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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1949

Page

8

Third Minstrel Show Presented by First Baptist Church

The Loyal Men's Class of the First Baptist Church presented the third annual Minstrel titled The Mealtime Minstrel in a restaurant setting last evening. Cast of 37 featured Don Keffer as head waiter, endmen included Chester McCutcheon Harold Brooks Virgil Gossett and Harlan Jar vis. Arthur Richardson earned two encores for bone playing. solos by Dick Gray Leroy Keffer Charles Egleston and Mrs Earl Whitt and Mrs Richard Gray. Kiwanis Quartet and a Ladies Triple Trio performed. skits A New Maid and De Doctor staged by Mrs James Fagan Mrs Virgil Gossett and Harold Brooks.

Loyal Men's First Baptist Church Don Keffer Chester McCutcheon Harold Brooks Virgil Gossett Harlan Jarvis Arthur Richardson Dick Gray Leroy Keffer Charles Egleston Earl Whitt Richard Gray Kiwanis James Fagan

New Parking Meters To Be Added In Middletown

City Commissioners meet with five present to approve East Central Ave meters and eliminate Broad St angle parking. They hire L Segoe for a $16,000 planning survey, deed Barnitz Field land to Middletown School, hire staff, and approve new street markers and disposal plans. Debate includes bids for professional services and water service refusals for Dixie Heights.

East Central Ave Broad St L. Segoe Cincinnati Barnitz Field Middletown Robert A. Gibbs Francis Carmody Marvin D. Clark Carmody Clark Segoe City Planning Commission Fred J. Schatzmann Commission Charles B. Stiles Ross Hill Great Miami River Schatzmann Baltimore St Middletown Sand and Gravel Company Grote Manufacturing Company Dixie Heights C. F. Myers Shelly and Jewel Srs Robert Trimble Wendell Cox Police Department Cascade Lakes West Middletown Planning Commission

Jefferson PTA plans lawn fete committee list read

Jefferson School PTA named committees for the May 20 lawn fete after yesterday’s meeting. Publicity chair Chester Wendt, grounds crew including Robert Easton and Otto Long, and entertainment and supplies teams were announced along with numerous other volunteers. Reverend J Parr spoke on Religion and the School and Mary Sulfsted played piano selections then refreshments followed.

Jefferson School Jefferson School Pta Chester Wendt Robert Easton Otto Long John Rice Joe Heffner Robert Roberts Homer Boxwell Ernest Peach J. T. Hardwick Glenn Ellison J. E. Baltzell A. R. Totten C. E. Murphy Lloyd Sink Hubert Hyde Eugene McGraw Kenneth Giltrow Kenneth Lowe Howard Green Roy Davies John Flory Robert Campbell Elgin Storey Henry Jones Adrian Brooks Leonard Kahny Eugene Smith S. M. Gross Marguerite Wallace Clarence Wood Alvin Bell Scott Cooley Harry Campbell Robert Crawford Delbert Mann Richard Grubbs Gertrude Waddle J. Parr The Baptist Church Mary Sulfsted

Explosion and Fire Ravage Timken Roller Bearing Office

An explosion followed by fire ripped two floors of the Timken Roller Bearing Company office building in Canton Ohio. Firemen estimate losses around 100000 dollars. Technician William C. Schroeter was rescued from the third floor metallurgical laboratory. All other 175 employees had left earlier. Cause of the Micro Photography Laboratory blast was not determined. vice-president John Fick called the damage likely high.

Canton, O Timken Roller Bearing Company William C. Schroeter John Fick Steel and Tube

Commissioners Allow Trenton Road Underpass Project

Butler County commissioners on Wednesday granted permission to American Materials Corporation of New Miami to construct an underpass under Trenton Road. The link will connect two tracts near the plant, located 100 feet east of Williamsdale village boundary. The applicants agreed to proceed with the project.

Butler County Commissioners American Materials Corporation New Miami Trenton Road Williamsdale

Temporary detour through field as underpass concrete works

A temporary detour route through a field will guide traffic around an underpass whose concrete construction is underway. The alignment directs vehicles away from the active work zone while crews install the new underpass infrastructure.

Ray Bish Named Tiffin Milk Inspector

Ray C. Bish, former Dayton milk inspector, is appointed to the same post in Tiffin. He previously served as an assistant in dairy products marketing for the Federal Bureau of Markets in Washington. There are 1,013 gas utility companies in the United States.

Rip van Winkle Catskill Mountains Joseph Jefferson C. T. Webber Rip Wiedemann United States

Bootleg Labels Flawed by Truth Shy Tokyo Vendors

AP reports U S Army investigators found a bottle with a Kingheather label claiming Philadelphia origin and 1484 fame. Other bootleggers paste old ads on bottles or counterfeit labels but fill bottles with liquids other than whisky.

Tokyo U. S. Army Criminal Investigation Philadelphia

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