Salvation Army to Distribute 250 Christmas Baskets This Year
Salvation Army plans to distribute 450 baskets to needy families with Help from Family Service Bureau to avoid duplications. Captain Kenneth Sharp said kettles start Saturday and Monday with five locations including John Ross Store, Post Office, First National Bank, Sears Roebuck, and Kresge’s. Women’s Auxiliary repurposes March of Dimes booth for yuletide fund drive beginning December 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Sharp
Salvation Army
Family Service Bureau
Helen Davis
Sharp
Women’s Auxiliary Christmas Committee
John Ross Store
Post Office
First National Bank
Sears-Roebuck and
Kresge’s
Ross Corner
March of Dimes Booth
Two Teens Charged With Assault In Warrant Case
Two 19 year olds Dan i Downs Jr and Harold anks of 1705 York Ave charged with assault and bat at in a warrant signed by hauler Joe Snider after a burglary at Joe s room They were taken into casto with no serious injuries John Hammonds 36 of Mid down Route 3 arrested at Moore St and First Ave on menace and threat charges led by Lloyd Epperson police said Hammonds taken into custody early today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Snider
Dani Downs, Jr
Harold Anks
York Ave
Casto
Joe
John Hammonds
Middown
Moore St
First Ave
Lloyd Epperson
Hammonds
Safety Pennants For Schools Studied Under Council Project
Middletown Safe Council's School Division discussed a pennant program to raise safety awareness among students. A committee led by Miss Elsie Hoffman will design the plan, flying pennants over schools until an accident occurs, then lowering the flag for 30 days. Additional committees and film initiatives were approved, along with a spring cleanup and a school poster contest with the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Safe Council
Er Crout
Elsie Hoffman
Middletown
Mamie Barker
Park Playground
A. E. Roper
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bake sale planned by Young Ladies' Guild at Garfield Street
The Young Ladies' Guild of a New Era Baptist Church organizes a bake sale Saturday morning at the H and H Restaurant located at 1232 Garfield Street. A Thanksgiving family reunion occurred Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Azter of 2006 Minnesota Avenue with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weeks and family from Indianapolis and Mrs. Lillie Frazier, Mrs. Cline Frazier, and Mrs. Joseph Frazier at Walnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Ladies’ Guild
New Era Baptist Church
H and H restar@t
Garfield St
Robert Azter
Minnesota Ave
Charles Weeks
Ida Weeks
Uel Weeks
Rudolph Felton
Indianapolis
Ind
Lillie Frazier
Walnut St
Cline Frazier
Joseph Frazier
St Frazier
100 HI Y members to be inducted Thursday evening
Induction ceremony at First Methodist Church will welcome 100 new HI Y members. Harry ter Braak YMCA Boys Work Secretary announced the event and listed six HI Y presidents forming the induction team. Rev Edwin B Fairman from Oxford United Presbyterian Church will be guest speaker. New members receive pins and national registration cards as the membership grows beyond 200. Mrs Esther Hoover Phillips to provide a musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Harry Ter Braak
YMCA
Edwin B. Fairman
United Presbyterian Church of Oxford
Jerry Abney
Bronson Bach
Jack Ballard
Douglas Clifton
Richard Coddington
Donald Jordan
Jer Braak
Esther Hoover Phillips
Interview Required To Visit Cancer Clinic In Middletown
The Cancer Information Center now operates on the ground floor of Middletown Hospital with hours 1 to 4 p.m. and is open the second and fourth Tuesdays each month. This month dates are December 6 and 20. Betty Martin, center secretary, notes that an interview before visiting is essential to reserve an appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancer Information Center
Betty Martin
Civic Association
Middletown Hospital
L. P. Smith
Middletown
American Cancer Society
Three enlist in U S Army from Middleton and Trenton
Lt. Earl K. Reich of the Cincinnati office reports three local enlistees in the U S Army. Boyd Walden Hackney, 29, of 600 Garfield St., will join the Third Armored Division medical staff at Ft. Knox. John Brown, 17, of Trenton, enlisted November 21 and will serve with armored cavalry in the Third Armored Division. Maurice Wilson Guy Jr., 2, of Trenton, enlisted November 25 and will report to the same division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletonian
Trenton
U. S. Army
Earl K. Reich
Cincinnati
Boyd Walden Hackney
Mary Bell Hackney
Garfield St
Medical
Third Armored Division
Ft. Knox
Hackney
Roosevelt Junior High
John Brown
Harold C. Brown
Armored Cavalry
Civitan speaker Milo Axel shares Yugoslav wartime tale
Milo Auxsentievitch Axel, a displaced Yugoslavian who settled in Middletown, spoke to the Civitan Club about life in Europe before during and after the war. He described being a German prisoner and later an interpreter for the British, refusing return home due to Communist control. He praised America and noted sponsorship by Dayton Episcopal Church and Trifunovich Stole, working as a bookkeeper at station FB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Axel
Middletown
Civitan Club
Yugoslavia
Europe
Germany
Milo Auxsentievitch
Axel
United States
America
Dayton Episcopal Church
Trifunovich Stole
Firemen Plan Annual Christmas Party For Maple Park Pupils
The North Middletown Fire Association will host a Christmas party for Maple Park School pupils on December 21 or 23. A date will be set once holiday release days are determined. The group approved year end plans including a December 14 stag fish fry at Dutch Tavern and a December meeting with Lemon Township trustees to renew half township fire protection. Volunteers are asked to attend in uniform, and a final film reel of department activities may be shown Sunday for training new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Park School
Lyman Nein
North Middletown Fire Association
Nein
Lemon Township
North Middletown
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings
Paramount lists I Was a Male War Bride with Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan at 1 15, 3 20, 5 25, 7 30 and 9 35 p m Wednesday and Slattery s Hurricane with Richard Widmark and Linda Darnell at 3 6 and 9 p m plus Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend with Betty Grable and Rudy Vallee at 1 30, 4 30, 7 30 and 10 p m Also Strand presents Inside Story with Marsha Hunt at 1 15, 3 50, 6 35 and 9 10 p m and Leave it to Henry with Walter Catlett and Raymond Walburn at 2 45, 5 20, 8 10 and 10 49 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Cary Grant
Ann Sheridan
Inside Story
Marsha Hunt
Henry
Walter Catlett
Raymond Walburn
Gun Discharges Accidentally Fatally Injuring Local Man
Samuel R. Jones, 41, of 830 Fighteenth Ave, was fatally wounded when a shotgun discharged while being handed to him by Samuel Calhoun, 31. Police call the incident accidental after a hunting trip. Jones died at Middletown Hospital three hours later. He leaves a mother, a brother, a niece, three aunts and two uncles. Arrangements are incomplete at C. L. Maxberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. Jones
Fighteenth Ave
Sam Calhoun
Twentieth St
Jones
Jess Johnson
Seventeenth Ave
Johnson
Calhoun
Middletown
Silver Leaf Lodge
Elkis
Mattie Fuller
Jack Fuller
Cleveland
Ros Jones
C. L. Maxberry
State Guard General Conducts Preliminary Inspection Here
Brig. Gen. Kenneth Cooper of Ohio's adjutant general led a preliminary inspection of Middletown's Company F, 147th Infantry, at the National Guard HQ on the old Smith farm. He reviewed personnel, training, supply and equipment ahead of a federal inspection set for December 13 and outlined plans for a new $250,000 armory south of Veterans Village on South Main. Lt. Walter B. Evans commands Company F with 75 enlisted. Battery B, 182nd Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion, led by Capt. James Cochran Jr., has 72 enlisted and faces a Feb 2 federal inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Cooper
Ohio
Middletown
Old Smith Farm
Cooper
Sam Dudderar
Second Army
Veterans Village
South Main St
Walter B. Evans
Herbert Chandler
Obituary Notices for Five Local Residents
Vital statistics list five local residents with ages and locations including Rebecca Powell 91 Fresno Ohio Thomas Roy Shorty Hobbs Middletown Ohio Harold Ruchty Springfield Ohio Mrs Nandor Marton Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and William Stamper 63 of 200 North Sutphin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Powell
Fresno
Thomas Roy “Shorty” Hobbs
Middletown
Harold Ruchty
Springfield
Nandor Marton
Pittsburgh
William M. Stamper
North
Sutphin St
Local Families Welcome Five Newborns This Week
Mr and Mrs Arlie Bush of Fayetteville C a boy yesterday. Mr and Mrs Edward Taylor of Franklin a boy yesterday. Mr and Mrs Carl E Wills of 819 Sixteenth Ave a girl yesterday. Mr and Mrs Russell L Black of Foster C a girl today. Mr and Mrs Samuel Boyer of Franklin a boy today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlie Bush
Fayetteville
Edward Taylor
Franklin
Carl. E. Wills
Sixteenth Ave
Russell L. Black
Foster, C
Samuel Boyer
Marriage Licenses From Cincinnati to Hamilton Area
Listed are marriages filed for licenses including Charles D Buckshorn 21 a fice machine operator Cincinnati and Helen D Schubert 24 a key punch operator Liberty Township Arthur Smith Jr 20 a paper mill employe and Lois Sapp 18 a clerk Hamilton Edward H Fall 24 a farmer Trenton Route 1 and Grace L Weber 21 a cashier West Middletown Route 1 Murel J Phillips 21 a railroad employer and Lenora C Eaton 18 Hamilton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Buckshorn
Cincinnati
Helen D. Schubert
Liberty Township
Arthur Smith, Jr
Lois Sapp
Hamilton
Edward H. Fall
Trenton
Grace L. Weber
Middletown
Murel J. Phillips
Lenora C. Eaton
Hospital admissions list entries mixed across medical and surgical cases
The report lists multiple patients by name and street, including Glen Mulligan Fleming Rd surgical and Carl Tincher Trenton Route 1 medical, with others such as Mrs Hattie Weber Shafer St medical and Walter Ivins Franklin Route 2 surgical. Several residents are noted as discharged, and a transfer appears for Douglas H. Bleecher from Miami Valley Hospital Dayton to Barnes St. Louis for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Mulligan
Fleming Rd
Carl Tincher
Trenton
George Dean
Girard Ave
Fred Carson
Lebanon
Pauline Payton
Yankee Rd
John H. Hayes
North Sutphin St
Glen Taylor
Vanness St
Walter E. Ivins
Franklin
Hattie Weber
Shafer St
Homer Reedy
Carlisle
Douglas H. Bleecher
Central Ave
Miami Valey Hospital
Dayton
Barnes Eee
Wife Of Former Rabbi Here Dies In Pittsburgh
Mrs. Ann Marton wife of Rabbi Nandor Marton former pastor of Beth Sholom Synagogue died Sunday after a short illness at Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh She moved to Jeirton West Virginia last March after five years at the Pittsburgh congregation She was active in Hadassah Council of Jewish Women Ladies Auxiliary and Central School PTA Survived by her husband four daughters and her parents Services were held in Pittsburgh and Poughkeepsie
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Marton
Nandor Marton
Beth Sholom
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
Marton
Jeirton
W. Va
Malka
Dipporah
Esther
Shifrah
Moses Mussbaum
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Ralph Sautar
Services for Thomas Roy Hobbs in Crawford Street Church of God
Thomas Roy Hobbs known as Shorty, WPFB radio entertainer, died yesterday at 11 a m. Funeral services are set for Friday at 3 p m at Crawford Street Church of God with Rev. Caudill and Rev. White officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. He leaves three sisters Tina Center Julia Cable of Madison Indiana and Lula Seeley of Columbus Indiana, a brother George of Aurora Indiana, his widow Joy and four children Bruce Sandra Sue Monia Lou and Elaina Teeth. Born in Wolf County Kentucky he attended Rogers and Pine Ridge schools. He played in bands across the country since age sixteen, recently joining Chuck Swain and the Western Rhythm Boys. He had been ill with a heart condition for months. He served in the Merchant Marines during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Roy
Shorty) Hobbs
WPFB
Middletown Hospital
Crawford Street Church of God
R. Cc. Caudill
Cc. D White
Woodside Cemetery
Tina Center
Julia Cable
Madison, Ind
Lula Seeley
Columbus
Ind
George
Aurora
Joy
Bruce
Sandra Sue
Monia Lou
Elaina Teeth
Wolf County
Rogers
Pine Ridge
Chuck Swain
Western Rythm Boys
Merchant Marines
Mrs Rebecca Powell 91 Fresno County obituary
Mrs Rebecca Powell aged 91 of Fresno near Coshocton died yesterday after years of illness. She was mother of Florence Powell longtime English teacher and drama coach at Middletown High School. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p m at Bonnell Funeral Home West Lafayette Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Powell
Fresno
Coshocton
Florence Powell
Middletown High School
Harold C Ruchty Elks secretary dies at Springfield home
Harold C. Ruchty, secretary of the Springfield Elks Lodge and a familiar figure among Mid dletown Elks, died Tuesday at his Springfield home. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 30 p m at theaa Funeral Home in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Ruchty
Springfield Elks Lodge
Middletown
Funeral services for William M Stamper per
William M Stamper per 63 of 200 North Sutphin Street died of a heart attack yesterday noon at Armco East Side Store. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. C D Wilson officiating and burial at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday 2-5 and 7-10 pm. He is survived by a son Or
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Stamper
North
Sutphin St
Armco East Side
Wilson
C. D. Wilson
Woodside Cemetery
Third damage suit filed against Fred DeBord
A third damage suit was filed in Middletown naming Fred DeBord as defendant. William M Rowland, 1915 Carolina St Middletown, seeks 10000 for injuries from an automobile collision with DeBord on October 1 about three miles south of Franklin. Two earlier suits by passengers in Rowland car were filed for 25000 and another unspecified amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Fred DeBord
West Middletown
William M. Rowlland
Carolina St
Middletown
DeBord
Franklin
Rowlland
Rural mail service extended to Staten St residents
An extension of rural mail service will take effect tomorrow for residents of Staten Street. Middletown Postmaster Hilbert H. Martin said the service has authorization from the Post Office Department and will provide door-to-door delivery. The street lies west of Engel's Corner, off Locust Street, which branches north from Trenton Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten St
Hilbert H. Martin
Middletown
Post Office Department
Engel’s Corner
Locust St
Trenton Rd
Temporary personnel changes at city fire department
City commissioners will be asked to approve temporary personnel changes in the Fire Department at tonight’s meeting. Fire Chief William Fishbaugh seeks to have Lt. James Mattson act as captain and Freeman Sauter act as lieutenant due to Captain Richard Minor’s illness, with positions effective December 1. The FCC two way radio system and related funding, easement from Armco Steel, and bond issues are also on the agenda along with routine fund transfers and a hospital indigent care contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fishbaugh
Richard Minor
James Mattson
Captain Minor
Freeman Sauter
Mattson
Feder Communications Commission
FCC
Fred J. Schatzmann
Harlan Park
Lylburn Rd
Harry Newlin
Newlin
Cleveland
Municipalities Association
General Fund
Water Works
General Bond Retirement Fund
Middletown Hospital
Commission
Constitutionality Of City Ordinance Tested In Electrician Case
Harold Dance, attorney for Murray Johnson, challenges Mid dletown's electrical inspection ordinance in Middletown Municipal Court. Johnson, 52, was arrested for alleged installation without permit or inspection fee at 331 North Broad St. on November 22. A continuance until December 19 was granted to prepare the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Alton H. Combs
Harold Dance
Murray Johnson
Tytus Ave
Johnson
Orville Car
North Broad St
Electrical Examining Board
Obituary fragment for Winchester kin with Long Beach ties
The text lists four daughters Mrs Norris Downing of Dayton Mrs Zada Bush and Mrs Francis Crabtree both of Long Beach California and a set of nine grandchildren. A brother James H of Winchester and four sisters Mrs Newt Congleton Mrs Laura Bush Mrs Bessie Taulbee and Mrs Ray Henry of Frenchburg Kentucky. Special services by the Jefferson Lodge of Masons Thursday at 7 30 p m.
Services for Mrs Rebecca Brewer German Town
Mrs Rebecca Brewer 48 of 205 South Cherry Street Germantown died yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Funeral services set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. at John Arpp Funeral Home with Dr C O Arnold officiating. Burial in Germantown Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Rebecca Brewer
South Cherry St
Middletown Hospital
John Arpp
C. O. Arnold
Obituary notices for four industry figures across cities
John Kearsley Mitchell aged 78 former president and chairman of Philadelphia Rubber Works. Bradford H. Walker 65 chairman of Life Insurance Company of Virginia. John M. Simpson 61 former president and GM of Borg Warner Wagner Gear. Louis O. Tilton 70 secretary-treasurer of National Sportsman Inc publishers of National Sportsman magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Kearsley Mitchell
The
Philadelphia Rubber Works
New York
Bradford H. Walker
the Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Asheville, N. C
John M. Simpson
Wagner-Gear Division
Borg- Warner Corporation
Newton
Mass
Louis O.tilton
National Sportsman, Inc
National Sportsman
Court Dismisses Shooting Charge in Family Incident
Richard Peck, 22, of 1818 Clarendon Ave, had charges of shooting with intent to wound dismissed by Judge Alton H. Combs. Peck admitted firing a shot that wounded his father, George Peck, 58, on November 9 after the father became violent. The case was dropped by agreement of the prosecution and a written request from George Peck, hospitalized, to drop the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Peck
Clarendon Ave
Alton H. Combs
Peck
George Peck
Middletown Hospital
Hospitalized after sudden attack at Oglesby Barnitz Bank
Mosler Safe Co employee James Krick of Covington suffered a heart attack while at work in the Oglesby Barnitz Bank this morning. He complained of illness, retired to the lounge, was examined by a physician, and transported by Riggs Ambulance to the hospital around 9:45 a.m. His age was described as ayar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosler Safe Company
Hamilton
Oglesby- Barnitz Bank
James Krick
Covington
Riggs
Ayar
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Fairfield
Fred Mullin
Phil Mullin
John Morgan
Hamilton Ravel
St. Clair Avenue
Mullin
Council
Colored News
Mary Ellen McDaniels
Public Accountants Society OF Ohio
AUD
Woodlawn
ICE Cream Company
Civitans
Insurance
Parcs
Timmons Ee Oe
State Guard
Cochran
Thomas Mobley
Clyde Carr
Duane Farler
Elmer Farler
Omaha St
Albert Webb
Frank
Bruce Skeens
Auburn
Here
Thomas Roy Hobbs
Mrs
William Stamper
Office Outfitters
N. Main S
City Fire Department
Associated Press
Mel
Middletown Sheet Metal & Roofing CO
ROYAL
Royal Royal Royal
Gray Magic — Royal Portable
Hotal
Royal Royal Loyal
First National
Member Federal Deposit
Social Mon
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