Nelbar Underpass Bonds To Be Sold By June First
Middletown city plans the sale of the $450 000 Nelbar underpass bonds by June 1 as part of a $2 million package approved in 1945. City Attorney Fred J Schatzmann said advertising starts tomorrow, bonds dated June 1, 20 year terms save on interest, and the underpass aims to ease traffic and aid fire protection for East End and Wildwood areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J.schatzmann
Schatzmann
Middletown
Wildwood
East End
Middletown Safety Council to Meet and Plan 1949
The Commercial Vehicle Division will assemble on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Civic Association. Sim Tutt will preside as chairman and appoint a vice chairman as the council sets its 1949 program. A School Patrol meeting follows Thursday to review lecture courses.
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Middletown Safety Council
Civic Association
Paul E. Wilson
Sim Tutt
Chaiman
Wilson
Safety Council
The
Jaycee Bosses Night Scheduled With Hap Chandler
The Jaycee Bosses Night at the Manchester Hotel features A. B. Happy Chandler, baseball commissioner, speaking shortly after a Cincinnati conference with Leo Durocher. Leo Reinartz will receive an honorary life membership from Armco. Delbert Mann presents it. Robert Miles chairs. Paul Day is toastmaster. D G Driscoll speaks for Sorg Paper Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
Manchester
A. B
Happy
Chandler
Durocher
New York Giant
Leo Durocher
Cincinnati
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Leo F. Reinartz
Armco
Delbert Mann
Robert Miles
Paul J. Day
D. G. Driscoll
Sorg Paper Company
Committees Named for 1949 Memorial Day Observance
W. W. Gray reported appointment of committees for Middletown s Memorial Day observance to be held May 30. At the American Legion home, representatives from local patriotic groups set finance publicity flags program flowers cemetery transportation parade firing squad speaker music grave markers and other duties with leaders named from Ladies of the G A R Spanish War Auxiliary War Mothers VFW Auxiliary and more. Next meeting is Monday at 7 30 p m. all patriotic organizations urged to send delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Gray
American Legion
South Main St
Middletown
L. S. Owings
al Decatur
Earl Shea
Eileen Wardlow
Lawrence Dugan
Earl Mendenhall
Lyda Phillips
E. G. Schnieder
Velma Conrad
Florence Bennet
Zelma Smith
Dugan
Woodside
J. R. Cox
Curtis Powell
Howard A. Wilson
Stanley Crist
Wayne Smith
Calvary
Ann Brothers
John N. Smith
Dorothy Boyd
A. O. Harter
Mary Harlan
Nammie Fakes
Rosetta Combs
V.F.W
Norma Rhodes
Zelma Traylor
Georgia Fullen
Blythe Williams
Frank Mahone
George Wallace
Florence Bennett
S. A
Thomas Orr
Legion Home
Obituary for Myrtle Ismeurt from Middletown Hospital
Mrs Myrtle Ismeurt 71 died yesterday at Middletown Hospital services set for Wednesday at 2 p m McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev H H Jung will officiate interment Woodside Cemetery family hours today 2 5 and 7 10 p m She is survived by son Richard of Chicago grandchild four brothers Lawrence Dodson Dayton Harry Dodson Vess Dodson New Vienna Albert Dodson Hillsboro a sister Mrs Ruby McLaughlin Hillsboro
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Ismeurt
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
H. H. Jung
Woodside Cemetery
Richard
Chicago
Lawrence Dodson
Dayton
Harry Dodson
Vess Dodson
New Vienna
Albert Dodson
Hillsboro
Ruby McLaughlin
Robert Sprouse Rites Set for Local Resident
Services for 80 year old Robert Sprouse, retired farmer, who died at his home in Morrow, will be held Wednesday at 1 30 PM at Vaile funeral home in Morrow. Burial at Georgetown Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Alma, one son, one brother, and two stepsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Robert Sprouse
Morrow
Vaile
Georgetown
Alma
Lebanon farmer Hatfield 75 dies at home
Warren County farmer and mechanic Chester Hatfield 75 died at his birth home Monday from a heart attack. He was active in Masonic Lodge Bethany Church and the Farmers Club. Survivors include wife Eleanor and sister Carrie Russell of Lebanon. Last rites Thursday at Oswald Funeral Home with Rev. Chiles and Rev. Leek officiating. burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Chester Hatfield
Warren County
Hatfield
Masonic Lodge
Bethany Church
Farmers Club
Eleanor
Carrie Russell
Oswald Funeral Home
Paul Chiles
Cecil Leek
Lebanon Cemetery
Pfc H D Ratliff Dies on Okinawa in World War II
Pfc H Douglas Ratliff, 19, of Lebanon, killed June 21 1945 in Okinawa serving with the Sixth Marines. Funeral set for 9 am Saturday at St Malachy Church Morrow with burial at Morrow Cemetery. Survived by mother Bessie Ratliff two sisters Mildred Poppe Ruth Adams and five brothers Edward Dale Gerry Leo William all of Lebanon. Military rites by Morrow Veterans of Foreign Wars. Body at Vail Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
H. Douglas Ratliff
Okinawa
Sixth Marines
St. Malachy Church
Morrow
Ratliff
Armed Forces
Lebanon High School
Bessie Ratliff
Mildred Poppe
Ruth Adams
Kings Mills
Edward
Dale
Gerry
Leo
William
Morrow Cemetery
Morrow Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vail Funeral Home
Friends Pay Final Honors to PFC Perry Cook
Friends honor PFC Perry Cook 23 killed in action on Guam April 11 1943 with funeral rites and moment of silence. Local service members and family gather to remember his sacrifice and service in World War II.
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Pfc
Perry Cook
Guam
Deaths of Chester Hatfield and Others in Lebanon Morrow and Camden
Obituary notices list Chester Hatfield 75 of Lebanon Robert Sprouse 80 of Morrow and Mrs Sarah Jane Carr 50 of Camden. The brief death announcements provide ages and hometowns with no further details.
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Chester Hatfield
Lebanon
Robert Sprouse
Morrow
Sarah Jane Carr
Camden
Births at Hospital Reported for Several Families
Birth notices list seven new arrivals with parental names and addresses. A Crockee boy, Reed girl, Ingram boy, Ellis boy, Brandon boy, Williams girl, and Meae girl are noted across multiple households with days Monday or Tuesday indicated.
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Thomas Crockee
Yankee Rd
James _ Reed
Girard Ave
Claude Ingram
South Ave
Maynard Ellis
West Middletown
Omielee Brandon
Sycamore St
Robert Williams
Tytus Ave
Arthur Meae
Carolina St
Marriage Licenses Listed for Hamilton and Oxford Residents
Paul E Berger a 29 letter carrier Hamilton and Vera M Kramer 21 clerk Hamilton. John D Sheley 27 metallurgist Hamilton and Goldie P Dunlap 31 secretary Hamilton. Uncas Howard Jr 24 laborer Oxford and Elizabeth May Hileman 19 office worker Oxford. Paul M Finney 30 pipefitter West Middletown and Agnes M Tipton 22 clerk Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Berger
Hamilton
Vera M. Kramer
John Daniel Sheley
Goldie P. Dunlap
William G. Carpenter, Jr
Mabel Brown
Uncas Howard, Jr
Oxford
Elizabeth May Hileman
Paul M. Finney
West Middletown
Agnes M Tipton
South Wall St
Middletown
Surgical patients listed in local notices
A list of residents with surgeries and medical statuses appears, naming Mrs. John R. Allen, Mrs. Roy Hensley, Susan Ellen Curlis, Chris Mitsoff, William Lawson, Robert H. West, Mrs. Jacob Chamberlain, Mrs. Robert Sigg, Lawrence Wayne Deep, Joseph W. Pick, John Route 1, Lois Vance, Mrs. Lee Allen, Mrs. James L. Thorne, and Edward S. Gardner. Included are out of town transfers to Samaritan Hospital and Hamilton Mercy Hospital with surgical statuses noted for each.
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John R. Allen
Kunz Ave
Roy Hensley
Prospect Ave
Susan Ellen Curlis
Ralph Curlis
Howard Ave
Chris Mitsoff
Tytus Ave
William Lawson
West Middletown
Robert H. West
Park St
Jacob Chamberlain
Wayne Ave
Robert Sigg
North Sutphin St
Lawrence Wayne Deep
Edward S. Gardner
South Sutphin St
Hamilton Mercy Hospital
Mary Palmer
Cincinnati
Samaritan Hospital
Police Briefs and Local Arrests Reported
Gladys Pierce, 33, of 17 Garfield St., jailed on charges of discharging firearms in the city and assault and battery, released on a $700 bond to appear in Municipal Court tomorrow. James P. Lucas, 31, of 1705 Pershing Ave., charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence, arrested on Route 4. Authorities from Birmingham, Alabama, returned Willie Floyd Williams to that city for a fugitive warrant. Williams custody with his mother, Mrs. Troy Stacy, 224 Garfield St., survived by sister Mrs. Vercy Landis of Dayton. Military services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Joseph R. Baker and Son Funeral Home. body to be at the funeral home Wednesday at 10 a.m. for viewing until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Pierce
Garfield St
Grace Steele
Alice Milton
James P. Lucas
Pershing Ave
Bimingham
Ala
Willie Floyd Williams
Troy Stacy
Vercy Landis
Dayton
Joseph R. Baker and Son Funeral
Mrs Sarah J Carr Dies at 50 in Camden Residence
Mrs Sarah Jane Carr 50 died yesterday at 1 03 p m at her Camden Route 1 home. Survived by husband John H Carr Sr four sons John Jr and Robert Albert James all of Detroit Michigan and daughter Esther Mallow of Flat Rock Michigan. Arrangements handled by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Jane Carr
Camden
John H. Carr Sr
John Jr
Middletown
Robert
Albert
James
Detroit
Mich
Esther Mallow
Flat Rock
McCoy-Leffler
Floats Planned for American Day Parade May 15
Ten floats are set for the I Am An American Day Parade on May 15 with eight more likely to join. Eight industrial and two American Legion sponsored floats are confirmed, per a Legion committee meeting at the Legion home. The Industrial Council voted to finance eight floats and related expenses up to 3508, with several committees appointed to handle awards, publicity, speakers, and guest arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Home
American Legion
Gus Valen
Arthur Linkins
Joseph McLaughlin
Joseph Flanagan
James Axiotes
Sam McAdow
Sylvester Huser
D. B. Folger
E. A. Lampe
Richard A. Wilmer
Martin V. Coffee
Marvin D. Clark
Paul Fox
Edward Schmid, Jr
William Weith
Dan Campbell
L. Joe Bolles
Fred B. Cramer
L. T. Kenney
Hughes Garvin
Father
Commission Will Face Busy Docket This Week
City Commissioners anticipate a full agenda including possible appointments of Sergeants Fra zier and Blackmore and promotions for Moore Weaver Albert and Poling. Increases to Municipal Judge salary to 5900 yearly and raise for court reporter and bailiff are on the table with others possibly revisited. The annual 1948 activities report shows higher government costs but lower city tax rate since 1946, with notes on tax receipts and city debt. Robert Sullivan serves as prosecuting attorney amid rising Municipal Court caseload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Frazier
Joseph Blackmore
Sam Moore
Ernest Weaver
Joe Albert
Edward Poling
Fred J. Schatzmann
Schatzmann
General Department
Warren Primary Vote in Light Warren Primary Vote in Light
election officials reported a light vote as the Republican primary opened in Warren. Contests include mayor between Clarence F. Banker and William Fraser and council seats held by five incumbents with several new challengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Clarence F. Banker
Justice of the Peace
William Fraser
Trustee of Publi Affairs
Sam Kaufman
H. Fogle
George Krager
George Henkle
Mildred Mengle
Carl D. Stiles
Former gridder dies in Fremont at 68
A. Otto Bauman, a retired Army captain and former football star at Culver Military Academy and Amherst College, died in Fremont yesterday at age 68.
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Fremont
A. Otto Bauman
Culver Military Academy
Amherst College
Middletown City Briefs Meeting and Event Schedule
A sequence of local gatherings is listed: Fraternal Order of Eagles meets at 8 p.m. at the Hall, North Middletown Fire Association at 7 p.m. at the fire house on Manchester Rd, Cancer Clinic opens at 7 p.m. at Middletown Hospital, Middletown Co-Operative Club at 6:30 p.m. at the Manchester Hotel, Dixie Heights Improvement League at 8 p.m. at Maple Park School for officer elections, U.S. National Guard drills at 7 p.m. at the Barracks, Library Board at 7:30 p.m. at the library, Holy Trinity PTA at 6:30 p.m. at the school, Mayfield PTA officer election at 7:30 p.m. at the school, Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club at 8 p.m. in the Civic Association, Scriber’s Committee meeting at the Manchester Hotel, Ohio Valley Optical Society meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Manchester Hotel, and the ninth lecture in the Black Clawson series at 8 p.m. at the Shartle Brothers Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Heights Improvement League
Maple Park School
Evening meetings and club gatherings listed
Wednesday Order of Ahepa convenes at 8 p.m. at the YMCA. Miami Chapter of Ohio Society of Professional Engineers meets at noon at the Manchester Hotel. Blythe-Williams Post 231 House committee and executive board meet at 7:30 p.m. at the hall. Moose Club meets at 8 p.m. at the hall. Sherman Street School Grade Mothers meet at 1:30 p.m. at the school.
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YMCA
Miami
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Manchester Hotel
House Committee
Blythe-Williams Post 231
Sherman Street
Church of the Brethren to host annual fellowship supper
The Church of the Brethren will hold its annual fellowship supper at the church at 6 30 this evening.
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Church of the Brethren
Primary election day not in Butler County Ohio
Today is primary election day in Ohio but not in Butler County. Amendments once made it optional for villages to hold primaries for local offices. Butler County villages did not file candidacy petitions, so names will appear on November ballots by petition. Plan saves money and effort as Hamilton and Middletown eliminated primaries in municipal elections. Polls will not be open Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Ohio
Board of Elections
Hamilton
Middletown
Hospital Open House Tickets Distributed for Sunday Tour
Middletown Hospital distributes free admission tickets for an open house next Sunday from 1 to 5 PM. Tickets given to Industrial Council for workers, include entire families for a behind the scenes tour with guides guiding small groups, finishing with a nurses home movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital
Middletown
Industrial Council
A. C. O'Conner
O'Conner
Hospital Fire Training Course Is Readied
The Middletown hospital adopts a safety training course for nurses and staff to safeguard patients in fires or other disasters. Carl R. Nelson of the Ohio Fire Prevention Bureau presented the program, with Fire Chief William Fishbaugh supervising. The plan includes hazard awareness, nurse inspections, duties by class, and station assignments, to be integrated into student nurse training, with a follow up visit to inspect the hospital and nurses’ home blueprints.
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Middletown
Carl R. Nelson
Ohio Fire Prevention Bureau
Harry Walburg
William T. Snider
Harold W. Jones
A. C. O'Conner
William Fishbaugh
Nelson
O'Conner
Father of DiMaggio Brothers Succumbs
SAN FRANCISCO AP reports Joseph Dimaggio aged 69 father of Joe Dominic and Vince Dimaggio famous major league players died early today after a lengthy illness at a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Joseph Dimaggio
Joe
Dominic
Vince Dimaggio
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Listings
Paramount presents Knock on Any Door with Humphrey Bogart and John Derek at 1 15, 3 22, 5 29, 7 36 and 9 45 p m Tuesday. Act of Violence with Van Heflin and Robert Ryan at 1 15, 3 23, 5 31, 7 39 and 9 47 p m Wednesday. Strand shows Assigned to Danger with Gene Raymond and Noreen Nash at 1 15, 3 40, 6 25 and 9 10 p m Tuesday plus Jungle Jim with Johnny Weissmuller and Virginia Grey at 2 25, 4 55, 7 30 and 10 20 p m. Zenobia with Laurel and Hardy at 2 50, 5 40 and 8 50 p m Wednesday along with Lady in Ermine starring Betty Grable and Douglas Fairbanks Jr at 1 15, 4, 7 and 10 p m.
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Paramount
Humphrey Bogart
John Derek
van Heflin
Robert Ryan
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
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Commercial Vehicle Committee
Palaba
Gqurosmille
Lake Qpens
iGpoens
Darling's
Darling & Company
MNE Coyleffler Suneral HY
Broad Street
First Ave
Middletown,o
Mrs. Myrtle Ismeurt
H. D. Ratliff
Pfe
Miholski
Trenton
Sarah J. Carr
Eee Ave
Sarai
Department of Law
Robert Sullivan
Warren
Order of Eagles
North Middletown Fire Association
Manchester Rd
U. S. National Guard
Library Board
Holy Trinity Pta
Mayfield Pta
Welcome Wagon
New Comers Club
Care Corporation
Ohio Valley
Optical Society of America
Black Clawson, Shartle and Dilts
Shartle Brothers
Moose Club
Redding
Lafayette
DiMaggio
Bohne
Grand Ave
Dial
Salvation Army
Canal St
K. W. Flint
Acct
Central Ave
Valen
Engle’s Corner
Dixie Cruise-In
Wah
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