Boarder Burned and Fireman Injured in 3500 Fire
A fire at 1 Lane Ave injured seven people or indirectly, caused 3500 in damage, and left Wilson with first degree back burns. Assistant Chief Lukens cites Wilson, a boarder in the Rankins home, as the sole occupant at the time. Rankins were in Kentucky. The blaze destroyed one bedroom and damaged the structure, with Wilson employed at the city engineer’s office. A separate rubbish fire at 410 Curtis Ave caused no loss, and a vehicle fire at 1516 Forest Ave due to a short circuit led to minor responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Rankins
Iane Ave
Robert Lukens
Ilson
Seine
Lukens
Lums
Middletown
Wilson
Rankins
Kentucky
Qucense
Curtis Ave
Maion Bishop
Forest Ave
Baltimore St
Fairmount Ave
City And Area Girl Scouts Honored At Award Court
Sixty three Middletown area Girl Scouts were honored at the annual City wide Court of Awards held in the Civic Association auditorium. Forty three received first class awards and 20 curved bar awards were presented. Chief speaker D W Jacot spoke on what scouting has meant, with Mrs Kirk Strodtbeck presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iSixty
Middletown Area
Civic Association
D. W. Jacot
Cohent
Kirk Strodtbeck
Tax Deadline Due Saturday
Deputy Butler County treasurer Carl Wedekind announced the payment deadline for taxes is Saturday. A large list of persons has not yet paid, with penalties to be added after courtesy periods end. The notice distinguishes personal property and real estate tax types, and payments are accepted on the second floor of the City Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ras Casailiedem
Onsen
Carl Wedekind
Butler
Eaid
Wedekind
Mrs Conrad suffers broken leg after home fall
Mrs John T. Conrad of 1516 Godiawn Ave. suffered a broken right leg when she fell down stairs in her home Tuesday. She will be confined to Middletown Hospital for two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Conrad
Godiawn Ave
Middletown Hospital
Lions Club Meeting Location Changed
The Lions Club will meet in the conference room at Armco Steel East Works tonight at 6 p m instead of the Manchester Hotel Ray Richter, president, announced this morning. Henry Mmow will direct the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Armco Steel Cope
East Works
Ray Richter
Manchester
Proram
Henry Mmow
Post Office Tire Found Could Implicate Official
Hilbert H. Martin, post master, reports loss of a tire from a postal truck. The tire bears federal marking 643-X 600x20, and its use by the finder could be illegal, risking prosecution for the official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilbert H. Martin
Martin
Lise
Middletown High School Students to Take State Exams
Fifty-one Middletown High School students will participate in the state scholarship test on Saturday at Oxford University. Principal D D Baker announced. The group will cover 17 subjects across 19 Ohio colleges and universities, part of a state total of 13,868 high school participants—the largest in 21 years, per Dr Clyde Hissong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Oxford University
Dd. R.baker
Ohio
Clyde Hissong
Engineers Hear Talk On Design By Stress Analysis
A noon Miami Chapter lecture titled Design by Stress Analysis outlined loading effects on roll neck designs by Harry LaTour of Armco Steel. Three local members head to Columbus for the state Board of Trustees meeting, led by president Wallace Brown. Iodine in seafood drinking water and produce from iodine-rich soil noted as health essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Harry LaTour
Armco Steel Cc
State Board of Trustees
Columbus
Wallace Ae Brown
Byrd Rescues Cat From Utility Pole
Grover Byrd of 119 Leibee St. begged for help to rescue his cat Tommy stuck on a crossbar at 113 North Leibee St. City electrician Robert Johnson raised a ladder from a maintenance truck, and Tommy was saved minutes later before Byrd’s hospital visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Byrd
Leibee St
Tommy
North Leibee St
Fire Department
Yrd
Byrd
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Police Briefs include alcohol DUI and disorderly conduct incidents
Police report a 37 year old man from Franklin Route 2 was charged with being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence after an early morning stop on South Main Street. Several other incidents include a dog bite on 900 Yankee Road, 14 day confinement for the dog owner, fugitives from Butler County Courts, bicycle thefts, and arrests for disorderly conduct at the City Building rear and at M and O Feed Company. Police also noted a crash at Miami Avenue and Shafer Street causing about 700 dollars in damage and a car operated by James E. Martin of 112 Franklin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Young
Franklin Route 2
Drew Tatum
Middletown
Rose Walsh
Manchester Rd
M. and O
Central Ave
Miami Ave
Shafer St
James E. Martin
Franklin St
32 Club Names 1950 Committees Announced
Standing committees for the 32 Club of the Masonic Lodge for 1950 were announced today by Homer Leffler, president. Executive members include Robert Brosius, Melvin Kelso, C. E. Burke, Fred Vorhis, Dr. C. T. Atkinson and Harry Martin. The entertainment group features Edward Barker, Don Davey and Otto Hein with Lester Billeter, Karl Davis and Ray Richter on sick and flower duties. Nominating committee consists of W. M. Hutzinger, Ralph Grimes and FE. Harold Hannah, while the membership committee includes Edwin L. Tyson, Walter Leonard, Robert Mitzel and Joe Weamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge
Homer Leffler
Robert Brosius
Melvin Kelso
C. E. Burke
Fred Vorhis
C. T. Atkinson
Harry Martin
Edward Barker
Don Davey
Otto Hein
Lester Billeter
Karl Davis
Ray Richter
W. M. Hutzinger
Ralph Grimes
Harold Hannah
Edwin L. Tyson
Walter Leonard
Robert Mitzel
Joe Weamer
Stanfield Wins Re election as Ohio Schools Commission Head
D R Stanfield of Westerville won re election yesterday as president of the Ohio Citizens Commission for the public schools. He is resident secretary of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. The commission has 29 Ohioans from industry labor farm press radio civic and fraternal groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
D. R. Stanfield
Westerville
Ohio Citizens Commission For the Public Schools
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Memorial Day Plans Set At Legion Home Meeting
The Memorial Day Committee will meet Thursday at 7 30 at the American Legion Home on South Main Street to plan the annual services and parade J R Cox committee chairman invites a representative from every organization to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
South Main St
J. R. Cox
Collision on Miami Street Involves Hilda Lowenstein
A crash occurred while traveling east on Miami when a vehicle, driven north on Shafer Street by 45 year old Hilda Lowenstein of 1439 Robinwood Avenue Cincinnati, collided. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Shafer St
Hilda Lowenstein
Robinwood Ave
Cincinnati
Would-Be Thieves Frightened Away From Two Homes
Two break ins or attempts were reported today as residents startled intruders in separate early morning incidents. No items missing. Separately, police recovered two safes from the Great Miami River near the old traction bridge, believed tied to thefts from Sebastian Oil Station and McCoy Oil Company.
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Great
Miami River
Old
Trac
Edna Natil
North Clinton St
Park Camp Clean-Up Campaign Aids Community Parks
The Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce will organize a park and Fresh Air Camp clean-up this Saturday. Jaycees meet at 9:30 a.m. to clean the park, install backstops, and prep grounds for summer recreation, then spray poison ivy at the camp. Boy Scout troop 26 distributes clean-up booklets highlighting health issues, as trash and scrap metal collected support the cancer campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresh Air
Sycamore Park
Middletown
Boy Scout Troop 26
Lee Pierson
Weber
Cancer Campaign
Lad Is Awarded $6,000 In Suit
Nine year old Raymond Rickerd received six thousand dollars from a Cleveland common pleas jury after his left eye was removed following a pecking by a rooster owned by Frances M. Schmitt in 1944. Dudley Rickerd sued for twenty five thousand dollars alleging the attack in the Rickford yard caused severe damage. Raymond’s brother allegedly drove off the rooster with a baseball bat and the eye injury led to its removal after the trial began in 1946.
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Cleveland
Raymond Rickerd
Common Pleas Jury
Dudley Rickerd
Frances M. Schmitt
Rickford
Raymond
Tax deadline and tax collection updates in Butler County
John W. Wendel Butler County treasurer announced the deadline for paying personal property taxes for 1950 without penalty is today. The segteam has been good and books for real estate tax collection will stay open two more weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Wendel
Butler County
Indiana Territory Included Five States in Early Boundaries
The early Indiana Territory encompassed lands that would become present day Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota, outlining a vast territorial span before statehood. This period defined administrative reach and set the stage for subsequent divisions and state creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Iliois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Unclaimed Cash Found in Oakwood Yard
Four months after trash workers found over seven thousand dollars in a paper box in the yard of Louis Preonas in Oakwood, Ohio, no one has claimed the money. The bank holds the funds while City Manager A C Bergman notes FBI involvement to verify two California prisoners linked to a December 1947 visit.
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Dayton, C
A. C. Bergman
Oakwood
Louis Preonas
Preonas
Bluebird Baking Company
Dayton
Bergman
FBI
California
Los Angeles
Safety Week Committee Meets Friday in Middletown
The Safety Week Dramatization Committee will hold its first meeting tomorrow at the Civic Association auditorium. Fenton W. Chew, chairman, says subcommittees will be formed to organize the seven day program slated for late June, featuring a mammoth parade with floats and vehicles, plus safety skits and demonstrations for all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Civic Association
Fenton W. Chew
Chew
Will & Mammoth
Movie listings and acts at Paramount and Strand theatres
At Paramount Thursday Beyond the Forest stars Bette Davis and Joseph Cotten with showings at 1 30 3 30 5 20 7 95 and 9 46 p m Friday The Palomino features Jerome Courtland Beverly Tyler at 1 45 5 10 and 8 35 p m Also File on Thelma Jordan with Barbara Stanwyck Wendell Corey at 3 05 6 25 and 9 45 p m Strand Thursday Bionde Ran ai with Dorothy Patrick Gerald Mohr at 2 05 4 56 7 30 and 10 15 p m Also Square Dance Jubilee on stage at 3 10 5 50 and 6 30 p m Friday Shadows of West with Whip Wilson Andy Clyde at 1 45 5 10 and 8 35 p m Also City Across the River with Stephen McNally Sue Eneland at 2 50 6 15 and 9 40 p m The U S fish industry uses 6 000 000 tons of ice a year.
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Bette Davis
Joseph Cotten
Jerome Courtland
Beverly Tyler
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Boarder
City and Area Girl Scouts
Edward Lamb
West Middletown
Ar Hay
Sleebig
Hay
Jack Greenfield
Lamb
Squire Lummie
Peasttown
Andrew Spee
Pegg Richardson
Garnet L. Church
Sylvia Doty
Vereene Hood
Armco
McGraw Construction Company
MHS
Borden
Cation
Donna Buch
Yankee Rd
Ed Kroger
South Ave
William Kroger
Waite St
Dick Wenzel
Ave
Journal
Anaia Joys
Gough-Lamb Cleaners
Charles ST
Lad
Gruen
Sorching
Prince
Fedare
Freeman's
Paramount
U. S
Reese
MENS
Axp
Acc
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