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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1954
Page
6
Dorothy Sams writes of Earle R. Seidner as a devoted school administrator who reorganized salaries, boosted education and community involvement. Seidner, praised for leadership, died suddenly March 13, ending chances for the honorary award from the National Secretaries Assn.
Miss Wilhelmina McLane presents students from preschool juvenile and intermediate groups in a public recital series at the Girls' Club auditorium. Preschool and juvenile groups perform at 3 pm followed by the intermediate group at 4 pm.
A post nuptial shower in honor of Mrs Jack Sprinkles, the former Miss Mary R Mack, a March 15 bride, was given Monday evening by Miss Wanda Johnson at her home on Poinciana Road. Game winners were Mrs Eddie Ortoff, Mrs Elmer Homan and Miss Pat Goonan. Also present were Miss Donna Fleming, Mrs Charles Williams, Mrs George Johnson, Mrs Joseph Peters, Mrs James Lowry, Miss Barbara Gross, Miss Mary Ann Hamilton and Mrs Roy Walton of Hamilton.
The engagement of Barbara Jean Wilson to Columbus Goff Jr. is announced. Parents Rev and Mrs A M Wilson of Trenton object. Bride elect Barbara Jean Wilson, a Tren High School graduate, works for Butler County Agricultural Society in Hamilton. Goff Jr. graduated Lemon-Monroe High School and works for Armco Steel. A wedding date is set.
Miss Quana Parker of Alamo Road and her brother James Parker left yesterday for Washington D C to spend a week of spring vacation with Miss Pietmiele and Riemsburger at the Swiss legation. Mrs. E L Myers returns home from Fort Lauderdale after a month away.
A fragment notes a price of 69 cents for 3 pounds of fresh ground product. No specific brand or seller is identified in the readable text.
Vital statistics list multiple births from Franklin and nearby areas. Mr and Mrs Samuel Dunn welcome a girl at 219 Oxford Rd Franklin. Mr and Mrs Raymond Harrison Jr welcome a boy in West Elkton. Mr and Mrs James Leffen welcome a girl at Franklin address 93 Maple Dr.. Mr and Mrs Thomas Sanders welcome a girl at 3118 Omaha St.. Mr and Mrs John Nolan welcome a boy at 1507 S Main St. Mr and Mrs James Morgan welcome a boy at 24 Forest Glen Dr. Paternal grandparents listed. out of town entries include Dayton Grandview Hospital birth and a London England born at AFB Hospital. Affected families and caregivers noted.
A long list of individuals from Erie Avenue to Frank lin and Cincinnati areas appears with patient statuses medical or surgical. Names include Mrs Raymond Myers Mrs Orpha Updike Mrs Henry Howard Mrs CharlesElsner Mrs Andrew Arkel Mrs Robert Hickey Mrs Linley Wetzel and many others. The entries note hospital affiliations and local addresses.
Monroe Elementary Mothers Club and LeSourdsville Mothers Club will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Monroe Elementary School where Joe Heck, Lemon Township school board president, will discuss the proposed Circle Four merger. First Baptist Church hosts Circle Four at 10 a.m. at Mrs. Edgar Pixkel simer’s home. Circle Six hosts at 8 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Mrs. Clarence Popp as hostess. Middletown War Mothers meet tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the American Legion auditorium. Ladies of Letter Carriers Auxiliary meet Friday at 7.36 p.m. at the Girls’ Club with hostesses Mrs. Harold Hannah, Mrs. Aldie Lloyd and Mrs. John Pendleton.
A traveling exhibit of photographs by famous photographers is on display at Presser Hall on the Western College campus. It illustrates Columbia University's bicentennial theme, Man's Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof. The show is loaned by Columbia and open to the public without charge through April 4.
Middletown Lodge No 5301 Loyal Order of Moose will initiate a class and name officers for the next year at the lodge meeting tomorrow night. Elections run 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a regular meeting to follow. Elected positions include governor junior warden prelate trustee and treasurer. Initiation led by the local lodge degree team under Albert Gehron.
Mrs. Lillian Ratliff 32 of 3411 Jewell Street Dixie Heights died 10 05 p m Tuesday at Middletown Hospital after a three month illness. A native of Harlan Kentucky she was formerly employed by Eversharp Corp. Survived by husband Willard two sons Stephen and Randy Ray a daughter Jean and sister Quentina Hosking of Franklin. Funeral 2 p m Friday at McCoy Lefler Funeral Home with Rev Clifton Hutchinson officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitations Thursday 2 5 and 7 10 p m at the funeral home.
Dr. Marvin J. Peterson 51, former economics professor at Miami University and University of Cincinnati, and longtime faculty member, died Sunday in Minneapolis. He served as research director for the Federal Reserve Bank there after resigning from Miami in 1948. He lectured at Cincinnati’s evening college and farmed revitalization projects in Iowa and Minnesota. Funeral services were to be held in Minneapolis the following day.
Joe Caudill 32 of 3740 South Ave Williamsdale will have services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Cherry Valley United Baptist Church. Jacob Horning 83 of 4091 Millikin Rd will have services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Griesmer Grim Funeral Home.
The Chamber of Commerce prepares for its annual dinner with a committee led by J D Sawyer meeting tomorrow at noon in the Manchester Hotel conference room. They will solicit industrial leaders for speaker recommendations aiming for a speaker as notable as Dean Clarence Manion who spoke at last year’s event.
James C. Hager an 81-year-old painting contractor who married last May won a divorce after testifying his wife 59 treated him meaner than the chickens. He said she knocked his pipe from his mouth slapped his face and pulled off his spectacles. Tole Parkerton ruled that was grounds for divorce.
An engineer named B L Patterson believed he was on the main line when his train ran off the end of a spur near Shoshone Idaho. The derailed train struck an automobile which bounced into another car and then struck a pickup truck, preventing the train from reaching the Shoshone depot. The incident caused a chain of minor collisions but no critical injuries were reported.
Elevators in the Federal Building in St Louis stop automatically on the second floor whether anyone is waiting. Operators reported the issue yesterday and mechanics have not identified the cause. Tax payments on that floor were noted as a possible reason for a habit forming stop.
In a brief Municipal Court session Judge J. T. Lamb disposed of two cases. Glenn Cox, 33, of West Liberty Kentucky, was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in Butler County jail, suspended if he leaves the city by 11 a.m. today. Cox was arrested by Officer James Staton on Clinton Street and Central Avenue for vagrancy after a man found him seated in a car going through a glove compartment. He said he was headed to Newport from Detroit after losing his job. Mable Reed, 47, of 1600 Garfield Street, was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 10 days in county jail on an assault and battery charge, suspended on condition of good behavior after a fight on 9th Avenue.
Local recruiting officer T Stt Marvin R Hedrick announced five area men enlisting in the Air Force and two in the Army. Raymond Lee Brewer of 210 Van derveer St was sent to Chanute AFB Il for aviation cadet training. Kenneth D Stewart 2201 Hill Ave Donald Little Germantown Rt1 and Thomas B Kirby Jr 20 N River St Franklin were sent to Sampson AFB NY for four years of service. Paul A Tharp Trenton Rt1 was assigned to Wright Patterson AFB. Robert G Banks and William T Centers 510 Oxford State Rd were sent to Ft Knox KY for three year enlistments.
About $500 damage reported at Reedy's Body Shop on Manhattan Street after an overheated oil stove ignited. Firemen said operator William Reedy runs the shop. A second fire at Henry Riesz's home on Lylburn Road caused about $20 in damages from an oil stove explosion.
Washington reports February strikes at a five year low. Bureau of Labor Statistics cites 350 strikes involving 100000 workers and 750000 man days idle, down from January’s 400 strikes with 150000 workers and one million idled days.
Elder William Neal of New York City speaks at revival services in progress at Bethlehem Temple York and Young Streets starting at 8 o'clock each evening. Special Bible instruction by Elder Neal at 3 p.m. Sunday. Reverend Abraham Swanson and Cincinnati congregation conduct services at Holiness Tabernacle of the Universe 1200 Garfield Ave 7:30 p.m. Thursday led by Mrs Willie Kilgore.
Dr. Edmund F. Richardson of Hollywood will speak at the Miami Valley Society of Optometrists dinner meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Van Cleve Hotel Dayton.
Investigators traced a sudden wave of pollution in the Great Miami River moving upstream from Cincinnati toward Middletown. The black tide killed numerous catfish, crappies, bass, and other species, with thousands more at risk as fish gasped at the surface and fled to tributaries. Officials cited possible causes including sewage buildup after droughts and a potential discharge from a manufacturing plant as water flow rose. Police and wildlife leaders called the river now black and oily, urging action to identify and halt the source.
Early yesterday morning two school buses were bumped by cars on state roads but no passengers were hurt, per the highway patrol. On Shartz Road near Franklin Franklin Rt. 2 driver Leonard R. Davis collided with George L. Taylor’s car. minor damage to both vehicles. A Clear Creek bus on Rt. 741 near Springboro was sideswiped by Troy Cox’s car. considerable damage to the car and bus.
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