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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1960
Page
13
Alan Cooper, general chairman, announced the Cancer Crusade has collected 4505 from door-to-door efforts, reaching about 90 percent of the target and topping last year’s 4468. Additional gifts and mail contributions are expected as final reports come next week.
Delayed ignition of a net water heater may have started a fire at 101 Santa Fe Rd. The blaze confined to a second floor hall closet caused 250 damage to the building 1100 to contents 350 total. Firemen from two companies and the emergency squad moved at 2 36 am.
Four Middletown participants earned awards at the Midwest Ceramic Arts show held at Dayton Memorial Hall. Mrs. Robert Brown won first and second in the miscellaneous division for a hand coils salad bowl set and a coiled vase. Additional winners include Mrs. Cecil Kindred for sculpting honors, Rosemary McGee for porcelain second place, Harriett Prosperi for porcelain first and copper enamel jewelry honorable mention.
Outdoor workshop for troop readers runs 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m tomorrow at Girl Scout Camp Stonybrook. Middletown Area Girl Scout Council sponsors and Mrs Minnie Ecklar coordinates. Trainers include Mrs Ann Morningstar Mrs Tag Herd and others. A second nature workshop is set for next Tuesday at the same camp with additional trainers.
A 28 year old Middletown man Roger Reinhardt was admitted to Middletown Hospital last night with a broken jaw a fractured left elbow several missing teeth and one knocked out after he said he was struck in the mouth with a board at Eighth Avenue and Lincoln Street. Police had no report on the incident.
David Esterquest a Talawanda High School junior from Oxford relinquished the $800 third prize to accept the $1,600 second prize scholarship in the four county Science Awards finals at Middletown High School. Ann Mayer Fairborn High and Toni Carman Taft High Hamilton won the two $800 third prizes. The event saw ninety four exhibitors from Butler Warren Greene and Clinton counties.
A Southwestern Ohio kickoff at Miami University urged local action for Ohio school improvements in the 1960s. Speakers pressed citizens to form local steering groups and support a State House Conference with a goal of 116000 new teachers by 1970 to handle rising enrollment and replacements.
AP report from Taipei Formosa notes Ohio police report 46 650 criminal cases in 1959 up 5 778 from 1958. Per pupil education spending ranks 26th nationwide at about 330 dollars per capita with 86 percent of cases written off as solved.
David Watson aged 26 of Dayton died at Miami Valley Hospital from injuries suffered in an April auto crash four miles north of Lebanon on Rt. 48. State patrolmen said the car went out of control struck a bridge abutment and fell into a creek bed after likely falling asleep. The death brought Warren County's 1960 traffic toll to four, compared with six a year ago.
Mrs. Fred E. Ingle 811 Charles St received treatment for dog bites on both hands after trying to separate two fighting dogs at home. John R. Kruer Franklin Rt. 1 treated for a dog bite on his right index finger from a dog owned by Charles E. Stone Dayton. Mrs Carl Hon 4201 Lewis St treated with six stitches after hitting her mouth on a car window when a stop occurred. Carl Combs five with fractured right wrist after falling from a tree. Edward Doench 24 Middletown-Oxford Rd treated for a wrist injury after donkey basketball at Gratis High School.
Three Middletown High School speech and dramatics students earned excellent ratings at the Ohio High School Speech League state finals at Ohio State University. Pete Schellenbach and Marcia Aronoff were excellent in radio announcers, Claude Baker excelled in poetry reading, and the school won third prize for a radio program with Ghosts receiving a good for its third act performance.
Dr Frank Mayfield president of the Ohio State Medical Assn is to be honored at a Butler County Medical Society dinner meeting at the Manchester Hotel Wednesday at 6 30 p m Dr Leonard L Lovshin of the Cleveland Clinic Psychiatric staff will be the guest speaker Members wives and officers and committee chairmen of all First District societies invited
Fourteen people were injured in four Butler County crashes yesterday. A two car crash at Rt. 122 and Elk Creek Road injured six, including four family members, and led to several hospitalizations and observations. A separate early morning collision on Tylersville Road left four more hurt, with victims treated at Mercy Hospital. A four car crash on U S 27 near Stillwell Road injured three. one driver faced charges for driving under the influence. A fourth incident on U S 127 north of Seven Mile left one more with possible back injury.
Hamilton attorney Martin A. Coyle's punch ballot voting machine may run a trial during the May 3 primary. Butler County Board of Elections approves use in two Hamilton first ward precincts with regular ballots as backups. Coyle serves on the county elections board and chairs the county Republican organization.
At 7 13 a m a 1 year old Middleton resident John Young of 1824 Fernwood St was hit by a car at Manchester Avenue and Grimes Street. He suffered a possible left leg fracture and head injuries and was taken to Middletown Hospital. Gerald F E Meehan 18 of 1131 Carolina St drove west at 25 mph. police say Young crossed against a traffic light. Driver not held. Police also cite Frank Mathers 4 701 20th Ave for an assured clear distance violation after his car struck a parked auto on Central Avenue. Mathers said another car forced his vehicle into the parked auto. Damages about 150 dollars. A collision on Eaton Drive involved Floyd Halsey Sr 70 and James McLean 39 causing 150 dollars in damage.
Mrs. Jeane Folz reported leaving a brown manila envelope with $1,990 in checks at the National Guard Armory, then returning to find the checks missing. Ballard Jackson said a man pressed him at Garfield Street and Oak Avenue. he later found a chest wound treated at Middletown Hospital. Theft reports include a savings book and $30 from Margaret Combs. a purse losses of Melva Young. two car hubcaps from Omer Blevins. a billfold from Janet Carr. a six month boxer puppy from Betty Sorrell. and a $75 camera from Estil Cloud.
Five young skaters from Roller Haven Rink placed at the All-Ohio State skating Meet at Triangle Skateland Dayton. Melissa Tobias and David Howell took third in juvenile dance, Alan Spears earned second in juvenile singles, Carl Hovel finished fourth in junior boys singles, Sharon Wells won third in junior girls, Ricky Houck second in junior boys, and Patty Sample won first in intermediate ladies.
Joseph B. Hall of Kroger Co and James C. Donnell II of the Ohio jail 0 are elected directors of Armco Steel Corp. Chairman R. L. Gray announced the board also declared a 75 cent per share dividend on common stock payable June 3 to stockholders of record May 5.
The Nuernberg Palace of Justice, site of postwar war crimes trials and executions, is being returned to German authorities after use by the U S Army Special Activities Division.
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