Public funds drive and a high school graduation
Middletown Hospital seeks 2 million dollars for expanded facilities and opens its finances to public scrutiny for fourteen days. Meanwhile Middletown High School holds the 77th commencement indoors due to cold, with 316 graduates, led by Tom Dillman and Cliff Hafer, and speaker Mason Roberts of Frigidaire/GMC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Elgar
Tom Dillman
Cliff Hafer
Jerry Arkrader
Bob Jewell
Pat Moorman
Larry Sullivan
Joe Franklin
H. H. Jung
St Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Maria Jung
Berceuse
Robert Baker
Beulah Squires
E. R. Turner
Beavertown
Mason Roberts
Frigidaire Division
General Motors
Ross H. Snyder
Middletown Board of Education
Middletown High School
Memorial Day Parade Opens Middletown Services
About 600 people in 3 divisions and 32 units gather Friday at 10 a.m. on North Broad Street for a large Memorial Day parade to Woodside Cemetery. New features include armored vehicles, a patriotic float, and 200 Naval Reservists with veterans from Korea and bands from Middletown High School and local posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Broad St
Manchester Ave
Middletown
Woodside Cemetery
Korea
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Central Ave
Main Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Boy Scouts Troop
Middletown High
War Memorial Plaza
Joe Cox
Paul Galvin
St. Johns Catholic Church
American Legion Band
Louis RK. Walter
First Methodist Church
Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
War Mothers
VFW Auxiliary
Memorial Day Holiday Closures Across Middletown
Many workers take Friday off as a three day Memorial Day break. City offices and the Hamilton courthouse close except for protective services. Refuse collection continues, post office windows close but mail delivery proceeds, and rural or city deliveries pause until Saturday. Ohio State Employment Service offices also close Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Buing
Hamilton
City Sanitary Service
Ohio State Employment Service
Sebastian Elected To Head Scout Leaders
Mrs. Charles Sebastian was elected president of the Leaders' Club of Middletown Girl Scout Council at a dinner meeting. Also chosen were Mrs. Charles Bales as vice president and Mrs. Alfred Ecklar as secretary. Frank Herd named committee chair to send messages to sick members. Memorial Day parade invites units in uniform or non uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sebastian
Leaders’ Club of Middletown Girl Scout Council
Charles Bales
Alfred Ecklar
Frank Herd
Sam Ingwersen
Community groups parade float lineup and participants
The listing highlights the Post 231 Ladies Auxiliary War Mothers Clint Orr Auxiliary Second Division McKinley Junior High band Girl Scouts Salvation Army Third Division Roosevelt Junior High band Boy Scouts and a float by Beta Theta chapter of Epsilon Iota Alpha among other fraternal and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Runyan
Tom Orr
Camp #8
Middletown
Hamilton
Margaret Freeman
Louis R. Walter
Joe Cox
United Spanish War Veterans
United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
American Legion
VFW
Ladies Auxiliary
Legion Post
Post 231 Ladies
War Mothers
Clint Orr
McKinley Junior High
Salvation Army
Roosevelt Junior High
Beta Theta Chapter
Epsilon Eema Alpha
At The Movies Showings for Paramount Strand
Paramount theater lists Thursday and Friday programs with double features and multiple showtimes. High Sierra and To Have and Have Not play Thursday at Paramount, Redball Express on Friday. Strand shows Crosswinds and Big Carnival Thursday and Stagecoach Driver and African Treasure on Friday with listed times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Sierra
Redball
Stagecoach
JA Here Gets Compliment By Field Director
Herman Gall national field director of Junior Achievement visited Middletown to commend the local board and outline annual training visits. He noted Middletown’s strength, said he’d been busy rescuing other fragile JA areas, and described JA as in the best overall condition he has seen. Gall planned next stops in Dayton, Cincinnati, and Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Gall
Middletown
Gall
Dayton
Cincinnati
Louisville
If She's Still Around He Has News For Her
Melvin H. Hornbeck of Sedalia Missouri seeks Maybell Brown or her three daughters. In 1919 Mrs Brown lived at 601 East Fourth Street Middletown as a widow with three daughters. one married in Dayton, two at home. Hornbeck says he has important news for Maybell or any daughter and asks for police help locating them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin H. Hornbeck
Sedalia
Maybell Brown
Dayton
Hornbeck
City
Brown
Embryo Size At Formation Described In Early Stage
A historical note states that at its first formation the human embryo measures under one hundredth of an inch in diameter. The fact highlights the tiny scale of initial embryonic development.
Residents Press For Kensington Sewer Charge Action
Delegations pressed the City Commission on sewer rental charges and Kensington area street improvements. City manager Starick said a Browne Engineering Firm study would estimate revenue loss from a proposed 4,000 cubic foot quarterly water usage threshold for sewer rentals. Bids for Kensington improvements are set for June 9 with work to proceed this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington Area
City Commission
Reid Kenyon
Kensington St
HM. W. Starick
Browne Engineering
Starick
Kenyon
Ohio
George Hutchinson
Marcus Marshall
Marshall
Grand Ave
Kensington
Postal Workers Face Pay Less Monday
Postal workers faced a potential pay shortfall as the Post Office Department said it had run out of money. Local Postmaster Hilber Martin said salaries were ordered stopped, but a Washington telegram suggested funding could arrive next week after Congress and the Senate moved a resolution to authorize emergency payments amid a three day holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Washington
Hilber Martin
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
Martin
Congress
Department
Two Motorists Fined 850 Each
Two drivers in Hamilton were fined 850 each for license fraud and license lending. Clarence Ashcraft 24 and Roy Moore 27 faced the charges after state patrols checked license descriptions. Eight other arrests yielded fines for stop sign violations speeding and other traffic offenses across several courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Louis Bolser
Clarence Ashcraft
Hamilton
Roy Moore
Squire Graffner
William Roche
Gnatenhutten
Eugene Derickson
Oxford
Warren Schmakel
Mack Leonhardt
Richmond
Raymond Nunley
Dale Hayes
Lebanon
William Fraser
Urbana to vote on 275000 bond for city building
Urbana residents will cast ballots on August 5 to approve a 275000 bond issue funding a new city building after the 62 year old structure was destroyed by a fire last Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Weatherman Sees Clear Memorial Day Outlook
The forecast calls for fair weather with little temperature change for Memorial Day. Middletown may see clouds and some rain tonight. Temperatures ranged from 58 this morning to a predicted high near 70, with a low around 50 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Plan a Private Party Wedding Reception at Colony
Plan now to take advantage of the excellent Private Party facilities offered by the Colony. Make you wedding reception a treasured memory. Phone for additional information now. 16 N. MAIN ST.
Memorial Day Noon Publication Delayed Half Holiday
The Journal will publish at noon Friday in observance of Memorial Day and provide most employees a half holiday. News material for Friday should arrive by 9 a.m. Sports by 8:30 a.m. Classified ads by 9 a.m.
Fire on Pole Sparks Brief Blaze at Central Ave
A 50 ampere cut-out box on a utility pole behind 2028 Central Ave ignited shortly before 7:30 am Wednesday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and replaced the box with no service loss and negligible damage. George Kuehnle of Cincinnati Gas and Electric called the incident spectacular to bystanders but ordinary to utility staff. It is noted the Chinese system of public examinations for selecting officers is the oldest known in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Ave
George Kuehnle
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
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Middletown Hospital
Middletown Hospital Building Fund
P. O
Barnitz Field
D. R. Baker High School
Baker
American Legion Post 218
Roosevelt and McKinley Junior High
Selma McKellar
Memorial Chapel
Melampy
Rs. Sebastian
Paramount
Tames Jewelers
Franklin Restaurant
George Douglas
Franklin
Douglas
Clarence Justus
North Main St
T. R. Haywood
Stewart St
Justus
National Cash Register
Miami Valley Hospital
Haywood
Albert Richmond
Lloyd Miller
Yankee Rd
Fourteenth Ave
Grace Carpenter
New York Central Railroad
Sutphin St
Industrial
City Planning Commission
Concord St
Howard Hoskins
Garfield St
Ross Hill
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Armco Colored Center
Sen
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
William Hanaway
Squire Lammie Bailey
Charles Patterson
Elmer Crowe
Germantown
Squire J. E. Jackson
J. T. Riley
Arthur Winfrey
Irvin Zimmerman
Miamisburg
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Middletown Association OF Fire and Casualty Underwriters
Weatherman
N. Main ST
China
William Ernest Rathman
Attorney AT Law
Savings & Loan
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First National Bank
Sutphin
Park Place
Armco East
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