Initial sale talks opened for First Presbyterian Church building
Preliminary arrangements for selling the First Presbyterian Church on First Ave were approved by the congregation. Pastor Dr. Reuben Pieters said the building committee may negotiate after presbytery approval, with two groups already showing interest, while the proceeds may fund a new East Central Ave structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
First Ave
Reuben Pieters
East Central Ave
Pieters
Dayview Presbytery
Cameron Clark
Tme
Six Appointed to Civic Board of Governors
Six members of the Civic Association's Board of Governors were named by president E. E. Grant. New appointees are Mark Walke of Salvation Army and John A. Ingwersen of the Board of Education. others include Francis Carmody, George F. Denny, Mrs. Earl B Klein, and Harry K Moore. The group will meet the 27 elected members at the annual meeting on October 11 at 7 30 p m to elect 11 members to the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Civic Association
Board of Governors
E. E. Grant
Association
Francis Carmody
George F. Denny
American Legion
Mark Walke
Salvation Army
Earl B Klein
Girl Scouts
Harry K Moore
Middletown Hospital
John A. Ingwersen
Board of Education
Walke
Ingwersen
Legion Post Officers To Be Installed At Blythe Williams Post
Installation of new officers for Blythe Williams Post 231 American Legion will be held tomorrow night at the Legion home. One s Nichols will be installed as the new commander replacing Frizell Myers. Installing officer will be Commander Hawkins of the Fourth District Cincinnati. All members and veterans who wish to join are invited. refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blythe Williams
231
American Legion
Legion Ome
Onese Nichols
Frizell Myers
Hawkins
Fourth District
Cincinnati
Gardner Richardson Paper Co Launches Civic Drive
A. H. Oglesby announces a membership drive for the Civic Association led by co chair Donald Vorman. Thirty solicitors will conduct the effort through October 16 with a kickoff meeting at 6 30 p m Wednesday at the Manchester Hotel where Tom Venable association director will discuss the program and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Association
Gardner- Richardson Paper Company
A. H. Oglesby
Manchester
Faws. Co
Donald Vorman
Tom Venable
Ada Parker Succumbs After Highway Injury
Mrs. Ada Parker aged 65 died from a skull fracture after a truck struck her on a highway while she was en route to church on Sunday. The incident occurred in Portsmouth, Ohio, and authorities labeled it a fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ada Parker
Electrification On Ohio Farms Tops In Nation
Washington AP reports Ohio leads the nation in farm electrification with 215,379 farms wired, 97.6 percent. Nationally 68.6 percent of farms had central station electric service as of last June 30, up from 11 percent nationwide in 1935 and 18.8 percent in Ohio then. Fewer than 5,200 Ohio farms remain without electric service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Electrification Administration
Ohio
Two Escapees Are Returned From Prison
London Ohio AP Supt Amrine said two London Prison Farm escapees have been returned. Jack Gamper 53 who fled in 1939 was sent back from Michigan State Prison where he had been since 1942 after burglary and breaking and entering. Henry Caldwell 28 who fled in 1947 was returned from Beckley West Virginia after auto theft arrest. Each will receive two extra years on his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
W. F. Amrine
Jack Gamper
Michigan State Prison
Sandusky County
London Farm
Michigan
Henry J. Caldwell
Beckley
W. Va
West Virginia
Ohio Penitentiary
Ross County
Amrine
Scout Committee To Meet Tonight
The Moundbuilders Activities committee will hold a meeting in the Civic Association library at 7 30 tonight to discuss the fall program. Jim Martin chair man said this morning. Warren Young will represent the Miami District Marion Snyder Fr Ancient and Louis Waldner Middletown all districts plan an outdoor fall activity. A report will be made on Boy Scouts ushering at Ohio State and Middletown High football games.
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Moundbuilders Activities Committee
Civic Association
Jim Martin
Warren Young
Miami
Marion Snyder
Ancient
Louis Waldner
Middletown
Martin
Ohio State
Middletown High
Increase Noted In Handicap Registrations
National Employ the Handicapped Week prompts a rise in handicapped job seekers at the local employment office. Max Wise notes applicants greatly exceed available jobs while a Middledown display showcases handicapped work such as needlework, wood carving, and leather belts under the slogan Hire the Handicapped It s Good Business. Local firms report handicapped workers as productive and reliable.
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United States
Max Wise
Wise
P. F. Johnson
John Ross
Middledown
Four Lives Claimed In Weekend Traffic
Weekend traffic in Middletown and Butler County claimed four lives and left five injured. Victims include Elizabeth Cameron 38 of Hamilton and David Lowry 21 of Cleveland Heights in a head on crash on Oxford State Road. Wayne Wilson 28 of Roll Indiana died on Oxford Somerville Road after a hit and run. Edgar Porter 25 of Cummingsville Ohio died riding a motorcycle into a train near Sharonville. Willard Fischer 32 of Dayton severely injured in a one car crash on Route 25 near Sharonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Butler County
Elizabeth Cameron
Franklin S., Hamilton
David Lowry
Darbyshire Dr
Cleveland Heights
Wayne Wilson
Roll
Ind
Edgar Porter
Drennan Ave
Cummingsville
Willard Fischer
Lawn St
Dayton
Cameron
Lowry
Old
Oxford State Rd
Howard Cameron
Georgia Noveris
Richard D. Orr
Cleveland
John Motz
Porter
New York Central
Hauck Rd
Sharonville
General Hospital
Fischer
Route 25
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Pauline Banks
Wilbraham Rd
Betty Jean Pitts
West Ninth Ave
Ethel Banks
Middletown Hospital
David Schneider
Meyer Schneider
George Mounts
Manchester Ave
Verity Pkwy
Robert Henderson
Auburn St
Harrison Miller
Garfield St
Ohio 42
Mason
Robert E. Harris
Dearborn St
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Harris
Evra Collins
Logan Ave
Woodburn Ave
Route 4
Collins
Ollie Caldwell
Caldwell
Dayton University Registrar To Speak At Columbus Dinner
Dayton University registrar Brother Elmer C Lackner S M will speak at the Knights of Columbus Columbus Day dinner. The event, chaired by Carl Wedekind, is set for next Sunday at St John church basement, with a 6 30 p m dinner and a 9 30 p m dance by Don Spears and his Don Juans. committee members include Moon Flanagan Dobrozsi Golembiewski Murray and O Flynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Lackner
S. M
University of Dayton
Knights of Columbus
Carl Wedekind
St. John Church
K. of C. Hall
Brother Lackner
Don Spears
Don Juans
Wedekind
Arthur Moon
Joseph Flanagan
Emrie Dobrozsi
Paul Golembiewski
John Murray
Tom O'Flynn
Fire damages Keays Appliance at 1205 Central Ave
Fire companies One and Three answered a 9 39 morning alarm at the Keays Appliance Company 1205 Central Ave. Flames from a furnace ignited papers and ashes near it confining the fire to the furnace room. Some basement supplies were damaged by water but the building sustained no damage and no damage estimate has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keays Appliance Company
Central Ave
At the Movies and Dixie Cruise-In Listings
Movie listings for Paramount Strand and Dixie Cruise-In show multiple titles this week. The Babe Ruth Story Thunder Hoof Gentleman from Nowhere Late George Apley Will It Happen Again and Shadow of a Doubt appear with showtimes across Monday and Tuesday, plus a noted statistic about U.S. road fuel stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
William Bendix
Claire Trevor
Preston Foster
Mary Stuart
Warner Baxter
Fay Baker
George Apley
Ronald Coleman
Peggy Cummins
Adolph Hitler
Eva Braun
Theresa Wright
Joseph Cotten
School Traffic Lights To Burn Throughout Day
Police Chief Thomas D. Carmody announced that school district traffic lights will stay on during class hours to avoid confusion and improve driver obedience. The lights will remain on all day and be turned off only after the last students leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Carmody
Carmody
Church Class Names Officers at First Church of Christ
Local Men’s Class elected Ernest H. Neville as president for the coming year at a monthly dinner and business meeting. C. A. McCutcheon Vice President J L Keffer Secretary J D Trent Assistant Secretary E O Long Treasurer J Hick Harrington Assistant Treasurer Harold Brooks Teacher C A McCutcheon Assistant Teacher. Officers serve until October 1949. The class led the evening service and provided the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ
Ernest H. Neville
C. A. McCutcheon
J. L. Keffer
J. D. Trent
E. O. Long
Jick Harrington
Harold Brooks
Neville
Franklin Police Blotter Quiet as Chief Plans Plant Display
Franklin police blotter shows three intoxication arrests but Chief O E Chamberlain reveals a weekend plan. He owns two night blooming cereas plants, one with five buds and one with six, set to be placed in the Hamilton Garage window at Second and Canal Streets this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
O. E. Chamberlain
Hamilton
Second
Canal Sts
Seven Ohio residents die in highway incidents yesterday
Seven people met violent deaths on Ohio highways. Virgil R. Harden, 25, Mansfield, died when his car hit a Chillicothe bridge abutment. Lena Atwood, 29, Mansfield, injured. Mary Powell, 17, Columbus, killed when ejected from a motorcycle driven by husband Hiershel, 18. Joseph Orth Paper, 38, Edwardsville Pa., found dead near New York Central tracks with crushed skull. Marilyn Sue Waugh, 5, of Willard Waugh family, killed by car at Kitts Hill near Ironton. A train struck an automobile at Weston, Wood County, killing another victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Virgil R. Harden
Mansfield
Chillicothe
Lena Atwood
Mary Powell
Columbus
Hiershel
Port Clinton
Joseph Orth Paper
Edwardsville
New York Central
Marilyn Sue Waugh
Kitts Hill
Irenton
Willard Waugh
Weston
Wood County
Kill
Statues Return To MHS Lobby With New Heads
In Middletown High School, two familiar figures George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were restored in the lobby. The statues received new heads and a new saint job, Wade F Miller, the superintendent, said the heads were ordered from the original maker after vandals damaged them during summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Lene
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Job
Wade FE. Miller
Way Opened to Build Bridge on Route 35 in Dayton
Columbus AP The Ohio highway department will match funds with the City of Dayton for a Third Street bridge on Route 35. Highway Director Earl Reed notified Middletown engineer J Arthur Goldschmidt that plans could begin immediately. No financing agreement yet. likely a 50 50 split. Estimated project cost is 1 000 000 and it would not receive federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Highway Department
Dayton
Earl Reed
J. Arthur Goldschmidt
Middletown
Reed
Defiance High School Football Game Canceled
Defiance, O. AP Bryan High School officials canceled Defiance High School’s football game Friday night due to a polio outbreak in Defiance County, which has 27 cases to date. Four deaths have occurred in the area.
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Defiance
Bryan
Defiance High School
Defiance County
Coal car claims life in Dorothy mine accident
In Steulsenville Ohio an accident at the Glen Robbins Dorothy mine of the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company killed Henry Jackson Jr 25 of Mt Pleasant Pa when a coal car crushed him against a mine wall post Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steulsenville
Henry Jackson, Jr
Mit
Pleasant
Youghiogheny
Briefs From Polige Report On Local Incidents
Albert Covington, 53, of 828 Eighth Ave, jailed on disorderly conduct charge at the Silver Leaf club. Denver Powell, 37, of 229 James St, Dayton, cited in 2000 block South Verity Pkwy for physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Charlies Tipton, 22, of 601 McLaw St, Dayton, charged with careless operation of a motor vehicle. A screen was removed and an attempted entry reported at Dora Jennings’s home, 1401 Garfield St. Police recovered a stolen car belonging to L. C. Lackey, 2104 Tylus Ave, behind an Elwood St. address. S. Y. Wingo, 719 Eighth Ave, reported $50 missing after a altercation with an unidentified man near Garfield St. and Hudson Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Covington
Eighth Ave
Silver Leaf Club
Denver Powell
James St
Dayton
South Verity Pkvy
Polwe Sad
Charlies Tipton
McLaw St
Dora Jennings
Garfield St
L. C. Lackey
Tylus Ave
Elwood St
S. Y
Wingo
Hudson Ave
Registration Tops 15 000 Mark Before Deadline
Registration in Middletown neared 15 000 as the deadline to file for the November 2 balloting approached. The Board of Elections stayed open late and rural polls operated from 10 am to 2 pm, then 4 to 9 pm. More than 100 registered by noon, with warnings to those who did not vote in past elections or who will reach voting age by election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Election Board
Work Begins on Lefferson Crossing Signal
The project starts at Lefferson crossing with the first of three flasher railroad signals. The Mid dletown Safety Council proposed flashers at Wildwood Jefferson and Georgetown crossings after multiple fatalities. Safety director Paul Wilson stated the signal will operate soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lefferson Crossing
New York Central Railroad
Middletown
VFW District Session Parade Opens Lebanon Conference
Veterans of Foreign Wars from several posts paraded through Lebanon as the Fourth District Conference opened. Judge Joseph Brueggman of Cincinnati presided, with Mayor Robert King welcoming visitors and state adjutant George Fedder addressing attendees. A protest over a Hamilton County relief-committee appointment led to a motion to investigate, and posts were assessed $5 each for traveling expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Miami Valley Post
Joseph Brueggman
Cincinnati
Robert King
George Fedder
Columbus
Brueggman
Hamilton County
Fourth District
Explosion Injures Frank James at Armco Plant
Hospital attendants report Frank James of Wilmington aged 46 critically injured in an explosion at Armco's New Miami sintering plant on Monday and listed in serious condition at Mercy Hospital this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank James
Wilmington
Armco
New Miami
Mercy Hospital
First action on council's recommendation reported
Signs for the first action on the council's recommendation were taken, while signals for the other two crossings remain unapproved, according to Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Buck family members among victims in fatal Carey crash
Royal W Buck 76 and Mearle D Buck 75 died when their car failed to round a curve near Carey. Robert L Lewis 21 was killed. Injured were Donald Showalter 20 and Bertha Deckard 23. All five from Fostoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing Royal W. Buck
Mearle D. Buck
Robert L. Lewis
Carey
Donald Showalter
Bertha Deckard
Fostoria
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Legion
Vicks
Washington
State
Union
Scout Committee
Baker Funeral Home
Oxford- Somerville Rd
Robert Bowman
Darr
Dayton University
KEAYS
Paramount
Westinghouse
Wilstan
House of Westinghouse
Melampy
Associated Press
MHS Lobby
Polige Briefs
VFW
Davenport & Chair
Exteria
Advance
Middletown, Ohio
Wayne Hill Nursery
Hamilto
DIAL
Butler Cleaners
Clinton & 417
Baltimore
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