Civic Association elects nine to board for three years
The Civic Association reelected Edward W. Barker Ben Bender and three others to the board and added five new governors for three year terms. New appointees include J Roscoe Bowman Russell Galloway John A Lawler the Rev John Parr and Charles Estutenroth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic As Board of Governors
Association
Tellers’ Committee
Ted W. Karshner
Ben Bender
Edward W. Barker
Bender
Martin V. Coffey
Ros E. Dempster
J. Roscoe Bowman
Russell W. Galloway
John A. Lawler
John I. Parr
Charles E. Stutenroth
William A. Day
Reuben Doty
Aaron Fields
Otto Hein
Clarence M. Jones
Enis Marshall
Paul McCane
Joseph T. Riley
Jack Wilson
Civic Association
Karshner
Toastmasters Name Officers Install at Dayton Club
The Dayton Toastmasters installed new officers led by president Robert McConaughy and vice president Paul Schnedler. Verlan Curtis, Henry Bohne, and Gerald Miller assumed roles as sergeant at arms, program chairman, and more. Ernie Raines won best and most improved for speeches on Why Should Pequins Fly. Ben Riley spoke on Psychology of Colors and Walter Gard on How that Training Has Paid. James Martin led as general critic with a team including Ernie Bowen and Bohne. Meetings are held Thursday evenings in the Gardner conference room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toastmasters Club
Fran Flocco
Dayton Toastmasters
Robert McConaughy
Paul Schnedler
Verlan Curtis
Henry Bohne
Gerald Miller
Ernie Raines
Ben Riley
Walter Gard
James Martin
Ernie Bowen
Bohne
Robert McIntyre
Gardner
Blankets Will Be In Order At Middle Tilt
Middletown shivered in football weather as Barnitz Stadium prepared for the biggest crowd. Temperatures ranged from 39 at 7 am to 62 noon with rain of 0.04 inch yesterday. Warmer conditions were forecast for tomorrow with sun and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Barnitz Stadium
Mercury
Law Officers Of Area Meet To Air Service
A regional meeting at Dayton formed an interagency group to improve cooperation among police, sheriff and state patrol units. Attendees included Middletown Police Chief Joseph Blackmore and Captain Ralph Bauer with detectives. Hamilton Chief John Bippus and Detective Stanley Werlein. Cincinnati Chief Stanley Schrotel. Representatives from 19 departments discussed mutual problems and plan a second gathering on November 6 at Middletown Police Pistol Range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Middletown
Joseph Blackmore
Ralph Bauer
John Fitzgerald
Herbert Frazier
Sam Moore
Richmond
Gibbons Hotel
Shepherd
Dayton Department
Hamilton
John Bippus
Stanley Werlein
Cincinnati
Stanley Schrotel
Middletown Soldiers With 37th Get Overseas Orders
Two Middletown soldiers from the 37th Infantry Division at Camp Polk Louisiana received overseas orders as individual replacements. Cpl Louis A Huff of 1207 Calumet Ave and Cpl Paul D Orth of 1603 Lafayette Ave are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
37Th Infantry Division
Camp Polk
National Guard
Cpl
Louis A. Huff
Calumet Ave
Paul D. Orth
Lafayette Ave
At The Movies Paramount Strands Show Key Timings
Friday and Saturday listings for Paramount and Strand theaters. Crip pled Creek and The Brigand showings with times 1:15 to 10:15 p.m. at Paramount. Strand presents Hot Lead and Chain Of Circumstances with varied showtimes across both days.
No Time For Jury Duty Citizens Squawk
Jurors are summoned for October 9 at 1 30 p m in Hamilton Municipal Court Judge Alton Combs reports he has received about six calls from prospective jurors seeking excuses while 23 names were drawn three could not be served due to faulty addresses Only one man was ill Two jurors had prior service and several attempted on the spot excuses A suit for 2000 arising from an accident will be heard after jury qualification with the case described as the first of its kind in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Combs
Tom
Louis Rossi
Hamilton
Rossi
Mayfield
North Middletown
Peasttown
Maple Park
Roselawn
Avalon
Dixie Heights
Oneida
LeSourdsville
Excello
Cincinnati
Kitchen
Black Widow Found In West Middletown Garden
Mrs Harold Knepshield of West Middletown displayed a black widow she unearthed while moving rocks in a flower bed. The spider, rare in the area, has a red hourglass mark and was planned to be shown to neighbors before disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Knepshield
West Middletown
Rev J Schulz resigns from Springboro church after 28 years
The Rev Jerome C Schulz of 2307 Linden Ave resigns as pastor of the Springboro Re o Church after 28 years of service. He is dean of boys at Middletown High School. Dr J P Alden of Dayton will lead Sunday services and trial sermons will follow until a new resident pastor is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome C. Schulz
Linden Ave
Springboro
Schulz
Middletown High School
J. P. Alden
Dayton
Police Briefs Illuminate Local Theft Reports and Break-In
Paul Owens 2109 South Ave reported two hubcaps stolen from his car last night valued at 14 dollars. Everett Barker 614 Richmond St reported two muffler pipes stolen, worth 15 dollars. Carl Kolker 100 Park St reported a stolen bicycle license 14-933. Detectives investigated an Armco Drainage and Metal Products Inc break in where a north side window was found broken but no entry or losses confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Owens
South Ave
Everett Barker
Richmond St
Carl Kolker
Park St
Armco Drainage and Metal Products, Inc
Real Estate Leaders Question Legality of Rent Controls
Middletown realtors attack the legality of continued federal rent controls extending to May fields and surrounding towns through April 30 1951. The dispute centers on a statute cited by Stephen W Young area rent director and critics Ben Kitchen and Sheets alleging the rural areas are held under control despite local votes to decontrol. Kitchen calls for annexation into incorporated areas to escape controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Cincinnati Defense Rental Area
Butler
Clermont
Hamilton
Stephen W. Young
Cincinnati Defense Area
Congress
Ben Kitchen
Kitchen and
Sheets
Kitchen
Butler County
Hit-Skip Driver Hits Pole Shuts South End Power
A hit-skip driver knocked down a telephone pole on South Yankee Rd near Armco Steel at about 9 30 p m plunging part of Midwestown into darkness. The pole broke in two as live lines fell on street and sidewalk. The driver reportedly left the scene and was unharmed. Power outages affected southern town for a short period and local factories briefly paused operations. Another pole downed on Route 25 and Coles Rd at 7 20 p m by Ernest G Lemp who lost control of his car and continued until stopping in a resident's yard. Lemp was uninjured. Several fines were issued by local officials for traffic violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miidletown
South Yankee Rd
State Highway Patrol
Yankee Rd
Armco Steel
Armco
Pattrolmen
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Route 25
Coles Rd
Dayton
Ernest G. Lemp
Lemp
Vandalism at City Schools Escalates Police Cite Parental Responsibility
Patrolman Arnold Ferguson described widespread school vandalism with 22 air rifle shots cracking windows at one site, $100 in damages, and a breached cafeteria valued at $20. Grades and high schools report increasing property losses. police will monitor areas and urge parents to curb youth access or face restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Ferguson
Central Ave Repaving Schedule Adjusted For Weekend Traffic
Five more working days will complete Central Ave repaving with contractors ceasing work in the business area tomorrow per an agreement with merchants to keep downtown open for weekend shoppers. The east end finishing course is underway between Main and Broad Streets. After Central Ave crews will repave Crawford St Broad St is done Charles St and a small portion of First Ave from railroad tracks to Central Ave intersection will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Ave
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Toa
Boeke
Main
Broad
Crawford St
Broad St
Charles St
First Ave
Pastor Resigns To Take Calif. Post In Pomona
The Rev. Roy D. Ramseyer, pastor of Calvary Church, resigns effective January 25 to accept a post at Faith Community Church in Pomona California. Ramseyer arrived at Hamilton in 1944 from Jackson Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Roy D. Ramseyer
Calvary Church
Faith Community Church
Pomona
Calif
Mr. Ramseyer
Hamilton Church
Jackson, Mich
Protect America League chosen as anti communism group name
The Community Anti Communist Committee settled on Protect America League as its name. Thomas Fenton of 1728 Central Ave is its president and will head a city wide committee with Roger Sherwood as founder duties. Nine objectives include disseminating anti Communist information and forming a speaker bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protect America League
Thomas Fenton
Central Ave
Lions Club
Roger Sherwood
Knights of Columbus
League
American Legion Americanism Committee
Sherwood
U.S
Fourteenth Ave
No Convention group reports 400 letters backing opposition
Elliot Levey of Middletown says more than 400 favorable letters were received from 12 500 mailed appeals supporting a no vote on a November 4 ballot question asking whether to convene a state constitutional revision. He cites Ohio Committee to Protect Ohio's Constitution warnings by Arthur Hamilton of Lebanon about special interest blocs influencing a new charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot Levey
Middletown
Ohio
Levey
Arthur W. Hamilton
Lebanon
Rackling Fish Uses Feelers Fins and Mouth to Taste
The rackling fish can sense taste with its feelers and fins as well as its mouth, providing multiple pathways for tasting its environment.
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Mark Walke
Salvation Army
Francis Carmody
City Commission
H. K. Moore
Middletown Hospital
Frank Chapman, Jr
Girl Scouts
Joseph T. Woodruff
Board of Education
American Leeion Post 218
The
At the Movies
Paramount
Black Widow
Rev. J. Schulz
By Ken Yarber
Bureau
Naturalizer
Wee Cee
South End
Betty Sorrell
Fleming Rd
Harry Stretcher
Trenton
Lester Amburgy
Franklin
Harry Walsh
George Tyler
Rex Weaver
Frank Jones
Miamisburg
Weaver
Clarence Young
Garfield St
Squire J. E. Jackson
Anti-Red Group
Fenton
Tenaoe
America
Ike
United States
Ohio Republican Finance Committee
P. O
FIT Parade
Mecall
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