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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1949
Page
4
Police reported multiple break-ins in Cincinnati including Lincoln School Sherman School buildings and the First Church of God at Crawford and Logan. A pocket watch chain and two knives were stolen from the church. desks at the ransacked schools may reveal losses Monday. Entry varied from a basement window to a cafe area doorway forced with rocks.
A full evening’s entertainment is planned for the YMCA coed dance tonight at 9 pm in the boys lobby. Admission is free and no escort is required, open to all over high school age. Co chairs Miss Doris Mendenhall and Dale Constiner.
Four Middletown High School students Ray Root Robert Moore Thomas Strait and William Wiley travel with instructor Florence Powell to Columbus Ohio for the state high school speech finals at Ohio State University. They qualified by winning the Southwestern District regional at Cincinnati. Preliminary rounds were held yesterday and finalists announced this afternoon. First place in each division earns eligibility for a national contest in spring. trophies medals awarded.
Emergency squad from Mid Delta town Fire Department rushed to the Paramount Theater at 9 44 p m Friday after a man collapsed while walking up an aisle. Norman Higham of 1939 Wilbraham Road reportedly regained consciousness before arrival. Higham sustained a cut lip.
Dr. L. C. Neer health commissioner and charter Optimist member was chosen to lead club activities for the coming year at a Friday noon Manchester Hotel meeting. He succeeds John Johnston, with Jack Casper as vice president, Charles Schuman as secretary treasurer, and Carl Lipton sergeant at arms. Retiring officers include Johnston, Richard Keiser, and Richard Fitzgerald. Donald Miller and Charles Fleishman were elected to the Board of Directors, joined by current officers and past president William Erb and David Fuller. Middletown’s Fuller and Erb performed a 15 minute skit and Casper served as program chairman.
Several hundred applications for Blue Cross membership have been received during an open period conducted by Hospital Care Corporation. The plan closes Monday March 21 for self employed and small firms with fewer than five workers. There is no age limit or money required with the application. New members will be billed about May 1. No paid Blue Cross representative is in the city. volunteers run the drive.
A 1949 Lent devotional by George Miles Gibson for the Federal Council urges confronting death through Christ. It contrasts worldly happiness with redemptive suffering, citing Peter and Satan, and calls readers to pray humbly before the cross seeking Christ who endured for humanity.
Weekend cinema listings feature Paramount with Saturday and Sunday schedules. Dennis Morgan Dorothy Malone and Alan Ladd lead daily screenings at multiple times. Strand presents Marshall of Amarillo Angel of the Amazon and Racing Luck with noted casts and varied showings across Saturday and Sunday.
Police reported two minor accidents Friday in the city. At 5 30 p m a collision near 1209 Central Ave caused 150 in damage when Wilbur Leslie 28 of 1120 Baltimore St stopped in traffic and David Naegelen 24 of 1733 Central Ave hit his rear. Naegelen said his foot slipped from the brake. Earlier, Hubert Brandenburg 25 of 608 Crawford St collided with Sherman Lindsay 51 of Trenton at Garfield and Central Ave after Lindsay pulled onto Central causing 30 in damage.
Black Little and Wilbur Price were made Knights in the Knights of Pythias. Glenn Perry presided as Master of Work with a degree team including J F Winkleman Byron France R Cummingham Elza Abraham Rom Coddington Earl Coddington Charles Witner A E Duvall H Knepshield H Harris Max Wise C W Davis H Smith Marvin Holliday and Woodrow Wilkinson. LaFayette Lodge was visited by a group from Waverly Lodge Eaton with L Moserage R Santro J Gallimore Byron France L Fortell H Grassler H Hurlbert and Dr R H Spitler. The gathering heard a Middletown Hamilton basketball game and enjoyed a social after the degree work.
Ralph H. P. Bolinder, 23, of Middletown Route 1, had his license suspended six months and was fined 100 dollars and costs after running two red lights and riding a curb on Columbia Ave. In separate Municipal Court action, Rose Mary Hudson, 42, of Cincinnati, received a suspended 30 day sentence in the Butler County Workhouse and was ordered to leave town after loitering charges.
A list of 10 30 A M stock quotations featuring Greene Brock Allied Stores American Cannons Armco Bethlehem Steel General Motors General Electric United Aircraft Westinghouse and other major names. The column notes current prices and tickers in a dense market snapshot. During the Civil War, aluminum was considered a precious metal.
Police hunt an armed robber described as dark complexioned about 22 to 23 years old, 170 pounds, wearing a hat and a grey three quarter length coat. Thomas Chester, 54, of Decker Road, reported he was robbed of $15, his car title and his driver’s license near First Avenue Grill late Thursday night.
Lawrence Sparks and Dan Stacey of Lebanon were arraigned before Mayor Robert King on auto theft charges and bound over to the grand jury under $2,000 bonds each. Arrested after a three mile chase east of town, they drove a Mulford truck and were employed by Hewett P. Mulford and Company. Police Chief Fulberth said both are on parole for auto theft.
The Cincinnati Dental Society hosts a three day March Dental Clinic and Children's Dental Health Day at the Netherland Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati in March 2022. Nationally renowned dentists will conduct clinics and lectures on children's dentistry and discuss recent advances in dental care. Middletown participants include Dr. C. T. Bartholomai, Dr. H. T. Derivan, Dr. H. H. Douglas, Dr. D. E. Douglas, Dr. H. Harkrader, Dr. W. B. Ligett, Dr. S. F. Maurer, Dr. M. S. Mills, Dr J. D. Sarchet, and Dr. H. A. Sebald.
Speedy action frees rents from federal controls if local authorities ask. A two step plan would raise rents five per cent on October 1 and another five per cent next April 1, so long as no tenant pays more than 15 per cent above June 1947 levels. Sparkman argues the measure is fairer than a House provision. Senators Cain Brick er and Capehart seek amendments to the Senate version.
Lula Barry 72 widow of William J Barry died at Mercy Crest Home in Springfield at 2:30 p m She lived in Middletown most of her life and years ago ran the Barry Cafe on Main St Also with her husband they operated the U S Hotel dining room and the Chatterdine Restaurant She is survived by daughter Eva Alexander two sisters Edna Cramer Donna Ford and brother Clifford Lock Services at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral home pending word from Columbus Ohio daughter
Franklin-Clifford W. Smith 64, former Franklin resident, died at his Sacramento home. Born in Morrow County, he lived in Franklin 30 years before moving to California. Former Armco Steel employee and Methodist Church member. Survived by widow Effie, daughters Mary Ann Weber of Dayton and Ruth Marianos of Sacramento, three grandchildren, three sisters, and three brothers. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Robert Eaton Funeral Home. interment Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
TARENTUM Pennsylvania Charles Preston Howe 66 editor publisher Valley Daily News for 45 years founder and former president of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association. SOUTH ORANGE New Jersey Frank White Wilshire 75 vice president and director of the Dexter Matlock Corp coal exporters born in Cincinnati. LOUISVILLE Kentucky Rudy Sommers 62 former baseball pitcher with the Boston Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers born in Louisville.
Social Workers Club screened the color film Trees to Tribune depicting a tree’s journey from cut timber to a printed newspaper. Miss Helen Davis led as program chairman. Hugh Butler will chair the April 1 meeting at noon at the Manchester Hotel.
A chitterling dinner to aid the Second Baptist Missionary Society will be hosted at Rev. Mitchells home 828 Ninth Ave tonight. The community prayer band plans sunrise services at 6 am at the Second Baptist Church.
Springfield report says Jennings B. Helin, 52, of Norwood Ohio, was crushed to death when his tractor-trailer struck a Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad caboose at Route 42 crossing in South Charleston early today.
Hamilton Ohio AP Police Chief John A. Bippus said he warned cafe owners in Dippydale to maintain order or the state liquor board would be asked to revoke licenses. The action follows two robberies in the district last weekend.
British Bevin hailed the treaty as a most famous historical wonder while French Schuman called it an air shield against aggression. New York envoy Warren Austin said it aligns with the UN charter as eight nations negotiated including the United States Canada Britain France the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg with Norway joining talks late and others invited. Italy backed signing after a tumultuous session and Senate debate begins Monday. The 14 page 1040 word treaty set for possible signing around April 4 and awaits Senate ratification by two thirds. Changes in density of sonic jets can be measured without probes or flow disruption.
Clifford W. Smith aged 64 of Sacramento California and Lula Barry aged 72 of Springfield are listed in vital statistics records. The terse entry records ages and home locations with no additional details or dates provided.
Mr and Mrs Hawkins Germantown Route 2 welcomed a boy on Friday. Mr and Mrs Akres Fpane Route 1 welcomed a girl on Friday. Mr and Mrs Jones 157 Lawn Ave welcomed a girl on Friday. Mr and Mrs Norton 610 Fifteenth Ave welcomed a girl on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Martin Burbank St welcomed a boy on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Knorr 1314 First Ave welcomed a boy on Saturday. Mr and Mrs McCluskey 706 Seventeenth Ave welcomed a boy on Friday.
In The Hospital Mrs Glenn Taylor of Howard Ave medical. Mrs William Harrison of Jewell St medical. Mrs Mary Reed of Central Alfred Hall of Highland St surgery. Mrs Johnson Turner of Plum St Luther Stacy of Baltimore St and William Mack of Grand ve. Mrs Charles Lehman of Christel Ave John Kindred of Franklin. Mrs Clara Gebhart of Central Ave Mrs Silas Blake of Charles Mrs H L Gillespie of Hill Stephen Kalnai of North Sutphin St Charles McDowell of Park St Ethel and Edith Gephart twin daughters of Mr and Mrs James Gephart of Highland St.
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