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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1949

Page

2

Downtown Off Street Parking Studied By Council

The Safety Council's Traffic Committee studied downtown parking solutions after a Middletown Merchants Association survey. Three lot sites were proposed on Broad Street, East Central Avenue, and a block bordered by Manchester Vail Verity Pray and Clinton, with capacities up to 200 vehicles.

Council Safety Council Middletown Fi Merchante Association Broad Broad St Manchester Ave Columbia Ave Diver Company East Central Ave Gardner Boerd and Carton Company Vail Ave Verity Pray Clinton St YMCA Runyon Parkime Main St Water St Kroger Alber Sam Tutt First Ave Central Ave South Main St Central Main First

Paramount Thursday at the Movies Listings

Theaters show multiple films with casts including Howard Duff Martaoe Barbara Stanwick Virginia Mayo Ronald Reagan and Victor Mature plus schedules at Paramount and Strand noting showtimes through the evening with titles such as legal Entry The Lady Gambier Make Believe Ballroom Girl from Jane's Beach Little Tough Guys Cry of the City and Search for Danger Law of the Servil.

Paramount Howard Duff Marta Oe Barbara Stanwick Jane’s Beach Virginia Mayo Ronald Reagan

Merrill T Atwood obituary recalls real estate ties and coal trade

Merrill T Atwood, 77, linked with Crist Real Estate Agency and previously a wholesale coal salesman, died today at 45 p.m. at his home 1206 Calumet Ave. His wife Lida died in 1941 auto crash. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffier Funeral Home.

Merrill T. Atwood Crist Real Estate Agency Calumet Ave Associated Suez Agency Realty Lida McCoy-Leffier

James S. Stuck 61 Dies After Illness in Dayton

James S. Stuck a native of Bayton died at 6 40 a m at Middletown Hospital after a three day confinement. Survived by three daughters Mrs Beedle Mrs Helen Harshman and Mrs Mary Lou Knuth all of Dayton one son Benjamin of Kansas City Missouri eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Arrangements with Morrie Sons Funeral Home Dayton.

James S. Stuck Bayton Middletown Hospital Ire Ivo Beedle Stanley St Beedle Helen Harshman Mary Lou Knuth Dayton Benjamin Kansas City Morrie Sons

Franklin William H Ferguson obituary notice

Franklin William H Ferguson 73 retired night foreman of Logan Long Mill died 9 05 p m yesterday at his residence Harold Street Franklin since 1915 he retired two years ago due to ill health survived by widow Hazel two sons James Wu Middletown and William P Oklahoma City three daughters Mrs Dan Collette and Mrs Samuel Bassett both of Franklin and Mrs Catherine P Dayton five grandchildren two stepsons Pat Niblock Anderson Ind and Al West Middletown services Saturday 9 a m at St Marys Church burial Woodhill Cemetery Anglesby Funeral Home in charge

Franklin William H. Ferguson Logan Long Harold St Ranklin Hazel James Wu Middletown William P Oklahoma City Dan Collette Samuel Bassett Catherine

Ellen Gustin Lifelong Lebanon Resident Dies at Home

Mrs. Ellen Brown Gustin died after a four week illness at her Mound Street home. She was a Presbyterian Church member. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Roy Miller and Mrs. Evan Steddam of Lebanon and brother Charles Brown of Dayton. Services Saturday 2 30 p.m. at Oswald Funeral Home with Rev J Taylor MacHendry officiating. Burial Bethany Cemetery.

Lebanon Ellen Brown Gustin Mound St The Presbyterian Church Roy Miller Evan Steddam Charles Brown Dayton Oswald J. Taylor MacHendry Bethany Cemetery

Wilbur Barr 69 Dies in West Elkton of Heart Attack

Wilbur Barr 69 died at 6 30 am at the home of his daughter Mrs John Seiler in West Elkton from a heart attack. He worked for Germantown Lumber Co until ten years ago and lived with his daughter for four years. Active in the German town Knights of Pythias and Germantown Methodist Church. He is survived by daughter Mrs Seiler and another daughter Mrs R D Spitler of Cedar Lake Indiana. Funeral arrangements noted with John Arpp Funeral Home.

Germantown Wilbur Barr John Seiler West Elkton Germantown Lumber Company Germantown Knights of Pythias Germantown Methodist Church Etta William Humphreys West Englewood N. J

Whitehouse criticizes Armco pension plan as sell-out

Elmer Davis of the Armco independent union says CIO attacks on the Armco pension agreement are predictable. Davis argues the union’s plan guarantees at least a $100 monthly pension with no ceiling, contrasts it with CIO demands, and notes gains in pensions and life insurance without strikes.

Armco Independent Union Armeo Steel Corporation A.e.sf Steel Company Russell Molliday William Amburgey Elmer Davis Walter Leonard John Ford Clarence Rogers Joseph Weamer Leonard Greenbaum Ide M. Mossman Rogers Armco Independent Union Whitehouse Davis CIO Cincinnati Armco Employes Independent Federation AEIF

Funeral rites for local resident scheduled this weekend

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the family's convenience with the Rev. W. S. Underwood of Cincinnati officiating. Burial will follow in Somerville Cemetery.

W. S. Underwood Cincinnati Somerville Cemetery

Victor Tompkins dies respected Deerfield Township farmer

Victor Tompkins, 78, longtime Deerfield Township trustee and active Masonic Lodge member, died at his Mason area home after a several week illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at his residence with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Cora two daughters Mrs Dwight Lane Dayton and Mrs Ralph Stouder Mason and one son Charles Mason. Temperature note states interior Alaska ranges from 90 above in summer to 60 below in winter.

Lebanon Victor Tompkins Deerfield Township Mason Masonic Lodge Presbyterian Church Rose Hill Cemetery Gallimore Cora Dwight Lane Dayton Ralph Stouder Charles

Vital Statistics Names and Ages From Local Notices

William 4H Ferguson 73 Franklin Ohio James Stuck 81 Dayton Wilbur Barr West Elkton Mrs Ellen Brown Gustin 90 Lebanon De Tompkins 78 Mason Merrill T Atwood 77 Calumet St.

William Ferguson Franklin O James Stuck Dayton Wilbur Barr West Elkton Ellen Brown Gustin Lebanon de Tompkins Mason

Births Reported From Various Local Families

A sequence of birth notices lists several local couples welcoming newborns on Wednesday and Thursday at addresses in Lebanon and surrounding towns. Additional entries note out of town births in Cincinnati and Trenton with surgical or medical details for the newborns and parental lines. A rental lockers statistic notes that about half of U S farm families rent frozen food lockers from over 9500 plants nationwide.

United States

Taft to Speak in Middletown During November Tour

Senator Robert A Taft will headline a November area tour in Middletown Ohio Rotary officials announced The event is expected to draw many civic leaders and members from nearby clubs Taft will discuss his support for Taft Hartley amid labor leadership opposition in Ohio

Robert A. Taft Robert Iown Rotary Middletown Taft Brown Hartley Ohio

Engineers View Aluminum Film at Miami Chapter Meeting

A noon session of the Miami Chapter of Ohio Society of Professional Engineers featured the film Unfinished Rain bows circulated by the Aluminum Corporation of America. The showing was by Al Fritesche. The next meeting is scheduled for October 10 in the peak St. with a Monsanto Plant representative in Miamisburg.

Miami Ohio Society of Professional Engineers Aluminum Corporation of America al Fritesche Monsanto Miamisburg

Local Youth Polio Victim Admitted To Mercy Hospital

A Middletown resident was admitted to Mercy Hospital's Peelic Ward in Hamilton with infantile paralysis. William Warfield Jr., son of Willis and Mrs Warfield of 606 Lincoln Ave, became Butler County's police victim, per Cherlee J. of the Butler County Chapter of the Infantile Paralysis Foundation.

Middletown Mercy Hospital Peelic Ward Hamilton William Warfield, Jr Willis Ince Warfield Lincoln Ave Butler County Cherlee J

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