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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1948
Page
5
Erie boarding house on West Eleventh Street houses 21 children with eight divorced mothers led by widow Christine May 30. The 14 room home charges 25 dollars weekly per family for room meals and wash, with May overseeing meals, discipline, and child care amid measles and school starts.
E. E. Grant announced 98 tellers from 28 Middletown organizations will tally votes for 10 Civic Association Board of Governors seats on September 30. Balloting began Monday in industrial plants and ends September 30 at 5 p.m. with counts starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Association.
Donald A. Kohr president and general manager of The Lowe Brothers Company will speak at the Dayton Chapter first meeting of the 1948 49 season at 615 p m September 21 at the Engineers Club of Dayton His topic is current management problems Kohr holds degrees from Ohio State University MIT and related fellowships Gerald E Humphrey Armco Steel is Dayton Chapter president
City committees and clubs schedule a week of meetings in Blythe-Willams Post 231 Moose Club Armco Employes Independent Federation and other groups. Notable gatherings include hospital trustees at Middletown Hospital and various fraternal and civic organizations at specified halls and rooms. Charles Day of WGAR to discuss National Political Conventions with Kiwanis at the Manchester Hotel.
Pvt Le Roy W Baker son of Mrs Grace Baker 1220 Prospect Ave has finished an automotive mechanics course with the 47th Specialist Training Regiment of the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Dix New Jersey The regiment was formed to fill Army needs for cooks bakers clerks mechanics and similar skilled trades under the new career plan.
A Lions Club gathering took place at the Manchester Hotel. Attendees connected over service projects and community outreach in a city event hosted by local members.
The Board of Education will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m at the senior high school. The agenda includes routine reports and district updates in a public session at the high school auditorium.
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary Post 3809 VFW heard reports from the 35th national encampment in St Louis. They urged attendance at the Lebanon district meeting on October 3 and planned a Dayton Soldiers Home visit. A party on October 16 will feature Red Green and Ab Ritter. next meeting resumes two monthly sessions on October 5.
The text notes that hours lost annually from factory accidents could yield two billion pounds of soap, 89 million shirts, and 50 million pairs of shoes. It also mentions quartzite being blasted from rock in steelmaking using dynamite after oxy acetylene torches burn up to twenty feet.
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