170 Women Here Join Salvation Army Auxiliary Drive Continues
One hundred women joined Middletown’s Salvation Army Auxiliary at the Manchester Hotel, bringing total leadership to 170 active members. Mrs. Della Black of Syracuse spoke. six life memberships were received. Captain Kenneth Sharpe praised the group as focus for the Army’s home, youth, mission Haven, and Christmas efforts while plans for ongoing enrollment continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Salvation Army Auxiliary
Manchester
Della Black
Syracuse
N. Y
Auxiliary
Salvation Army
Reuben Pieters
Colin Gardner
C. E. Burke
Kenneth Smith
Army
Mission Haven
Kenneth Sharpe
Black
England
William Booth
Two More Local Firms Are Looted
Detectives investigated two more break-ins this morning, bringing the tally to four in two days. Hauselman Transportation Company and Sebald Oil Company were hit, with a truck jacked and two large tires stolen at the transit yard. Earlier break-ins linked to yesterday included clothing from Union Sanitary Laundry and a theft at Johnny's Bar where $20 and a radio were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hauselman Transportation Company
Sebald Oil Company
James H. Davis
John Fitzgerald
Transportation Company
Davis
Union Sanitary
Central Ave
Johnny's Bar
Charles St
Fleming Rd
Lebanon Druggist Charged in Court
Andrew J. Decker a 39 year old pharmacist and co owner of the Wight Decker Drug Company was charged by U S Commissioner J Paul Geghegan with violating narcotics laws His hearing was set for November 26 Narcotics agents said he obtained 2000 tablets containing Narcotics and retained them for other than legitimate uses Decker is a member of the Village Council here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Andrew J. Decker
Wight- Decker Drug Company
U. S
J. Paul Geghegan
Decker
Barn Fire Damage Set At $20,000
A dairy barn at Otterbein Home burned, keeping two fire departments on site from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday. Damage is estimated at $20,000, superintendent Alvin Myrice said. The barn, built two years ago after a prior barn burned for $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Otterbein
Alvin Myrice
Red-Headed Pelican Costume Wins Jaycee Prize
Nearly 2,500 joined a city Halloween celebration as a red headed pelican costume won the grand prize. The event, hosted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, featured a parade from Clinton Street to Broad Street with Roosevelt Junior High School band leading. Winners in age groups were announced by judges Knight Goodman and others, with prizes donated by local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Reider
Clinton St
Central Ave
Broad St
YMCA
Roosevelt
Harry‘ terBraak
Paul Parker
Thomas Wilson
Schwegel
June Calhoun
Frank Richard Clark
Patty
Jimmy Wireman
Jacky Linden
Judy Long
Sigrid Kalnai
Dorothy Almon
Reider
Knight Goodman
Jaycee Committee
Don Goodman
Max Wise
Don Christman
Don Hall
Charles Hattery
Arthur Johnson
Robert McDade
Dade
Police Briefs: Multiple DUI and weapons arrests in city
William M ONeil 53 and William ONeil Jr appears in Municipal Court on disorderly conduct charges after arrest at 1605 Garfield. Pete Pendergrass 28 released on bond after arrest for permitting an unlicensed driver. Letcher Taylor 24 cited for DWI and no license at Central Ave and Eagle Alley. Martin Hensley 32 treated for scalp wound after assault. Clarence Mackory 28 arrested for carrying concealed weapon and no license after car search. Jesse Barker 24 charged with intoxication and resisting arrest at a cafe. Clarence Callahan 33 charged with DWI on South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. O'Neil
William O'Neil, Jr
Garfield St
Municipa
Pete Pendergrass
Lewis St
Letcher Elwood Taylor
Reynolds Ave
Central Ave
Eagle Alley
Martin Hensley
West Elkton
Middletown Hospital
Clarence Mackory
Walnut St
Hanover St
Mackory
Jesse Barker
N. Broad St
Collision on Tytus Ave and Verity Pkwy injures two drivers
Police report a $400 collision last night involving John Underwood Jr., 20, of 1002 Malvern St., and Albert McMurrin, 45, of Franklin. Both drivers were operating cars at the scene according to officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tytus Ave
Verity Pkvy
John Underwood, Jr
Malvern St
Albert McMurrin
Franklin
Infantile Paralysis Committee Meets Monday Evening
The infantile paralysis committee will meet Monday at 8 30 p m at the home of Mrs Letha Childs 1008 Hanover Street Mrs Fannie Patterson is co chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letha Childs
Hanover St
Fannie Patterson
New York Stocks 11:00 A.M. Broker Ledger Rumors
A fragmented list shows varied tickers from Allied Stores to United Airlines, Kennecott, Union Carbide and others. Amid the chaos, Armstrong numbers and odd valuations appear for Armco, American Can, General Electric, and several railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Svarart
Curtis Wright
Deer & Co
Douglas Aircraft
Electric Power & Light
Firestone Tire & Rubber
General Filectric
General Motors
Great Northern
Greyhound 2
Seeseves Goodrich
Eevee’ Goodyest
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings
Paramount screens Deep Water and Thunder in the Valley with a Sunday lineup including Loves De Car men. Strand offers Foreign Affair Borrowed Trouble and The Sullivans plus Crash Dive with alternative showings. Dixie Cruise-In features When the Daltons Rode Ding Dong Williams and Temptation across Saturday and Sunday times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Jean Peters
Dana Andrews
Lon McCallister
Peggy Ann Gardner
Bill Boyd
the Sullivans
Anne Baxter
Thomas Mitchell
Tyronne Power
Dixie Cruise
the Daltons
Randolph Scott
Kay Francis
Andy Devine
Ding Dong Williams
Glen Vernon
Anne Jeffreys
Temptation
Merle Oberon
George Brent
Charles Kowin
Paul Lukas
Three Injured in Route 122 Car Crash Near Middletown
Verne Selby aged 67 of 409 Yankee Rd suffered deep neck lacerations Eugene Blair 37 of West Middletown Route 1 had back injuries and J R Schuyler 42 of 413 Euronn Rd head injuries All were treated at Middletown Hospital and released Selby lost control and crashed into Blair’s car with Schuyler as a passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleown
Verne Selby
Yankee Rd
Eugene Blair
West Middletown
J. R. Schuyler
Euronn
Middletown Hospital
Selby
Blair
Schuyler
Barberton Boy Hit by Truck Injures Child
In Barberton Ohio six year old Reid H Wagner sustained fatal injuries after being struck by a truck near his home. He is the son of Capt Reid Wagner stationed at Wright Field Dayton and his wife Mrs Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barberton
Reid H. Wagner
Reid Wagner
Wright Field
Dayton
Wagner
Women Voters Begin UN Charter Study in Middletown
The Middletown League of Women Voters held a second introductory session at Mrs. G. W. Breiel’s home on Main Street. Mrs. Allison Neff led a discussion on atomic energy. Mrs. Karl Banzhaf summarized Hiroshima by John Hersey. A November 12 meeting at Mrs. Neff’s home will study the UN Charter, with six sessions planned. An atomic energy show is planned for Memorial Hall in Dayton next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
International Civics Group
League of Women Voters of
Middletown
G. W. Breiel
Main St
Allison Neff
Karl Banzhaf
Hiroshima
John Hersey
Central Ave
Memorial Hall
Dayton
Tentative Approval Given 49 Civic Association Budget
Obituaries note Otto Kaiser 73, a familiar theater figure, died of a heart attack at his home 2014 Tytus Ave. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. K S Learey officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Kaiser, advertising artist for Naegle Auer Printing, helped design the Armco trade symbol and Wrenn Paper trademark. Survived by daughter Mrs Robert J Ott and three others. Also, tentative approval of Middletown Civic Association 1948-49 budget given by executive committee at Manchester Hotel, with increased agency budgets but some reductions. Final approval contingent on success of November membership drive. Budget total exceeds current income by 30,000. Committee chaired by R S Weatherwax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kaiser
Tytus Ave
Wilson Funeral Home
K. S. Learey
Woodside Cemetery
Naegle - Auer Printing Company
Armco
Robert J. Ott
Marlowe Ave
Cincinnati
Norman B. Saunders
Cambridge, Mass
Walter C. Kautz
Susan Ellen Ott
Middletown Civic Association
Manchester
E. E. Grant
Grant
R. S. Weatherwax
R. Dempster
E. F. Shively
E. T. Gardner, Jr
Jim Lawrence
Kaiser
Otto
Tytus
E. Ott
Wilson “Eer
M. Monda
Kenne Leary
Woodie
Wilson Funeral
Orderly Beggars Night Reported Citywide
Night of Halloween in the city was orderly with only a few police calls. Officers responded to a mailbox in the street, a bonfire, and incidents of pranksters breaking bottles or windows. A resident reported a group of large boys overturned a car, causing $150 in damage and theft of its battery.
Services for Mrs Ester Reynolds Held in Middletown
Mrs Ester Reynolds 76 wife of Green Reynolds of Park Ave Franklin died in Middletown Hospital Friday Burial set for 10 am Monday at Gods Community Church Middletown Body to be taken to residence Sunday for calling hours Surviving are her husband five daughters Lizzie Law Eva Nelson Anna Hartley Bessie Peyton Elsie Stamper seven sons Charles John James William Elmer Arlie Delvin 44 grandchildren and several great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ester Reynolds
Green Reynolds
Park Ave
Franklin
Middletown
God’s Community Church
Woodside Cemetery
Lizzie Lawson
Frenchburg
Eva Nelson
Cincinnati
Anna Hartley
Bessie Peyton
Dayton
Elsie Stamper
Charles Bair
Big Woods
John Bair
Salt Lick
James Bair
Torea
William Bair
Olympia
Elmer Bair
Arlie Bair
Delvin Bair
Obituary for Mrs. Mary Jane Staggs of Middletown
Mrs. Mary Jane Staggs, 66, wife of Charles Staggs, died Friday at home after five months illness. A Middletown resident for 42 years, she was a charter member of the Church of God, Clayton St. Survived by two daughters Arlie Sargent and Alma Vaughn, a son Stanley, seven grandchildren, a sister Mrs. James Brown of Louisville, and brothers Taylor and Oliver Wilson, both of Middletown. Her brother Rev. J. D. Wilson predeceased her May 28. Visitation begins Sunday after 1 p.m. at the residence. Funeral arrangements by Joseph R. Baker and Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Staggs
Charles Staggs
Elsmere St
Middletown
Church of God
Clayton St
Arlie Sargent
Alma Vaughn
Stanley
James Brown
Louisville
Taylor Wilson
Oliver Wilson
J. D. Wilson
Clayton St. Church of God
Joseph R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home
Wesley Miley 75 former Middletown resident dies in Shelbyville
Wesley Miley, 75, former Middletown resident, died Friday noon in Shelbyville Indiana after a short illness. He had made his home in Shelbyville for several years. He is survived by a daughter. Funeral arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Miley
Middletown
Shelbyville
Ind
Retired Armco heater with family details noted
A retired Armco Steel heater from the old sheet mill who moved from Piqua in 1907 lives in Boggstown with his daughter Alma Porter. Survived by three daughters Alma Porter Detroit Katherine McCue Middletown, two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also survived by three half sœurs and two half brothers. Arrangements are incomplete at Rigg's Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Porter
Boggstown
Armco Steel Corporation
Piqua
Karl Wenzel
Detroit
Katherine McCue
Middletown
Kenneth Crane
Charles Schmidt
Dayton
George Wiles
Bradford
Ohio
Franklin Miley
Charles Miley
Cleveland
Rigg
Body of Pvt Robert Simmons Arrives in Franklin
The body of Pvt Robert Simmons, only son of Mr and Mrs Verner Simmons of Carlisle, has arrived in Franklin. Services under Anglesby Funeral Home are incomplete. He died in a prison camp in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Pvt
Robert Simmons
Verner Simmons
Carlisle
Anglesby
Germany
Mrs Martha Benson Dies at 95 in Germantown
Martha Benson aged 95 died at her Germantown Route 1 home at 9 15 p m after a month long illness. She is survived by three sons William John and Davis of Tulsa Okla and three daughters Ollie Jackson of Georgia Lulu Brooks and Octavia Evans of Alabama. Body at John Arpp Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Martha Benson
William
John
Davis
Tulsa
Oklo
Ollie Jackson
Georgia
Lulu Brooks
Octavia Evans
Alabama
John Arpp
Niagara Falls Man Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Herbert McClain aged 52 of Niagara Falls New York died in a Cleveland hospital yesterday from injuries suffered October 15 in an automobile accident. Additional details not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Herbert McClain
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Local Obituaries and Notices from Middletown Area
Obituaries and funeral notices from Middletown area papers list the deaths of Pearlie Gevedon aged 2 of South Kanon and others including Otto Kaiser, Kaptanas, Miley, Wesley, Dora P Morrison, Esther Bair Reynolds, Mary Ann Schneider. Details cover death dates, funeral times, locations, interments, and family visit hours.
Funeral Notices for SHYERS STAGGS STAMPER THOMAS WILLIAMS WILLIAMS
Infant SHYERS dies at Middletown Hospital at 8 p m Oct 28. Graveside service 10:30 a m Monday Woodside Cemetery. Family to receive friends after 1 p m Saturday at Jos R Baker Sons Funeral Home. STAGGS Mapoo age 66 obituary notices. Funeral at Church of God Clayton Street with time to be announced. Interment Woodside Cemetery. R Baker & Sons Funeral Home. STAMPER Pfc William Daniel 20 of 106 Moore Street Kites in ismere December 18 at Bliesdalheim Germany. Family to receive friends after 1 p m Sunday at Wilson Funeral Home. Funeral 2:30 p m Monday. Interment Family Cemetery. THOMAS Mrs Clara age 60 1615 Grand Ave widow of est a Thomas died Oct 26. Funeral 2:00 p m Monday First Church of Christ. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Jos Aker. WILLIAMS Mrs Annie J age 18 wife of David Williams Middletown died Oct 29. Family receiving hours Saturday 7-10 p m Sunday 2-5 and 7-10 p m at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Funeral 3:00 p m Monday at the funeral home. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Arrangements by McCoy Leffler.
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Shyers
Paul Phyery
Mohawk St
Middletown Hospital
Jos
Staggs
Mapoo
Ismere
William Daniel
Marvin
Moore Street
Bliesdalheim
Germany
Wilson Funeral Home
Funeral
H. H
Thomas
Clara
Grand Ave
A Thomas
Ricuietanedoapital
Earl Thomas
Wwoodlawn Fueneral
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Teen Aenee Seeteee
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Wesley
Own
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Bos Wenzel
Riggs Funeral Home, Inc
John Dobrozsi, Jr
Bellemonte
Maxberry Funeral Home
Armbruster Floral Shop
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House of Flowers
Roameet Floral
Daisy May Orr
Delbert Noble
Dia
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Moore St
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Joseph T. Kiep
Conrad C. Stroh
Political Adv
William H. Shawhan
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