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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1949
Page
2
Gardner Coal Supply warns in a letter from E T Gardner that continuing coal shortages from the strike threaten operations. Four weeks of coal remain, and it could take nearly two weeks to obtain more after a strike ends, risking reduced capacity and potential layoffs.
Plans for Sportsmanship Week at Middletown High set for November 13 to 19. Steering committee co chairs Tom Re and Shirley Maxwell with Nancy Roper as secretary organized student volunteers from six speech classes to coordinate sticker distribution at games, school radio segments, and open house events. A German Band concert and a speakers bureau also feature in the lineup with Sue Lawrence appointed to the committee.
Mrs. McCall age 76 at 411 Moore Street listed among vital statistics. Ionevid M Calihan age 54 living in Spring to George Price Ti West Elk noted in report.
Mr and Mrs Curtis Neff Middletown Route 1 have a boy born Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Carl Hudson 1404 Forest St have a girl born Tuesday. Mr and Mr Harlan Lawson ae Route 3 have a girl born Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Claven Wooldridge 904 Ninth Ave have a boy born. Mr and Mrs Frank Dalton Franklin Route 2 have a boy born Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Eston Auvil Mildred Whitt 303 Cherokee Dr Dayton have a boy born Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Maternal Fidewing Joy are Mr and Mrs Walter Whitt of West Middletown. Paternal grandfather is Jay Auvill of Middletown.
In The Hospital Mrs. Ellis Hart of Hanover St medical. a Mediea of Wicoff St sur a Clyde Lawson of West Mid dletown medical. James Rowe of Manchester Ave surgical.
Janice Boxwell daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Boxwell of Jefferson Street Dayton St Elizabeths Hospital medical. Harold Jackson of Auburn Street Dayton Grandview Hospital medical. Dismissed Mrs ee Wasserman of
Paramount shows Madame Ovary with Jennifer Jones and Louis Jourdan at 1:15 3:14 5:24 7:40 and 9:56 p m Strand presents Doris Day and Vera Vacque at 1:15 3:55 6:35 and 9:15 p m
Effie McCall aged 76 native of Blanchester Ohio died at 3 15 p m Monday at her daughter M rs Molly Call 411 Moore Street after two weeks of illness She was a Blanchester Baptist Church member Survived by husband Perry five daughters including Mrs Call Mrs Edith McJunkins of Sedan Ohio Mrs Garnet Arnold of Ottway Ohio Mrs Ruth Call of Columbus Ohio Mrs Ida Potts of Columbus Ohio three sons Maurice of Portsmouth Forest of Blanchester Clyde of Spring Valley and sister Mrs Will Maddock of Blanchester Services at Hannah Funeral Home Blanchester Thursday at 2 p m Rev David Canine officiating Interment in TOOF Cemetery Blanchester Friends may call after 2 p m today
Elmer R. Sickles Sr. 61 owner of Sickles Grocery 208 died yesterday at home. Services set for Friday at 2 30 p.m. at McCoy Leffier Funeral Home with Rev. R C Caudill officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Visitation at home today and Thursday 7 10 p.m.
A funeral service for Mrs Myrtle pee of 310 Burton Rd will be held Friday at 10 30 a m at the Baker and a Fun onome with the Rev R C Cau dill officiating. Burial will follow in Middletown Cemetery.
George Price aged 71 of near West Elkton died at 5 45 pm after four days ill He is survived by brothers Curtis Damen and Lemuel Somerville and a sister Julia Price Somerville Services set for Friday at 2 pm at Inmann Funeral Home Somerville with burial in West Elkton Cemetery
David M. Calihan 34 retired Franklin jeweler died at 4 a m today at his home on North Street Springboro He operated his store in Franklin for many years before retirement Surviving widow Mary a daughter Edith Ismael of Franklin a son Vergil three grandchildren a Bea Calihan Berea Kentucky two brothers J T Franklin and A J Miamisburg a sister Tollie Howard Berea Kentucky Friends may call at Eaton Funeral Home Franklin 7 10 p m Thursday and at the
James Brate won the Middletown Camera Club monthly print competition with Ronald Canady taking second place. The exhibit featured sports photos and the group set December 20 for the annual banquet at the Sportsman's Club.
Armco Steel Corporation reports a new all time production high at its East Works during a month disrupted by a nationwide strike. Electric Department output reached a record despite scrap metal charge and no hot metal usage. Fabricating Division also posted a near record, especially Spiral Welded pipe, with shipments near the year’s top totals.
A Middletown ten month construction report for 1949 from Building Commissioner Orville Carson shows total costs reaching $1,933,514, below the $2,125,540 recorded by the same period last year. The piece details monthly totals, dwelling unit activity including a nine family row house and several four family apartments, and compares October figures to 1948.
A public hearing on street lighting petitions for several Lemmon Township subdivisions will be held at the Amanda Township building at 6 30 p m November 18. Clerk Paul Mehl said a newspaper ad will announce the meeting and list affected areas including Avalon Roselawn Maple Park Maple Ridge Grahatme Subdivision Green Acres Buena Vista and part of Section 17 Town 2 Range 4 along Tytus Ave. Petitions were filed October 20 and notice served October 25. Hearings on remaining subdivisions Mayfield Rolling Mill Park Dixie Heights and Clifton Farms will be announced later. George L Baerman of Zelmer Mack Sales Hamilton discussed fire engine information for the Mayfield Fire District which approved a 16000 bond issue for equipment last November.
Three boys were taken Monday to the Boys' Industrial School at Lancaster on commitment by Judge Oscar R. Leiser of Juvenile Court. One, 16, from southwest Hamilton, was involved in recent vandalism at rural schools. Two Middletown boys, ages 14 and 15, faced delinquency charges including theft and truancy.
Two men were taken to Christ Hospital Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon after being overcome by gas fumes at the Buckeye Lodge in Mason. Both were initially listed in serious condition. Treated on site by Mason physician Harold Hackney, 20, of Verdina Kentucky, and William Dittmer, 24, of Evansville Indiana.
Franklin will be officiated at funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. at Eaton Funeral Home with burial in Woodhill Cemetery.
Funeral services for the Rev. Edwin J Denlinger 61 retired farmer and minister of the Old Baptist Church will be held Friday at the upper Twin church at Maple Grove south of Eaton at 2 p m He resided at 324 South Barron St Eaton and died of a heart attack Monday near Belleville Kansas while visiting relatives and attending to church affairs He was accompanied on the trip by Mr and Mrs Ire Brubaker of Eaton and his wife Anna Burial will be at Gratis.
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