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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1954
Page
2
Ten resourceful high school seniors were named finalists for the girls’ share of 1500 in cash prizes to be awarded May 19. Finalists, chosen from 210 applicants, will compete for four awards of 400, 200, 100, and 50 dollars at a Manchester Hotel banquet.
Ohio State Auditor James A. Rhodes announced a 1952 Cincinnati audit praising city administration. The 376 page report shows direct city collections totaling 37 182 007 with three minor recovery findings totaling 9 dollars. It notes 1 50 owed the Workhouse from Hamilton and Butler counties for one day of prisoner boarding and 6 owed to the city from the state for witness fees.
Monday and Tuesday listings include Naked Jangle at 1 15 4 05 7 05 and 10 05 p m Jesse James Vers Dallons at 3 00 6 00 and 8 55 p m SirERAND Arrow head at 1 30 4 40 and 8 05 p m Here Comes The Girls at 3 25 6 49 and 10 90 p m
The Middletown cerebral palsy center will operate at the Sharle Bros. plant on Clark Street with rooms lent by the firm no charge. American Legion Post 218 sponsors the program. Myron Swack will head physiotherapy services for Butler County residents at no cost from United Cerebral Palsy funds.
Police report multiple thefts in Middletown as Easter was observed. Victims include Thomas Wilson whose car at Mc Knight Drive and Central Avenue lost cigars and a fire extinguisher, value seven dollars. Thomas McCain's blue 1950 auto missing after 9 p.m. Saturday. bicycles reported stolen from Wildwood Road. Rex Linkows says a $10 hubcap taken from his car. Officers found a car without plates near YMCA, two youths fled on Manchester Avenue, owner not located.
Hamilton coroner rules Mrs. Romilda Boseke, 19, died from accidental overdose of a sedative after an autopsy. Wife of Ray Boseke of 1311 Grand Blvd was found unconscious at her parents home. She was treated at Fort Hamilton Hospital then Mercy Hospital where she died following relapse.
City Manager Howard H. Kramer will represent Middletown on the Water Conservation Committee at a Miami Valley Conservancy Subdistrict meeting in Dayton. O B Reemelin called the session for Dayton Chamber of Commerce committee promotion to coordinate a 10 county survey.
Police escorted A. E. Schultze and his 6 year old son James to Middletown Hospital after a swing accident and a minor head laceration. At Stokes Dairy an unknown suspect pushed a milk truck into an outside cooler causing about 30 dollars in damage to the truck and similar damage to the building. Juveniles are suspected. Police also responded to a prowler report on 11th Avenue where a man fled into Barnitz Field. no suspect was located.
Police responded to two early calls on Yankee Road. One involved shots fired at Verity Parkway and Yankee Road. The other reported a man in a red coat knocking on doors in the 400 block of Yankee Road. no suspect found.
Four persons hospitalized after accidents on roads near Middletown. Ebb Fisher of Cincinnati in critical condition with back and possible internal injuries at Greene County Memorial Hospital Xenia. Carrie Rankin, 29, Cincinnati, also hospitalized at Greene. Elmer Marshall, 35, Cincinnati, at Mercy Hospital Hamilton with a scalp laceration and shoulder separation. Albert E. Roach, 22, Franklin, briefly at Middletown Hospital. Other injuries reported in Warren and Butler counties. car fires and traffic delays noted. A park egg hunt and prize winners are mentioned later in the piece.
Architects from Samuel Hannaford & Sons in Cincinnati will seek a state Board of Industrial Building Standards ruling to allow surgery rooms and laboratories in the Middletown Hospital annex to lack exterior windows. Accompanied by hospital administrator William O. Bohman, Herman Ronsheim asks for an exemption from the 1931 code that requires natural ventilation. City Inspector Orville Carson has issued a conditional permit awaiting board decision.
Franklin police investigated four weekend mishaps with no injuries and $300 total damage. Nancy R. Gough, 18, was cited for failure to yield after a two car crash at Manchester Avenue and McKinley Street at 1 17 p m causing 65 dollars in damage.
Autos driven by Gerald L. Ragland age 18 of 1101 S Main St and Ray G. Kramer age 40 of Franklin Rt 2 hooked bumpers on N Main St at 2 p m Saturday causing 20 dollars damage.
A cigarette started a fire in Wade Ingram’s car at 1601 Tytus Ave causing about 150 dollars in damage. A separate stove fire at Spencer Spears’s home at 715 17th Ave caused around 25 dollars in loss after firemen forced entry.
Ben M Kitchen Middletown attorney named special counsel for the Middletown Real Estate Board to study city proposals regulating subdivisions in the city and three mile zone. A board meeting at the Manchester Hotel planned a city wide discussion on a draft ordinance to require developers to install utilities and post performance bonds before final plats approval by City Commission.
Four Middletown men enlisted last week in the Air Force for four years of service. T. Sgt. Marvin R. Hedrick announced. Enlistees are Edward N. Waddell Kenneth W. Wells Bobby L. Acree and Harlan G. Chapman. They were sent to Sampson Air Force Base New York to begin training. John E. Frost also enlisted and was sent to Wright Patterson Air Force Base for service.
Three year old John David Mull won the five dollar golden egg during the Armco Park Easter egg hunt drawing a huge crowd of about 18 000 from the Middletown area. Connie Gressle claimed the two dollar prize, while several eggs worth 50 cents to two dollars were found by other children. The park opened for the season and an early fence breach led to some children entering before the official start.
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