Moore
Franklin
Fred Abner
Kelly Johnson
West Middletown
Robert Hutson
Bexley Dr
Glen Thuney
Lebanon
Robert Hollar
Lee Hollar
Trenton
Arthur Casper
Isador Casper
Fleming Rd
Nettie McGee
Somerville
Irene Russell
Young St
Pearl Shaffer
Rabbi Marcus Elected President in Cincinnati Meeting
Dr. Jacob R. Marcus of Cincinnati was elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis last night. The report notes Columbus discovery in 1492 and says about 40 billion dollars in gold has been mined since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bretton Woods
N. H
Jacob R. Marcus
Cincinnati
Central Conference of American Rabbis
America
Nine-Year-Old Drowns In Great Miami River
A nine year old boy drowned while wading with family above Hamilton in the Great Miami River near Four Mile Creek. Logan Glenn of Fairfield Township stepped into a 15 foot hole and vanished at about 7 p.m. Rescue crews found the body 200 yards west of a bridge using grappling hooks. Survived by mother Irene Carter stepfather and sister Carolyn with two stepbrothers and grandmother Mrs. Leslie Glenn of Laurel Indiana.
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Hamilton
Miam
Logan Glenn
Homewood Addition
Fairfield
Butler County
Four Mile Creek
Virginia Buttery
Carolyn
Howard Harrison
Gilbert Proffitt
Proffitt
Henry Collins
New Miami
Louis Fritz
al Mathata
Adrian Peters
North Third St
Extension Bridge
Irene Carter
Leslie Glenn
Laurel
Ind
Paper Workers Hold Election in Local 112 Meeting
The annual election of officers was held by Local 112 C. I. O. United Paperworkers of America at 1836 Central Ave. Aaron Fields was reelected president and Arthur Huffman renamed vice president. John Eichhorn elected financial secretary with Price Fletcher recording secretary Ben Link trustee Sidney Frisby ser-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Paperworkers of America
Central Ave
Aaron Fields
Arthur Huffman
John Eichhorn
Price Fletcher
Ben Link
Sidney Frisby
Ser
YMCA Youngsters To Tour Ice Plant
YMCA Boys' Division Summer Fun Club members will tour Middletown Ice and Coal Company Thursday. About 76 boys and friends attended a Sorg Paper Company tour yesterday led by George Bryan with Sorg staff. Supervisors include Harriet Braak, Dale Little, Tim McCoy and Tom Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
YMCA
Middletown Ice and Coal Company
Sorg Paper Company
George Bryan
Sorg
Harold Osborne
Robert Driscoll
Frank Montgomery
Charles Hill
John Ferguson
Frank Hoffman
Harriet Braak
Boys
Dale Little
Tim McCoy
Tom Green
Local council reveals members of negotiating committee
The assembly lists a negotiating committee with Clay Lansdale Brooks Wright James Lewis Dave Spencer and Carl Snowden. The group plans and a number of guests attend the meeting as part of the “People of the Cumberland” event.
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Eant-At-Arms
Clay Lansdale
Brooks Wright
James Lewis
Dave Spencer
Carl Snowden
Ares
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Vernon
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Mr. Smith
Merrill Henriedd
New Albany
Squire Lewis Bolser
Alfred H. Tate
Tate
Route 4
Cigart’s Rd
le Sourdsville
Lloyd Spivey
Spivey
Herbert Jackson
Jackson
Welch
Washag Court House
Citizens Committee Honors
E. A. Emerson
Thomas Welsh
North Tathas
Frank Nugent
Frank
Great
Miami River
Greathouse
Nunn-Bush Shoes
Middletown Federal
Savings & Loan
Main & Central
John Dobrozsi, Jr
Central Dial
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