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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1951

Page

2

Middletown to Get Top Share of $600000 Armory Funds

Ohio State Board of Control approved 600000 for four armories including Middletown Lebanon Portsmouth and Painesville to be matched with federal funds Middletown likely to receive 250000 for a three unit armory on a five acre site near Veterans Village Armco Steel donated the site with the old armory destroyed by fire last March 18.

Middletown Ohio State Board of Control National Guard Lebanon Portsmouth Painesville 98Th General Assembly Kenneth Cooper Leo N. Kreber Ohio Adjutant General The Journal Today Cooper Adjutant General's Office Attorney East End Field Ohio National Guard Motor Pool Civic Trust James Sexton Cedric Stanley Fowler Sweet Lausche Board of Control House Senate Veterans’ Village Armco Steel Corporation Smith Farm Bavarian Brewing Co., Inc Covington, Ky

Memorial Entrance Planned for Barnitz Field Stadium

The Barnitz Field memorial entrance will be built by Broughton Construction for a bid of 17 539 dollars. The entry will reflect Williamsburg Virginia architecture with brick piers tile roof and wing walls and will sit about 30 feet back from the street. Commencement exercises are slated for May 31 at the new 10 000 seat stadium.

Barnitz Field Stadium Broughton Construction Company Ross H. Snyder Board of Education Williamsburg Snyder Nell Barnitz W. O. Barnitz Barnitz Broughton

Bake Sale by Taxis Society at First Presbyterian

The Taxis Society of the First Presbyterian Church sponsors a bake sale on Saturday March 24 from 8 am to 12 noon. It will be held in the storeroom that previously housed the Noland Camera Shop on Central Ave.

the Taxis Society of the First Presbyterian Church Central Ave

Bus Crash North of Hamilton Dips Car Upset. No Injuries

A bus carrying Nime passengers and two in a car escaped injuries in a Route 4 accident near Milliken Road north of Hamilton. Edward Centers Jr 24 Ottawa Street Oneida drove the car which overturned after sideswiping Floyd Stitzel 39 Hayes Avenue Hamilton. Centers said he was talking to his brother Sexton 18 at the time.

Nime Hamilton Milliken Rd Edward Centers, Jr Ottawa St Oneida Floyd Stitzel Hayes Ave Richard Schultheiss al Mahatha A. N Peters Centers Sexton Dayton

Saturday Green Ties and Bock Beer Herald Spring

Bright green ties and dark brown beer signal spring as Irishmen wear green for St Patrick's Day and drinkers sip bock beer called the spring tonic. A state law bans back beer sales to retailers before March 12 and forbids sales from January 1 to March 17, so Middletown taverns await tomorrow.

Middletown

Deer Walks by Clubhouse as Woods Delays Camera

Bob Woods of the Sportsmen's Club watched a buck and a doe stroll through the night near the clubhouse. He tried to photograph them with his last film, then the pair moved off into the southeast woods. Earlier he had shot Club President Adrian Smallwood fishing at the club lake.

Bob Woods Sportsmen’s Club Woods Adrian Smallwood

Former Worker Hero Killed in Korea

William Wiley Coffee 19, of the Seventh Infantry Third Division, reported killed in action in Korea on February 13. A native of Ashland Kentucky, he lived in Dayton before service and worked in an Middletown auto repair shop with his aunt Rosa Whitt at 100 Park Street. He entered the service in May 1950. his parents Mr and Mrs Wiley Coffee live in Ashland.

William Wiley Coffee Seventh Infantry Korea Coffee Dayton Middletown Rosa Whitt Park St Ashland Wiley Coffee

Eversharp Declares Quarterly Dividend

Eversharp Inc declared a quarterly dividend of 35 cents per common share payable May 2 to stockholders of record April 11. The firm paid 25 cents in previous quarters.

Eversharp, Inc

Two Men Sentenced In Juvenile Court Here

In Cincinnati Judge Oscar R Leiser sentenced George Childs 238 of Peast town to one year in the Work house for contributing to the delinquency of a 14 year old girl with a $1000 fine. Roy Tibbs with no address received a one year term for non-support of seven of his nine children. A 17 year old youth involved in a car theft from a Middletown dealer, later wrecked in Kentucky, was turned over to military authorities and is AWOL.

Cincinnati Oscar R Leiser George Childs Peasttown Roy Tibbs Middletown Kentucky

Old Meters Depart For Spare Parts In Cincinnati

The last of the old parking meters were loaded onto a three quarter ton truck and sent south. Cincinnati traffic officials paid 750 for 252 meters to be scrapped for spare parts as the city recently bought 450 new meters in January.

Cincinnati

School and home break-ins reported on Garfield School area

Two break-ins were logged yesterday. Garfield School on Yankee Road had a broken east window with 10 desks and a teacher's desk ransacked while the principal's desk was rifled but nothing taken. The home of O. J. Hileman on Wilbraham Road was entered and ransacked. two other nearby homes are suspected to share the same intruders.

Garfield School Yankee Rd O. J. Hileman Wilbraham Rd J. J. Hileman Hamilton Florida

Detroit Teen In Serious Condition After Route 27 Crash

A 16 year old Detroit resident remains in serious condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a crash on Route 27 near Millville that killed 35 year old Leslie Collins, also of Detroit. Two others injured, Margaret Davis 24 and James Collins 21, were treated and released. Mrs Daniels suffered a skull fracture as the group headed to Alabama to visit relatives. Collins death marked the county s sixth traffic fatality.

Detroit Mercy Hospital Hamilton Mary Sue Daniels Millville Leslie S. Collins Margaret Davis James Collins Daniels Alabama Collins

At The Movies Friday and Saturday Showings

Paramount screens The Man Who Cheated Himself at 1 30 4 15 7 05 and 9 50 p m plus Between Midnight and Dawn at 2 50 5 40 and 8 30 p m Strand offers Bunco Squad at 2 25 5 00 7 35 and 10 15 p m plus Dynamite Pass at 1 15 3 50 6 25 and 9 05 p m Saturday Bunco Squad 2 15 5 20 8 00 and 10 35 p m Dynamite Pass 3 30 6 35 9 10 p m Colonial shows Somerset Maughman s Trio at 1 15 4 40 6 30 8 15 and 9 50 p m.

Paramount Bunco Sommmerset Maughmans

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