Ordinance To Control Heating Unit Installations Proposed
A Middletown heating regulation ordinance would license heating firms, require permits from the building commissioner, and subject installations to post installation inspections. Fire Chief William Fishbaugh outlined the plan after three months of drafting with local heating men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
William F. Fishbaugh
Fire Prevention Division of Safety Council
Fishbaugh
William LaPorte
David C. Schiering
K. W. Jones, Jr
Gerald Wilcox
George Beckett
Dixie League Meets Thursday at Maple Park School
A members only meeting of the Dixie Heights Improvement League will be held tomorrow at 8 p m in Maple Park School. President C F Myers said a groundwork will be laid for plans through May 1949 including discussion of the seven point pro am and local improvements like Vanness Ave extension and watershed sewers and lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Heights Improvement League
Maple Park School
C. F. Myers
Myers
North Middletown
Vanness Ave
Jewell St
New York Central
Eagles Name Six Delegates
A routine Fraternal Order of Eagles meeting appointed six delegates to attend the Columbus gathering. The named delegates are Thomas Selby Cecil Dane Jerry Brandenburg B C Joslin Arthur Dorenbusch and Cecil Butts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eagles
Columbus
Thomas Selby
Worthy
Cecil Dane
Jerry Brandenburg
B. C. Joslin
Arthur Dorenbusch
Cecil Butts
Obituary Michael M. Cohen 70 Hollywood retailer dies
Michael M. Cohen 70 of Hollywood Calif dies Monday in a Los Angeles hospital after a period of illness. He formerly operated an Army Navy store on Central Ave. Survived by widow Bertha and two sons Philmore Los Angeles and Julian Seattle. The Cohen family lived in Middletown for many years before moving to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael M. Cohen
Hollywood
Calif
Central Ave
Los Angeles
Bertha
Philmore
Julian
Seattle
Cohen
Middletown
California
Funeral arrangements for Willie Linzey
Willie Linzey 55 of 901 Ninth Ave was found dead in bed Monday. Incomplete arrangements at C L Maxberry funeral home. Survived by daughter Mrs Rachel Davis of South Carolina and three sons Willie Jr Sam Preston and Jonah, plus mother Mrs Lucy Arnold and sister Mrs Josie Aiken and brother David Lomax. One grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Linzey
Ninth Ave
C. L. Maxberry
Blumry-Cohen
Christ Dallas
Rachel Davis
South Carolina
Willie, Jr
Key West
Services for Edward Williams Dead at 52 in Springfield
Edward O Williams aged 52 died Monday at his Springfield home. Services set for 2 p m Thursday at O'Brien Kenney Funeral Home 1002 North High St Springfield. Burial in Fern Cliff Cemetery Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Edward O. Williams
O’brien Kenney
North High St
Fern Cliff
Mrs Lindora Switzer funeral set in Loveland
Services for 90 year old Mrs Lindora Switzer are planned for Wednesday at 2 p m at Tufts funeral home in Loveland. Burial will follow in Murdock Cemetery. She died Sunday night at her daughter Esther Moyer Houser's home in Loveland and leaving four sons and another daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loveland
Lindora Switzer
Tufts Funeral Home
Murdock
Switzer
Esther Moyer Houser
Sergeant Morris Terry Killed on Iwo Jima
Services for Sergeant Morris Lee Terry who died in action on Iwo Jima March 1, 1945, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school and was a Silver Star recipient. Survived by his mother Mrs. Eden Terry of Oregonia a brother and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Morris Lee Terry
Iwo Jima
Oswald Feneral
Terry
Marine Corps
Eden Terry
Oregonia
Bank Debits Jump in Middletown and Area in 1935 39
The Fourth Federal Reserve District reports Middletown shows a 318 percent rise in bank debits over 1935 39, with Hamilton and Butler up 326 percent. For the first quarter of 1948 Middletown business activity rises 11 percent while Hamilton moves 24 percent. The study notes price increases influence debits and department store volumes rebounding from 1947 lows with appliances lagging and soft goods improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Hamilton
Butler
Business Review
Federal Reserve District
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Hamilton Ae
Last Fresh Air Registration Saturday Opens Limited Camps
Half of the 70 openings at Fresh Air Camp remain as of registration day. Miss Ruth Heffner, camp director, urges parents to register Saturday at the Public Health Nursing office in the Civic Association. Children must submit physician filled physical condition cards. Camp runs eight weeks starting June 14 with priority for those exposed to tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Heffner
Bureau of Public Health Nursing
Miss Heffner
Public Health Nursing Office
Civic Association
Roland Kohr a Middletown leader honored for wartime service
Roland A. Kohr contributed to community defense and civic groups. He helped found the Community Defense Council under George E. Denny and the Ohio Office of Civilian Defense during the war. A Butler County Reserve Officers Association founder, the Middletown chapter later bore his name. He led Oakland Presbyterian Church youth and served in Masonic orders. Surviving: widow Mildred, two sons Roland and Leon, and father Benjamin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Denny
Civic Association
Ohio Office of Civilian Defense
Butler County Reserve Officers Association
Middletown
Roland Kohr
Oakland Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Knights Templar
Knights of St. Barbara
Mildred
Roland
Leon
Benjamin Kohr
Japanese Commander Sentenced To Hang
Lt. Gen. Tasuku Okada former commander of the Japanese 13th army was sentenced to hang for ordering the illegal execution of 38 American airmen at Nagoya in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokomaha
Tasuku Okada
13Th Army
Nagoya
Pastor admits error in Lana Turner wedding case
The Rev. Stewart P. MacLennan of Hollywood Presbyterian says he was an unwitting victim of a mistake in officiating Lana Turner and Henry Topping’s April wedding. He will self-accuse at a presbytery hearing to determine form of possible censure, replacing trial by a judicial commission. Protests from Buffalo‑Niagara and Oklahoma City Presbyteries followed the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Stewart P. MacLennan
Lana Turner
Henry
Bob) Topping
Hollywood Presbyterian Church
MacLennan
Turner -Topping
Topping
Arline Judge
Buffalo- Niagara
Oklahoma City
Local Pastor to Receive Doctor of Divinity Degree
The Rev. Reuben F. Pieters, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will receive the Doctor of Divinity honorary degree from Miami University on June 7. He is in Seattle attending a Presbyterian ministers conclave and will not return until June 5 before speaking at graduation. Pieters has led the church since 1940, previously served in Dayton, and studied at Princeton with a master's from Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben F. Pieters
First Presbyterian Church
Miami University
Seattle
Wash
Pieters
Hackettstown N. J
Dayton
Princeton University
Columbia University
Students win prizes in international poster contest
Richard MacIntire 11 of South School takes first prize for a poster themed a place for everyone on the earth. Wilson Deaton of Jefferson School earns second in group IT. Julie Phillips of Lincoln School wins first in group 1. Louis Pence of Young School and Jim Young of McKinley Junior High take third in their groups. Middletown exhibitors win honorable mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard MacIntire
South School
Latham Foundation
Wilson Deaton
Jefferson School
Julie Phillips
Lincoln School
Louis Pence
Young School
Jim Young
McKinley Junior High School
Middletown
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertises Bile Flow Remedy
An old patent medicine ad claims the liver secretes two pints of bile daily and that Carter's Little Liver Pills restore free bile flow to relieve digestion. It promises relief from gas and constipation and sells a package for 33 cents at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Commissioners open bids on county road sealing projects
Butler County commissioners opened bids for sealing roads with bituminous material. L. P. Cavett Company of Lockland bid 29070.62 for 32.76 miles of work, while Walter L. Follmer of Hamilton bid 32192.52 for 33.186 miles of road improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
L. P. Cavett Company
Lockland
Walter L. Follmer
Pair Held On Theft Charges In Cincinnati
Samuel Nicholson and George Washington Jackson were arraigned before U.S. Commissioner J. Paul Geohegan on charges of receiving possessing and concealing five tires stolen from an interstate shipment from Middletown to Terre Haute Indiana dated May 17 Their hearing was set for May wode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Nicholson
Eastern Ave
Laborer
George Washington Jackson
St. Peter St
Cincinnati
J. Paul Geohegan
U. S
Middletown
Terre Haute
Ind
Wode
Winter Meeting and Ride A Pink Horse At Local Theaters
At the Movies Paramount shows Winter Meeting with Bette Davis and Jim Davis at 1 15 3 20 5 25 7 30 9 35 p m. Strand books Ride A Pink Horse with Robert Montgomery Wanda Hendrix at 2 54 5 26 8 58 p m Elephant Boy with Sabu at 1 29 4 01 7 53 p m. Welcome Stranger with Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald at 2 59 6 17 9 43 p m West of Sonora with Charles Starrett Smiley Burnette at 1 49 5 16 8 13 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Bette Davis
Jim Davis
Robert Montgomery
Wanda Hendrix
Elephant Boy
Sabu
Bing Crosby
Barry Fitzgerald
Sonora
Charles Starrett
Smiley Burnette
Local groups to name delegates for depot study body
Letters go to Industrial Council Safety Council Chamber of Commerce and others inviting organizations to name delegates to a committee to promote a new city railroad depot. City Planning Commission studies possible sites and will report to the commission and the study committee. Francis Carmody introduced the project several meetings ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin D. Clark
City Commission
Clark
Industrial Council
Safety Council
Chamber of Commerce, Shippers’ Association
Real Estate Board
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Civitan and Cooperative Service Clubs
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Neantime
City Planning Commission
Commission
Francis Carmody
Decision On Fire Warrants Postponed In City Court
Four defendants charged with violating a fire order face a postponed decision after Judge Alton H. Combs ordered a Saturday inspection of premises on Walnut Street. Defendants Wayman Holetman James Paige Clifton Williams and Will Martin were arrested on warrants by Fire Inspector Karl Davis for failing to remove outbuildings on Walnut Street properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut St
Alton H. Combs
Municipal Court
Wayman Holetman
James Paige
Clifton Williams
Will Martin
Karl Davis
Civitan Club hears Fred Schatzmann on civic affairs
Fred Schatzmann city solicitor spoke at the Civitan noon meeting in the Manchester Hotel, presenting an informative talk on civic affairs. Next week's guest will be R. C. Todd, Armco sales consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Manchester
Fred Schatzmann
R. C. Todd
Armco
Monroe Students Honored at Annual Activity Banquet
Monroe students received awards at the city school activity banquet. National Honor Society members served dinner to about 250 attendees. WPEB sportscaster Bob Gilmore spoke on broadcasting football games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Bob Gilmore
WPEB
Dale Wilson
Joan Crist
Ralph Guernsey
Ohio
Harold Irving
Mildred Lyons
Virgil Jones
Lloyd Smith
Jack Buffenbarger
Charles Benner
Calvin Young
Wilfred Thies
Final Middie Concert Friday at Senior High Auditorium
The Middie band presents the final of three concerts at the Senior High School auditorium Friday at 8 p m. The program blends band and glee club selections and features the Stair Case Four barbershop quartet Gilbert Egelston Jay Beatty Troy Hall and Mark Scheibert. Season tickets remain valid and will be sold at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Vincent Carter
Gilbert Egelston
Jay Beatty
Troy Hall
Mark Scheibert
Carpet meaning through the 19th century
The term carpet historically referred to any thick material cover and especially a table cover, per the Encyclopedia Britannica. The definition reflects broader usage before narrowing to floor coverings.
Fair Warmth Forecast for Thursday
The forecast calls for a fair and warmer day on Thursday. Overnight low reached 51 degrees, rising to 75 by 6 30 pm. This morning’s low was 50 with 64 degrees at 10 50 am, indicating mild spring weather.
VFW Plans Thursday Party At Local Hall
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and families will hold a party Thursday at the VFW hall with refreshments by the Ladies Auxiliary. Entertainment will be provided by James Depinto Ab Ritter and R. Green. Festivities begin at 8 p m. The next business session is set for June 1 and 38 delegates plan to attend the district meeting in Norwood on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
James Depinto
Ab Ritter
R. Green
Norwood
Jefferson Fete Plans Progress At School Grounds
Alvin Bell chairman said plans are progressing rapidly for the Jefferson School lawn fete set for Friday May 28 at 5 30 p m on the school grounds. The event features an old fashioned square dance in a special arena with rain contingency inside the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Bell
Jefferson School
Sixty Five Girl Scouts Promoted at Court of Awards
Sixty five Girl Scouts were promoted at the annual Court of Awards held before 120 friends and parents at the Civic Association. Gloria Ozvath and Sarah Gaw spoke on What These Badges Mean to Me and Welcome to Senior Scouting as First Class and Curved Bar ranks were awarded by scout commissioner Mrs. Earl B. Sein with 49 First Class badges and several Curved Bar honorees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Association
Charma Mason
Gloria Ozvath
Sarah Gaw
Ralph Mull
Harold P. Gaw
Garnet L. Church
Peggy Richardson
Earl B. Sein
Police Chief Examination Set for June 11
A Civil Service exam to fill the Middletown Police Chief post will be held June 11 at 7 p m in the city building. Eligible are five department members, Assistant Chief Carmody and Detectives Davis Bauer Fitzgerald and Newkirk. The vacancy follows the death of Chief King after 30 years service. the captaincy is also vacant due to Captain Porter’s death last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Joseph R. Baker
Civil Service Commission
Thomas Carmody
James Davis
Ralph Bauer
John Fitzgerald
Joseph Newkirk
Hugh A. King
Charles, Porter
Rotary hears Cincinnatian on advertising development
W. R. Keagy of Cincinnati Gas and Electric speaks at the Rotary Club noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel on Cincinnati Metropolitan Area advertising. He notes three full page Time ads, praises Cincinnati as “The City Closest to America,” and argues the region’s population, freight rates, and shipping location support promotional advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
W. R. Keagy
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Comepany
Rotary Club
Manchester
America
Keagy
Time Magazine
Keory
World’s Storehouse: Mexico as Fertile Land and Resources
Mexico is described as the Storehouse of the World due to its fertile soil and vast natural resources including minerals. The text extols Mexico’s abundance and implies its pivotal role in supplying global needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Charter Revision Meeting Postponed This Week
The city wide charter revision committee will not meet this week as chairman Elliott D. Levey will be out of town on business. Individual committee meetings may occur and reports will be given at the next session likely on May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott D. Levey
Levey
Mayfield Group Talks with Middletown Officials on Annexation
Mayfield annexation committee led by Claude Barker and officers met city attorney Fred Schatzmann and City Commission members to discuss steps for annexing the Mayfield community to Middletown. The plan would add over 2,900 residents and expand the incorporated area by more than 600 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield
Claude Barker
Richard Marksbury
Thomas Webb
Fred Schatzmann
City Commission
Barker
Middletown
Maysfield
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance Ad Promises Ointment Relief
An old print promotion touts Peterson's Ointment as quick relief for pimples eczema and skin irritations. It claims one application delights or money refunded and notes use for tired cracked feet with price 35 cents at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
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Martin Coyle
GOP
Coyle
Ben S. van Gordon
Central Committee
Fred M. Stitsinger
Robert L. Miles
Orman Elam
Eugene Danner
Elam
Russell P. Hull
Kathryn E. Wetzel
Danner
Thomas Baird
Fred Schatzmant
Orville Carson
Carsson
Mercantile
Camp Hook
Dixie League
Eagles
Morris Terry
John J. Palmer
Nat'l. Bank
Roland A
Caromel
Gray
Castell Bldg
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson Teleite
Leo Boerger
Williamson-Ziegler Furnace Co
N. Broad Street
Aguin
Johnston Scotch Enamel
Ralston
MORAL
Paint Store UK
N. Broad ST
Civitans
VFW Planning Party
Jefferson Fete
Williamson-Ziegler
Peggy Ann Cox
Dorothy Potter
Gloria Orvath
Rita Curry
Lois Vance
Lynn Mull
Pauline Wilson
Donna Kelly
Jo Ann Carberry
Carolyn Cribbs
Beverly Whiteted
Roberta Hinkle
Jen-nie Kendrick
Georgia Ann Watkins
Clare Whitman
Janet Mover
A. E. Roper
Louise H. Windsor
Meredith Pate
Walter Sheffer
Ryors Kramer
Spencer Ashton
Reuben Pieters
H. H. Harrison
Rotary
Mayfield Group
HFC
Us Today
Tike Witstter
CBS
First National Bank
Main St
Rarreen
Tae Bote
S. Broad ST
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