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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1950
Page
2
The Middletown Board of Education created a nine member committee to set policies for stadium operations at Barnitz Field. Elme Lingrel was named chairman with D R Baker as secretary. other members include John Ingwersen Ross Snyder Wade Miller Glenn Ellison Paul Walker A E Roper and L J Ragland.
Harley Simpkins announces tentative opening of the Ohio Bus Line Company depot at Clinton St and Vail Ave for November 21. Construction slips caused postponements from October 15 to November 1 and again to November 16 due to slow shipments of interior furnishings and equipment.
More than 350 parents attend an open house at Sherman School last evening. Afterward, parents met for a business session where the new budget was approved and Mrs Hilda Sieihl's second grade won the prize for most attendees.
The Past Councilors Association of the 11th District of the Junior OUAM will meet tonight in Waynesville. Local members gather at 6:45 p.m. to travel together. One candidate received the first degree. second and third degree work are set for next Thursday for three candidates.
Dixie Heights Improvement League president Co F Myers announced a full report on the Vannest Ave street opening to members next Tuesday. The two year effort to connect Manchester Rd to Route 73 is nearly done with traffic using the route and future surfacing funded by donations from property owners merchants and realtors.
Vital statistics record five new births. Chester Byrd and wife in Trenton welcomed a boy yesterday. Ernest Fletcher and wife on Winona Drive welcomed a boy today. Eldren Scales and wife in Central Avenue welcomed a boy today. Joseph Jacobs and wife in Trenton welcomed a girl today. William Gillie and wife on Lamberton Street welcomed a girl today.
Mrs. Paul Krebs Ruth Sander welcome a girl at Hamilton Mercy Hospital in Oxford yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Riegger Phyllis Gibson of Medina Ohio report a son today. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs A G Gibson of Shafer Street.
John Paul Cooper 22 sailor of Columbus weds Jennie Lou Carpenter 20 of 1305 First Ave Middletown. Barnel Miller 25 factory employee weds Betty L. Cowgill 16 of Rufus St Middletown. Raymond E. Taylor 45 chef weds Millie Ann Neal 34 of 1510 Calumet St Middletown. Dan Stephen Humphreys 23 radio announcer weds Elane Claire Stevens 22 of 228 McKinley St Middletown. Frank Lolli 27 Armco employee weds Mabel Ruth Gilbert Turvey 24 shop employee of Middletown.
A list of residents with varying medical needs includes Mrs. Alex Brittain and Gary Jones both noted as medical or surgical cases. Others include Anna Marie Waczula Jean Thomas Ewell Collins Joanna Johnson Larry Harrison and more with addresses in Mary Etta Street Fifteenth Avenue Woodlawn Avenue Columbia Avenue Middletown Route 2 Vannest Street Franklin Route 2 Miamisburg Route 2 West Middletown Route 1 and Hill Avenue.
Mrs. Frank Jenkins of Franklin Street, Hamilton, was treated at Mercy Hospital for a surgical condition and discharged.
Middletown needs about six million dollars for better paving and a proper relief sewerage system, said William Shawhan of the street department to the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He noted one and a half million is already voted for sewers from a 1945 bond issue, while the city has another 1.5 million for sewers and is improving equipment and personnel. Norman Cole chaired the program as Jaycees discussed assuming sponsorship of the Nick Novelty Co. project with advisers Harold Osborne, Warren Howard, Robert Wallace and Glenn Perry. Lawrence Davis was welcomed as a new member.
Miss Louise A. Jockers registered nurse and Cincinnati Board of Health member will speak to the Middletown chapter of the American Cancer Society on November 30 at 12 15 p m at the Manchester Hotel. E J Goldschmidt Jr president to announce the program and new chapter members to be introduced. Reservations with Mrs Erle Hanson secretary.
A 16 year old motor bike rider suffered a fractured pelvis after being struck by a steel truck at the Central Ave and Verity Pkwy intersection around 7 30 p m.Larry Shackelford of 1711 Texas Ave was riding west on Central Ave when struck by Henry Schippel 28 of 877 Here ford Dr Akron Schippel was arrested for careless driving. Attendants at Middletown Hospital reported the youth condition as satisfactory. Leonard Straus 34 of 1320 Columbia Ave and Dale Straus eight were treated and released after minor injuries in a separate accident at Tytus Ave and Germantown Rd. Straus drove a car involved with Ray Risner 21 of 428 North Broad St. Damage to both vehicles was about 1000. Another crash at Yankee Rd and Verity Pkwy involved Onward Berkhimer 19 of 3310 Jewell St and Paul H Miller 23 of 3222 Yankee Rd causing 200 damage to each car.
The West Middletown Improvement Association focuses on extending city water to West Middletown highlands. A survey will be conducted in the coming weeks to determine needs, and land owners or builders are urged to apply for water now to provide an accurate city report.
A partial list of residents appears, naming Mrs Henry Walker Gar field St Mrs James Skinner Frank Mrs Michael Praete Wi nona Dr Alonzo McCane Moore St Mrs John Madaffori Young Mrs Billie Lentz Wood lawn Ave Miss Helen Hon Baltimore William Hartley Hamilton Mrs Edward Cress Lewis St Edith Crane Yankee Mrs Richard Coyle Oberon Miss Carrie Clark Eigh teenth Ave Mrs Jack Brate South Canal St.
Area Red Cross in the Miami Valley speeds up a Christmas program to reach veterans in hospitals and service members at sea. The Piqua Country Club meeting led by Ralph Holsinger urged meeting a 600 gift quota for Christmas at Sea. Donations are slow but officials expect a needed response. gifts may be left at drug stores police stations and Dixie News Stand.
At Paramount Friday and Saturday Shakedown stars Howard Duff with showings at 3 5 55 8 50 p m Desert Hawk with Yvonne DeCarlo and Richard Greene at 1 30 4 20 7 20 10 05 p m Gonecrazy with Peggy Cummins and John Dall at 1 15 4 10 7 10 10 10 p m Friday plus 3 35 p m Saturday Beyond the Pecos with Red Cameron and Fuzzy Knight Friday 3 6 9 p m Saturday 2 25 p m No Way Out at 3 20 5 25 7 30 9 35 p m The Ohio State School for the Deaf notes Columbus 1832 fifth U S institution.
Monsignor J. F. McNary pastor of Holy Trinity Church was named to two diocesan committees by Archbishop Karl J. Af ter. He joins the School Board and Building Committee guiding Archdiocese of Cincinnati schools and church properties. Six monsignors received key appointments in the archdiocese as part of the new leadership. Water is safe to drink in any Ohio city or village with 459 public plants serving 98 percent of urban residents.
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