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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1949
Page
11
Murray reports strong local interest as Butler County fair opens this Sunday with racetrack stakes meeting a three year old pace and trot. The fair features $1,000 purses for two and three year olds and rodeo acts by Cherokee Hammons troupe starting Sunday at 7 30 p m with a matinee at 2 30 p m Sunday.
Clara Condon Council No. 92 Daughters of America will hold a regular meeting tonight at 7 30 in their hall at Fourth and Main Streets A covered dish supper will be featured and all members are urged to attend.
Mrs James Lambert hosts a Stanley demonstration at her East Fourth Street home. Dayton outings include a diner and theater party for Mrs Fitzgerald and others. A Dayton Presbytery dinner and meeting are at the Central Church. Families plan Florida moves and local visits occur including a birthday in Middletown. A baby girl born in Dayton. Germantown’s Twentieth Century Club holds its fall meeting Monday at 2 p.m.
Two Germantown couples cancelled plans to board the steamer Noronic in Michigan saving themselves from potential disaster. They learned of the ship's burning in Toronto after returning home Sunday. The trip included Bay View Polkasi Mackinac Island and Toronto with Detroit snapshots of the vessel.
Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Ora E. Fry will observe their golden wedding anniversary Wednesday at 217 Bridge St. The couple are parents to Floyd, three daughters in Dayton and Germantown, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr. Fry works as a carpenter.
Janet Beckett of Waynesville was installed as Worthy Advisor and Kay Young of Lebanon as assistant Worthy Advisor at the Rainbow Girls regular meeting. Lebanon Chapter 343 will hold Friendship Night at 8 pm with sandwiches and a salad requested. other notes include engagements, visits, and local movements.
Warren County's 98th annual fair opens with forecasts of air and coal smoke. Opening day features livestock and agricultural judging, a 7 pm band concert, and at 8 pm the Loie Chitwood Auto Daredevils. Tomorrow offers 9:30 am judging, 1:30 pm harness races, a 7 pm band concert, and 8 pm School Night. Officers of the Warren County Agricultural Society to be elected Wednesday at 2 pm.
The Lebanon Chapter SPEBSQSA announces bimonthly meetings on the first and third Mondays at Elk's lodge third floor for fall and winter programs and singing sessions. The inaugural session was held last evening at 8. Bob Garner chairs the program committee with Ott Tuttle, and Al Brown heads the refreshments committee, inviting all male singers to attend.
Arthur E. Pat Sibey of Lebanon will exhibit Jersey cattle in the 1949 All American Jersey Show to be held September 26 to October 1 in Memphis Tennessee. Breeders from across the United States compete for more than $5 000 in prize money and trophies.
Briefs note PTA and women’s groups meeting in Carlisle Monroe and Franklin. Warren County Fair opens in Lebanon with events through Friday. CES Lebanon observes Friendship Night. Y Teens Germantown High and local church gatherings hold meetings and closures listed. Franklin schools dismissed Friday and Elk Creek Grange inspection set for Tuesday. Clara Condon Council Daughters of America meets tonight at 7 30.
Lebanon Police Chief W. H. Fulkerth vows zero tolerance for reckless driving speeding and stop sign violations. An officer will monitor Warren and Cherry streets during school hours to assist pupils and maintain safe traffic flow. An automatic stop light at Broadway and New Street awaits permit from the State Highway Department.
Lebanon area banks and loan offices announce early closures around fair days. Citizens National Bank and People Building and Loan will close Wednesday Thursday Friday afternoons. Home Federal Loan open Thursday and Friday afternoons. City Loan and American Loan close Wednesday Thursday afternoons and open Friday afternoon. Warren County Courthouse closed Wednesday Thursday afternoons and all day Friday. Village offices close Wednesday Thursday Friday noon. Motor Vehicles deputy registrar Alice Lackey notes King Motor Sales office closed Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. Police Chief Fulberth says refuse collections proceed as usual.
Robert and Charles South hosted a dinner for South's Hardware softball team and wives at the White Kitchen in Centerville. The Warren County Fair dominated week activities with church and Grange exhibits and a school closure for fair events. Numerous local families attended reunions, birthdays, and travels to Niagara Falls, Detroit, and Cincinnati, with visits from relatives and pastors across the region.
Gabriel Paul, Cincinnati Baseball Club formation director and vice president, spoke at the Lebanon Kiwanis Club at noon. Robert Kaufman led the program. Paul plans to bring one or two Reds players to a future event.
Tom Hines of the area rent office will be in the Town Hall council room every Monday from 2 to 4 pm starting yesterday. He will consult with landlords and tenants about rental problems, announced Ralph Janney, area rent director of Cincinnati.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Petit came home Saturday after a month traveling the western states. Donald Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Smith, returned home Saturday after being discharged from the Marine Corps where he served two years. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kercher came home Sunday after two weeks touring the western states.
A group of Germantown Luther League members joined peers at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lewisburg for a one day Miami Valley Luther League convention. Attendees from Germantown include Barbara Steller Doug Lass Bolinger Ronnie Fox Maxine Githins Joyce Kreitzer Juanita Smith Dorothy Shultz and Janet Small as guest.
Mr and Mrs Rollin Lidington and Mr and Mrs Charles Stutleberry of Dayton spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles Sweney. Mr and Mrs Harold Null and sons of Dayton were Saturday guests of Mr and Mrs Charles All. Mr and Mrs Robert Eaton with Mr and Mrs John Peck of Lebanon will spend Thursday at the Delaware C fair. Mrs Margaret Cross of Lebanon and Clarence Earnhart of Cincinnati were Saturday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Raymond McCurdy. Carl Millard of Dayton with Mr and Mrs Charles Hardesty and Mr and Mrs William Robinson were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Sam Millard and daughter.
Warren County dog quarantine lifted by health commissioner Dr Arch D Harvey after no new rabies cases. Dogs must be confined from sunset to sunrise. Franklin police warn residents to cover garbage and keep premises clean to curb flies rats and insects. Sanitary engineer Stanley Markey reports numerous litter complaints and will cite violators.
Charles Waggoner has been named chairman of the Warren County Citizens Taft for Senator Committee on recommendation of the Warren County Republican Executive Committee to Senator Robert A. Taft. He will chair the local group and join the state wide Tak for Senator Committee guiding the 1950 reelection campaign.
Warren County Historical Society will host Miss Marie Dickers of Cincinnati a librarian for the Fifth Third Bank as guest speaker at the Warren County Museum Monday evening G H Townsley society president announced Mrs Seth Greely of Maineville chairs the committee for the meeting
The Y-Teens of Germantown High School invite all eligible high school girls to attend a meeting this evening at the school. The gathering begins at 7 o clock.
Warren County chapter of the Disabled American Veterans declares the Saturday before Argonne Day on September 26 as Forget-Me-Not Day. A tent at the fairgrounds will host their drive during fair week to raise funds for aid to comrades in need.
Johnny Morrow of Camden visited his grandmother Mrs. Valera Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Finlay of Hamilton visited with Mr. and Mrs. James Finlay and daughters Sunday evening. Mrs. Mary Bauer attended the Lutheran rally at the fairgrounds. Mr. and Mrs. George Craig of Camden visited Mrs. Etta Talbert.
The Birthday Circle of the First Baptist Church postpones its meeting to Thursday evening September 29. It will be hosted at the home of Mrs. Harry Clendening Sr. on Art Ave with Mrs. Homer Herold of Carlisle assisting hostess duties.
Mrs. Clint Gilpin of Springboro reported the loss of a pocketbook with $15 and papers. Ernest Reese of Conover Hill sought help locating his daughter Wanda 15 who has been missing since Saturday night.
Charles Johnson resigns from the Harm on YMCA assistant secretary post after three years to join the Johnson Funeral Home family business. The Y Board announced the vacancy will be filled at once during the September meeting.
Harold Conley of Germantown was arrested by Middletown police on disorderly conduct and assault and battery charges. He was released on $109 bond to appear later this week in Mayor J. T. Riley's court.
Warren County buses will be inspected by the State Highway Patrol at county schools on October 6 7 and 10 County Superintendent R F Hatfield announced. Time and specific locations to be announced later.
Janet Ellis will fill the Clerk of Courts vacancy in Warren, replacing Betty Bolmer who resigns October 1 and moves with her family to Los Angeles California. Ellis is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Ellis. Cliff C Beckett heads the court office.
Franklin schools will dismiss all day Friday due to the Warren County Fair.
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