Nine seek City Commission posts and two for judges
Nine candidates filed for three City Commission seats as the filing deadline neared at 6 30 pm yesterday at the Board of Elections. Incumbents Charles B Stiles and Robert A Gibbs led petitions with 1882 and 1834 signatures respectively while others such as George Class Marvin D Clark Harold Goetz and Clarence Carmody also filed for four year terms. For Municipal Judge incumbent Alton H Combs faced challenger Herbert S Miller with petitions bearing 1490 and 1272 names. Special registration hours were set for October 7 8 and 10 with additional Lemon Township and Middletown board options provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Board of Elections
Robert A. Gibbs
Lloyd Miller
Alan Morgan, Jr
Charles B. Stiles
George Class
Marvin D. Clark
Harold Goetz
Milton Proctor
Clarence Carmody
Carmody
Stiles
Twenty Nominated For Ten Civic Board Posts
A listing of twenty candidates for ten posts on the Civic Association Board of Governors was announced by nominating committee chairman C. A. Burnett. Nine board terms expire this year. ten candidates compete for a one year vacancy caused by Dr Reuben Pieters resignation. Alternates named and the nine expiring terms listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Association
C. A. Burnett
Reuben Pieters
William Amburgey
Armco
Paul Back
Sorg
Edward W. Barker
Firstational Bank
H. H. Belknap
Ben Bender
Central Store
Alex Cheek, Jr
Lorillard
Martin V. Coffey
Miami Cabinet
Dr. Wil
Liam T. Daniel
R. E. Dempster
Dempster Motors
James W. Dennis
Wilbur Fisher
Aeronca
Mabel E.gardner
Adam Hamm
Prior Products
Jack L. Harris
H. H. Jung
St. Paul's Church
Roscoe Kincaid
Gardner Board
John Lawler
H. D. Martindale
Shattle Brothers
J. Lloyd Weaver
Fairbanks Fiber Box
Avery Woodar Clayton
Blue Ball Pastor Resumes Services After Month Away
After a month’s vacation, Rev. Byron Sprague of Blue Ball Presbyterian Church announced that services will resume Sunday. C. G. Bowker will lead Sunday school at 10 a.m. followed by worship at 11 a.m.
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Blue Ball
Byron Sprague
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
C. G. Bowker
Liquor Dealers Protest Proposed Price Markup
John Domanick of the Chatterdine Cafe in Baltimore Street Columbus protested a proposed liquor price markup aimed at offsetting a state deficit. Eighteen witnesses spoke over six hours forty minutes at a State Liquor Board hearing as tavern and hotel owners urged rejection. the board gave no decision, citing a lengthy testimony period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Domanick
Bellomonte &J
Chatterdine
Baltimore St
Butler County
Buckeye Retail Liquor Dealers Association
Columbus
State Liquor Board
Nick
Liquor Board
West Middletown Man Wins Terrace Building Contest
Paul Heitz of West Middletown Route 1 was crowned champion of the Butler County Rural Youth Club terrace building contest. The event on the county field conservation day at Earl Zellner farm drew about 500 spectators. Heitz scored 98 points with ten contestants. runners-up included Arthur C. Schoultheis 95 and Daley Wehr 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Heitz
West Middletown
Butler County Rural Youth Club
Earl Zellner
Hamilton
Heitz
Arthur C. Schoultheis
Okeana
Daley Wehr
Trenton
Robert Price
Oxford
Stanley A. Coombs
Somerville
Robert Brashear
Edwin Cox
Seven Mile
Fred W. Green
Frank Cory
M. Daya Urmston
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings This Weekend
Paramount offers Bride of Vengeance with Paulette Goddard and John Lund at 1:30 5:00 8:30 p m. Alias Nick Beal stars Ray Milland Audrey Totter at 3:15 6:40 10:40 p m. Sunday The Stratton Story with James Stewart June Allyson at 1:15 3:20 5:25 7:30 9:40 p m. Strand presents Escape with Rex Harrison Peggie Cummins at 3:10 6:40 10:10 p m. The Showdown at 2 5:30 9:05 p m. Massacre River with Guy Madison Rory Calhoun at 2:20 4:45 7:30 10:10 p m. Sky Liner with Richard Travis Pamela Blake at 1:15 3:40 6:25 9:05 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paulette Goddard
John Lund
Nick Beal
Ray Milland
Audrey Totter
Stratton Story
James Stewart
June Allyson
Rex Harrison
Peggy Cummins
Guy Madison
Rory Calhoun
Richard Travis
Pamela Blake
Polio Drive Totals Rise in Middletown Campaign
Middletown's week long polio drive neared $833 after two days of collection. County chairman Martin Thomas reported the figure on Saturday. The Fraternal Order of Eagles staffed the downtown March of Dimes booth Friday, raising $490, as Jaycee members took over the booth on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Martin Thomas
Order of Eagles
Thomas
Jaycee
Obituary: David Mack 59 Dayton resident and Armco worker
David Mack 59 of 1119 Danner Ave Dayton former Middletown resident died Thursday at 5 30 pm after a six year illness He was employed by Armco Steel for 20 years and lived in Dayton four years Survived by widow Gertrude four daughters four sisters five brothers and two grandchildren Services Monday 1 30 pm at Second Baptist Church with Rev T M Campbell officiating Interment Woodside Cemetery Friends may call after 5 pm Sunday at residence Funeral arranged by Jones Brothers Funeral Home Dayton
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David Mack
Danner Ave
Dayton
Middletown
Armco Steel Corporation
Gertrude
Lucille Copeland
Ruby Mack
Alice Hurdle
Berneda Mack
Josie Espey
Susie Vinson
May Francie Rogers
Thelma Brown
Chicago
John
Salmon
Daniel
Abraham
Louisville
Jessie Mack
Detroit
Mich
Second Baptist Church
T. M. Campbell
Woodside Cemetery
Jones Brothers Funeral Home
Eaton-Charles M. Jones 70 dies at West Elkton
Charles Milton Jones a 40 year cement contractor died yesterday at his West Elkton home. Survived by his widow two sons and two sisters. Services set for 2 30 p m Monday at R C Nein and Son Funeral Home Camden burial in Fairview Cemetery West Elkton.
Deaths Tonight Across Cities Hit By Losses
DEATHS LAST NIGHT By Associated Press OLD SAYBROOK Conn George MacIintosh Rogers 69 former general manager and vice president of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and a former vice president and director of the American Newspaper Publishers Association EVANSVILLE Ind Monte Katterjohn 57 former writer for Universal Pictures who wrote the scenario for The Sheik the film in which Rudolph Valentino starred 25 years ago He was born in Boonville Ind COLUMBUS Ohio Dr Harry A Rolnick 45 a physicist in the department of medical research at Ohio State University He was born in Russia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Old Saybrook
Conn
George MacIintosh Rogers
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Evansville
Ind
Monte Katterjohn
Universal Pictures
the Sheik
Rudolph Valentino
Boonville
Columbus, O
Harry A. Rolnick
Department of Medical Research
Ohio State University
Russia
Gazer Of Stars Seeks Clear Sky
Detroit city council weighs limits on searchlights after citizen C A King complains the bright beams ruin stargazing. King argues business needs aside, residents should be able to see the heavens as God designed them and asks for a review of lighting policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
C. J. King
Colored News Prominent Elks Council to Meet at Bellefontaine
The Southern District Council of the Daughter of Elks will convene at Bellefontaine on Sunday at 2 p m all members urged to attend said Fanny Patterson vice daughter ruler. Promotion exercises for the New Era Baptist Church School set for Sunday at 7 30 p m with 13 pupils advancing supervised by class teachers and music arranged by Mrs Augusta Knox Mrs Pearl Spvelock to give a talk public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Daughter of Elks
Bellefontaine
Fanny Patterson
New Era Baptist Church
Oliver Smith
Augusta Knox
Pearl Spvelock
Knights of Pythias plans for Cincinnati convention
At Castle Hall the Knights of Pythias Lafayatte Lodge No 37 discussed attending the Grand Lodge convention in Cincinnati on September 21. They will appoint delegates at the regular session on September 16. The article notes Ptolemy, an astronomer and geographer from 18 centuries ago, is believed to have created the first atlas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Dept
Grand Lodge
Cincinnati
Knights of Pythias
Lafayette Lodge
Castle Hall
Ptolemy
Births at Hospital Add Two More Boys and a Girl
Vital statistics report births at the hospital listing four parents with newborns. Mr and Mrs Harold Birch of Trenton welcomed a girl on Friday. Mr and Mrs Arnold Williams of Oregonia welcomed a boy on Friday. Mr and Mrs Walter Davies of 3009 Omaha Street welcomed a boy on Friday. Mr and Mrs Elbert Walls of Trenton welcomed a boy on Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Hayes of 4209 Lewis Street welcomed a boy on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Birch
Trenton
Arnold Williams
Oregonia
Walter Davies
Omaha St
Elbert Walls
John Hayes
Lewis St
Hospital Inpatients And Dismissals Listed In Brief
In The Hospital Joseph Flanagan Orchard St medical Gerald Wayne Cooper son of Cooper Franklin medi ates Robert Wynn Sheffield Sr surgical E C Earhart Franklin surgical Mrs Elmus Beatliff West Middletown Route 1 medical Thomas Creech Eldora Dr medical. DISMISSALS Miss Ada Wilson Illinois Ave Mrs Robert Reynolds Collins ville Mrs Clara Alexander Sherman St Mrs Ray Walker Sheffield St Glenn Taylor Jr Trenton Mrs Edward Paul Orchard Walter Manning Sutphin St OUT OF TOWN Mrs Joseph Newkirk 1402 Yankee Rd dismissed from Deaconess Hospital Cincinnati surgical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Flanagan
Orchard St
Gerald Wayne Cooper
Cooper
Franklin
Robert Wynn Sheffield Sr
E. C. Earhart
Surgical
Elmus Beatliff
West Middletown
Thomas Creech
Eldora Dr
Ada Wilson
Illinois Ave
Robert Reynolds
Collinsville
Clara Alexander
Sherman St
Ray Walker
Sheffield
Glenn Taylor, Jr
Trenton
Edward Paul
Orchard
Walter Manning
Sutphin St
Joseph Newkirk
Yankee Rd
Deaconess Hospital
Cincinnati
Hunt For Ark is Abandoned
An American expedition abandoned a 12 day search for Noahs Ark on Mt Ararat near the Turkish border led by Dr Aaron J Smith a Greensboro N C missionary. The party of five Americans was escorted by Turkish soldiers but found no trace of the ark and plans further efforts despite Russian denunciations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dogubayazidi
Turkey
Mt. Ararat
Aaron J. Smith
Greensboro
N. C
Dr. Smith
Steel wage talks stall at ten-cent peak amid lag
Hope I$ Held notes steel factfinders cannot raise beyond ten cents due to business lag. CIO steelworkers cite 1948 profits as basis for demands while industry argues profits fall and new wage costs elsewhere would depress the economy. Walkout vote 15 to 1 in four states Minnesota Wisconsin Utah Missouri if no deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
New York
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Utah
Missouri
County Outing Opens at Noon in Butler County
Butler County Republicans prepared for the annual outing at the county fairgrounds in Hamilton. Former Kentucky governor Simeon Willis is due in Cincinnati by 2 30 p.m. and will be greeted by GOP leaders including Martin A. Coyle and Ben Van Gorden. A reception committee and judges join the event with entertainment through the afternoon. Governor Willis is set to speak at 9 10 p.m. as the program closes with a WPFB broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Hamilton
Simeon
Willis
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Martin A. Coyle
GOP
Ben van Gorden
Fred B. Cramer
P. P. Boll
Oscar R. Leiser
R. H. Smith
39th Polio Victim Listed in Butler County
Ruth Ann Fraley, three, of 622 Prytinia Ave Hamilton, admitted Friday to Mercy Hospital Hamilton. The 39th polio victim of the season and the county's 41st case in 1949, announced by Charles J. Reuthe, chairman of the Butler County Chapter of the National Infantile Paralysis Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Charles J. Reuthe
Butler County
National Infantile Paralysis Committee
Reuthe
Ruth Ann Fraley
Arch Fraley
Prytinia Ave
Navy Seaman Jack Smith Recalled to Norfolk Hospital Ship
Jack Smith of the United States Navy, son of Mr and Mrs B A Smith of 720 Poplar Street, has been placed on a hospital ship at Norfolk Virginia. He was stationed in Porto Rico but was returned to Norfolk for an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Smith
United States Navy
B. A. Smith
Poplar St
Norfolk
Porto Rico
Three Bad Checks Cashed In Local Bars
A rash of bad checks totaling 198.74 was cashed in Middletown area bars yesterday including 96.87 at H Hand H Grill and Pat's Bar. Banks flagged the payroll checks made out to Hamilton Caster and Mfg. drawn on First National Bank as fraudulent. Eleven such checks totaling over 1,000 have been reported cashed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
H Grill
Pat's
Hamilton Caster and Mfg. Company
Hamilton
First National Bank
Snakes Have Transparent Eye Membranes Shield Vision
A clear protective membrane covers a snake's eye, guarding the cornea from scratches and injuries as it moves and hunts. This transparent layer, known as the spectacle, slides over the eye and is shed with each molt.
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Clinton D Boyd
Common Pleas
William Treadway
Board
Herbert S. Miller
Alton H. Combs
Miller
Judge Combs
Board of Election
Election Board
Federal Savings and Loan
Central Ave
Main St
Lemon Township
Middletown Board
Richmond
Ae Ee
George Craig
Brazil
American Legion
Philadelphia
Williamson-Ziegler Furnace CO
N. Broad St
Pho
Paramount
Journal
Middletown, Ohio
Charlie M. Jones
Council
Colored News
Lodge Convention
Marr Als Ates
Rogers
Naval Architect
Audrey
Pete”) Muller
Westfield
N. J
Naval
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy
Masa
Melampy
Dean & Barry
Roy Whites
Reeves
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