Phone Firm Gets More Work Time
The Ohio utilities commission extended General Telephone Co. time to finish a million-dollar improvement plan across 136 exchanges. They now have until next spring to complete 13 exchanges previously due by Sept. 30, due to delays from focusing on the Piketon exchange tied to the atomic project area.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
General Telephone Co
Piketon Exchange
Pike County
Funeral services set for Miss Bess Bowman
Miss Bess Bowman 65 of 2102 Tytus Ave dies after two week illness at Middletown Hospital. Retired Armco Drainage & Metal Products assistant treasurer. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Riggs Funeral Home with Rev. Louis R. Walter officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call today 3-5 and 7-10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Bowman
Tytus Ave
Riggs
Louis R. Walter
First Methodist Church
Miss Bowman
Woodside Cemetery
Allison C. Neff
Walter H. Schwamb
Merle R. Paul
Arthur M. Snyder
Robert Williamson
John S.S. Howard
Funeral Services for Elmer Emerick Held at Church of the Brethren
Funeral services for Elmer H. Emerick 81 a retired car penter were held today at 2 30 p m at the Church of the Brethren.
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EATON
Elmer H
Doc) Emerick
East Somer's St
Church of the Brethren
Funeral Planned for George Helvey Retired Industrialist
Private services will be held for George Stanley Helvey 75 of 143 South St at Webb Funeral Home. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Helvey died yesterday at Mercy Hospital after a heart attack at home last week. He worked 20 years with Miami Foundry Co earlier with William Cullen. He led Red Cross drives in Hamilton and chaired the local ration and price control board in World War II. Surviving: wife Nellie a son Fred Hamilton and daughter Jane Land Muskogee Okla.
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James S. Shultz
Moore St
Shadylawn
P. Lorillard Co
Shultz
Niagara Falls
Canada
Blue Ball
Middletown
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Independent Order of Foresters
Edna
William
Ann Miller
Franklin
Jeanette Grubb
Cincinnati
McCoy-Leffler
E. H. Hammon
Woodhill Cemetery
Funeral Home
Hamilton
George Stanley Helvey
South St
Webb Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Helvey
Mercy Hospital
William Cullen
Miami Foundry Co
Miamisburg
Red Cross
Ration and Price Control Board
Nellie
Fred
Jane Land
Muskogee
Okla
Sylvester Shaffer Dies at 93 in Germantown
Sylvester Shaffer 93 of 248 N Cherry St Germantown lifelong resident and retired farmer died Thursday after an illness since March. Survived by wife Victoria daughter Lottie Barnhart and son Wilbur of Germantown four grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Grange services Sunday evening. Funeral 2 pm Monday at John Arpp Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Bressler officiating burial in Germantown Cemetery.
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Germantown
Sylvester Shaffer
N. Cherry St
Charter Oak Grange
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Victoria
Lottie Barnhart
Wilbur
John Arpp
Paul Bressler
Germantown Cemetery
Grange
Funeral
Obituary Notices For Three Local Residents
Martin Kosec age 70 of 1315 Campbell Ave services at 9 a.m. Saturday Cahill Funeral Home. Madeline Ann Walsh age 2 of 1037 Hayes Ave fire victim services 9 a.m. Saturday St Mary Church. Frank C Wilke age 68 of 1009 Shuler Ave services 10 a.m. Saturday St Veronica Church.
Deaths Elsewhere by the Associated Press
Mrs Price Collier 93 sister of the late Sarah Delano Roosevelt moth er of Franklin D Roosevelt dies in New York Frank Munn 57 known NBC singer The Golden Voice of Radio John Marin 81 watercolor artist born in Rutherford New Jersey Ida Monda Jennings Manion Broadway ingenue vaudeville performer early 1900s with husband Raymond Manion as Glendower and Manion
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Associated Press
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Price Collier
Delano
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Frank Munn
National Broadcasting Co
The
Golden Voice
Radio
Addison
Maine
John Marin
Big Sister
Rutherford
N. J. Santa Monica
Calif
Ida Monda Jennings Manion
Raymond Manion
Home Life Softens Hate Of Former Prisoners Toward Progressives
In 1952 Middletown repatriated POWs discuss the rift between “progressives” who cooperated with the Chinese, and “reactionaries” who stayed. Roland Hamilton William Roosa and Charles Riddell Jr. recall special favors, anger at informers, and the strain of pressure from captors. They acknowledge the urge for revenge but note families’ steadiness at home and the difficulty of forgiving.
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Middletown
Roland A. Hamilton
William F. Roosa
Charles Riddell Jr
Hamilton
Roosa
Riddell
Sam
Eaton Marks Month Of Water Shortage In 1940s Era
Eaton residents mark a month under water curtailment as officials seek a solution. M W Tatlock of Dayton conducts an emergency study while J Landis, waterworks manager, notes a cleaned old well now pumps 50 000 gallons daily replacing water hauled from a farm. Habekost farm supplied 178 500 gallons with gravel donated for access. Water remains critical with no recharge. six inches of rain needed to restore normal levels. Standpipe holds 250 000 gallons and a 250 000 gallon treated supply awaits pumping. Authorities push a half mill levy for five years to fund new water facilities ahead of November vote.
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Ace Eliott
Eaton
Eatonians
M. W. Tatlock
Dayton
Board of Public Affairs
Jess Landis
Stanley Habekost
Habekost
Landis
Twin Township
Board of Public
Aftermath of prison life leaves men unsure how to treat betrayers
In the aftermath of prison life Hamilton Roosa and Riddell confront the question of how to handle men who betrayed them. In the comfort of their homes they weigh what should be done as they seek balance and closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosa
Riddell
Hamilton
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James S. Schultz
Elis Guthrie
Mound Hill Cemetery
Emerick
Dora
Mae Shafer
Raymond
Nettie Curtis
Margaret Jeanes
Daisy Bailey
Richmond
Ind
George Emerick
Elmer H. Emerick
Legionnaires
American Legion Post
Jack Walton and Orchestra
Freddie Braun
George S. Helvey
Chevrolet
James Posey
Marion Gard
Hobart Dyas
Bill Howell
O.K
Stan Meisler
No. 5
No. 3
Diamond Sale
Melek
Ate
Central Ave
Cary Ring
Sadie Band
Ceery
Addreu
Middletown Ice & Coal Co
Curtis ST
Blumberg & Cohen, Inc
Thorn Metal Windows
Girard Ave
Verity
Dial
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