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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1948
Page
12
Howard L. Shaeffer, personal property assessor, will be available to aid in listings from March 23 to 31 at Shaeffer's grain elevator in Seven Mile. Hours every day except Sunday. Contact via Hamilton 3-361 or at his residence 2-851. announcement through Butler County auditor R. H. Smith.
Stark County Republican group endorsed Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the GOP presidential nomination. Harold Stassen challenges Taft for delegates in the same congressional district.
Pickaway County delegation won a promise from the State conservation division for rapid action on the Hargus Creek Lake project. The commission earmarked 90 000 dollars to supplement 150 000 dollars from the 1947 legislature, with total project cost near 240 000 dollars. Construction would create an earth dam two miles northeast of Circleville to form a 160 acre recreational lake serving several central Ohio communities. The state board of control was expected to release 50 000 dollars to start work, land options totaling about 34 000 dollars were in hand, and dam construction was slated to begin this summer with completion hoped for 1949. Money from spring fishing licenses would finance the state share.
A father argues that modern child fare from movies to comics has both positive and negative potential. He cites the value of serials like The Perils of Pauline, Prince Valiant, Dick’s Adventures, and Bible programs, while noting parental involvement shapes a child’s discernment amidst growing media choices. The piece also salutes shared family discussion over tempting content and reflects on government cattle and sheep statistics from 1934. A separate legal notice announces the estate administratrix appointment of Mabel R. Curry for Anthony Faifer with a four month claims deadline.
In Common Pleas Court Judge Fred B. Cramer granted a restraining order at the eleventh hour stopping a scheduled sheriff's sale. The action stemmed from a judgment suit by William and Bertha Chaney against Harold F. Sengers and others. Property includes 148.4 acres in Ross Township valued at 23000 dollars along with hay cattle corn cement blocks and farm equipment.
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