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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1948
Page
2
More Than 6 000 pupils expected to fill Middletown classrooms at 1 p m for official opening. Weather cloudy with showers. 225 teachers meet at Middletown High School to coordinate start. Buses to East End Territory and Wildwood students to Jefferson School. parents prepared new outfits for opening day.
Clouds and scattered showers dampen plans as a weak holiday weekend ends. A stable forecast predicts cloudy skies and rain from morning through the afternoon with cooler temps. Highs near 80 and lows around 69 to 72 are noted for the day.
The Paramount shows Easter Parade starring Fred Astaire and Judy Garland with screenings at 1 15 3 15 5 20 7 25 and 9 30 p m Tuesday. Wednesday features Black Eagle with William Bishop and Virginia Patton at 1 40 5 and 8 20 p m along with Out Of The Past starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer at 3 6 20 and 9 40 p m.
Strand shows Gung Ho with Robert Mitchum and Randolph Scott at 1 15, 4 40 and 8 20 p m. Eagle Squadron stars Robert Stack and Diana Barrymore at 2 45, 6 05 and 9 45 p m. Wednesday Suntown with Constance Bennett and Brad Crawford at 1 15, 3 45, 6 35 and 9 15 p m. Tight Shoes with John Howard and Binnie Barnes at 2 50, 4 05, 7 50 and 10 30 p m.
The Egg and I screens at 7 30 and 9 55 p m with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in a Dixie Cruise In presentation. The film stars Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in a comedy classic.
Seventeen teachers swore allegiance to the United States and Ohio duties this morning as G R Snider, attendance officer, administered the oath. Twelve are new to the system while others return from last year or earlier posts.
Wade E. Miller the school superintendent reminded parents of kindergarteners that each child must bring a birth certificate on opening day at 9 a.m. The notice emphasizes having the documents ready for the start of the term.
Kindergarteners report at 9 a m for class assignments with parents and birth certificates. Patrols and police cautions guard crossings as schools open and parochial programs begin with masses and staggered first days in Franklin and Lebanon.
Three volunteer workers at Draft Board No 10 reported activity this morning and registered about 40 men by 10 a.m. Today’s total reached 1,836 with a call for volunteers to help at the American Legion home. Registration today covers men born in 1925. tomorrow and Thursday will cover those born in 1926.
Cafeteria manager Flora Kemp says prices will inch up only modestly while keeping most items steady. A new Sherman School lunchroom in the east basement will offer plate lunches for younger children at 25 cents, with other items priced to five to fifteen cents. Meat prices may rise five to eight cents and some dishes may be removed if costs exceed student budgets. Milk stays seven cents, ice cream six, cookies two, and salads will be offered at five ten and fifteen cents.
Plate lunches, the busiest item, will cost 35 cents this year up from 0 cents, as general food price increases are blamed. Mrs Kemp is assisted by daughter Blair Pyle who handles bookkeeping and cashiering. Angie Upton manages the new cafeteria, with Lou Miller assisting. Other cafeterias list managers Lena Baker Roosevelt Leona Johannes and Henry Stillwell at McKinley.
Warren County commissioner Fred Hagemeyer 68 died this morning at Christ Hospital Cincinnati after an operation. He had been ill three weeks and resided on Clarksville Route 1. Serving three terms, he was a state representative candidate and a Scottish Rite Mason. Surviving are his widow Bessie, one son and three daughters. funeral arrangements are pending.
A 23-year-old Middleton resident, Donald Young of 12 Moore St., was struck by an Ohio bus at Main St and Columbia Ave last night. He sustained minor injuries and was treated at Middletown Hospital before returning home. Driver Earl Bradley, 35, of Fairfield, Ohio, said Young walked into the bus after he sounded the horn and swerved to avoid him.
State patrol officers reported an arrest on Route 9 J after an incident involving alcohol. Details remain limited but authorities described the sequence leading to the arrest and ongoing investigation.
Police said William Dennis aged 27 of 1307 Trinity Place was arrested behind an East Central Avenue address and charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
A Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a m Thursday in Holy Trinity Church for John Collett Martin 44 well known business man who died Monday at Veterans Hospital in Dayton American Legion will conduct services at the grave side in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at the Wilson Funeral Home 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p m Wednesday Active pallbearers friends of the deceased are Jack Achberger Thomas Carmody Hale Dodds Ernest Graff Richard Tingen and Warren Jones
Over Labor Day weekend Middletown Hospital Emergency Room logged heavy activity with 12 accident admissions and six doctors on duty. Among the injured were two babies, Neline Oliver and Joan Oliver, and their mother, from Pelham Tennessee, after a car rollover on Route 42. Other patients included Richard Amply Jr. of Dothan Alabama and William Nixon of Young Street with various injuries. Police noted a five year old with a head cut from sling shots and Patricia Nixon, 17, with a sprained ankle after a car overturn on Oxford State Road. The report details multiple more treated injuries and notes Lt. Rodgers’ health and family history.
Mrs Maria Newton 73 wife of Frederic A Newton music teacher died 10 40 am Monday at Mercy Hospital after four years of ill health Born in Middletown daughter of late James and ? Laishley spent life in area Member of Calvary Methodist Church Osborn Sunday School class Miami Valley Council No 30 Daughter of America Survived by husband three sons Harry and Paul Bailey of Middletown Edgar Bailey of Fairfield two brothers Albert Laishley of Middletown William Laishley of Dayton eight grandchildren ten great grandchildren Friends will be received at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home after 7 pm Tuesday Service 2 30 pm Thursday at Calvary Methodist Church Stead St Rev Frank Sowards will officiate Burial Woodside Cemetery
Word came today of the death last Thursday of Linda Kay Kreider the four day old daughter of Mr and Mrs E B Kreider formerly of Middleton now living in Wyandotte Michigan The infant died shortly after birth Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Linda Kay Kreider Mr Kreider formerly taught in the commercial department at the high school
Dora Jennings died at 4 p m Monday at her home 1320 Sycamore St Middletown after a three weeks illness She was a New Era Baptist Church member and had lived in Middletown 25 years Survived by husband Pete daughters Luan na Smith Mazie Jennings a son J C Jennings of Detroit Mich four grandchildren eight great grandchildren one niece and two nephews Funeral arrangements.
Mrs Lilly Woodward Harding 90 longtime Franklin resident and mother of Maj. Gen Forrest Harding ret and Justin Harding died at Middletown Hospital at 1 am Tuesday after a yearlong decline. She widow of Clarence Harding who died in 1904 and is survived by two sons six grandchildren six great grandchildren and a sister Miss Minnie Woodward. Justin Harding serves as a judge on a local court.
Funeral services will be held at the residence on 302 Park Ave Franklin Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev William J Hannum officiating. Burial follows at Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. tomorrow. Anglesby Funeral Home handles arrangements.
F H Miltenberger an 81 year old farmer died at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton from burns suffered when he tried to set fire to a weed patch on his Waynesville area farm. He is survived by daughter Mildred Archdeason of Dayton son Marlowe at home and brother Edward of Eaton. Last rites set for Thursday at Stubbs Funeral Home Waynesville with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin.
William A. Rodgers, 31, formerly of Middletown, died at 7 45 a m Sunday in his home at 444 Franklin Street. Authorities reported the death occurred there with no immediate cause listed. The deceased was known in local circles and preceded by family members in Middletown. Funeral arrangements were pending.
A man sustained head and back injuries after a fall from an upstairs window to the sidewalk. J. D. Connielus of 1601 Garfield St. was treated for a head gash and back injury and later taken to Middletown Hospital by Oxberry's ambulance.
Perley Howell Boone, 61, former newspaper and public relations man, once city editor of the Chicago Tribune and first press director for the New York World’s Fair, born in Tyler, Texas.
Evansville Indiana report notes C Phil Hanna aged 78 wealthy Illinois farmer oilman and hangman expert who supervised 72 executions in middle west prisons until his retirement in 1936.
Last rites were held for First Lt. Richard Christman, 27, Army pilot, who died in a crash two miles southwest of Phillipsburg while on a navigation training mission. Burial was in Memorial Cemetery, Dayton, with services led by Rev. I N Depuy. Survived by wife Loretta, mother Amy, sisters Janet Niederhouser of Cleveland, and siblings in Middletown, George father and Donald and Edward brothers. Christman served 3 1/2 years in WWII and joined the 162nd Fighter Squadron, ANG, Akron. In a separate note, 8 year old Burton Totts suffered minor burns when an aircraft flare exploded near him after dropping from the sky.
He was activated in November 1947 and received the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters along with the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service.
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