Automobile Speedway Planned South of Middletown
Charles Blevins announced a one fourth mile dirt speedway will be built south of Middletown on Route 4 near the Fu gate Riding Stable. Construction starts this week with asphalt surfacing next year and night lighting planned. The Miami Racing Association seeks to join major circuits, with up to 30 cars per race and a schedule of eliminations, consols, and a main event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Route 4
Charles Blevins
Vanderveer St
Fugate
Blevins
Butler County Building Commissioner's Office
Miami Racing Association
Triple A
Money Taken From Rooms At Local YMCA
Cash amounting to 70 dollars was taken from two YMCA rooms. Detectives Fitzgerald and Fouts noted 10 dollars from H. W. Burley’s room and 60 dollars from William J. Katenmeyer’s room, with thefts occurring yesterday from dresser drawers. Police reported two broken parking meters and a ransacked B and D Kitchen Shop with no items stolen. Mildred Culross reported a 50 dollar loss from a change purse in the downtown area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
John Fitzgerald
Paul Fouts
H. W. Burley
William J. Katenmeyer
Central Ave
William Barrett
Mildred Culross
Middletown
City's First Polio Victim Is Reported
Middletown's first polio victim was admitted to Mercy Hospital yesterday afternoon. Kathleen Clay, two, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Clay of 2005 Clayton St, is the 12th patient in the polio ward sponsored by the Butler County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Two other youths diagnosed as polio were later found to have other diseases, reducing the sum this summer from 14 to 12 as of this morning. The announcement came at the Butler County Chapter meeting at Mercy Hospital. Charles J Reuthe, chairman, named Marc Gillespie as vice chairman, replacing Ernest Neilson. The new vice chairman will head the 1959 fund drive in Hamilton. Martin Thomas is general campaign chairman for Butler County, with local chairmen yet to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Kathleen Clay
James Clay
Clayton St
Butler County
National Foundation For
Butler Count
Charles J. Reuthe
Marc Gillespie
Ernest Neilson
Martin Thomas
Prostitution Charges Bring Fines Of 422 In Hamilton Court
A Hamilton couple, George Freese and Florence Freese, pleaded guilty in Hamilton Municipal Court to operating a house of prostitution. Each was fined 100 plus costs and given suspended sentences totaling nine months. Three months on one count and six on the other. The Freeses' fines totaled 211.70 each. Two women tied to the operation, Kay Mayer and Joyce Walker, were fined costs and given six month suspended jail terms on condition they leave the state. Police raided the establishment on July 14 and July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
George Freese
Florence
Market St
Kay Mayer
Joyce Walker
First Lt Howard R Hall commands medical unit in Korea
First Lt Howard R Hall of Cincinnati nephew of Mr and Mrs Russell Smith Grove St leads a medical group of the 24th Infantry Division in Korea. His wife and child remain in Japan. Also the National Geographic Society reports the Transvaal district in Africa as the world’s leading gold producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard R. Hall
Cincinnati
Russell Smith
Grove St
24Th Infantry Division
Korea
Hall
Japan
The
National Georgraphic Society
Transvaal
Africa
Hamilton Man Suffocated In Trench Cave-In
A Hamilton man died this morning when a trench he was working in collapsed and buried him for over 15 minutes. Nick Mullins, 23, of 342 Buckeye St., was laying tile at the Vista Home subdivision when the accident happened. Coroner Dr. Garrett J. Boone ruled death by suffocation as rescue workers failed to revive him after extrication. Mullins worked for sub-contractor Carlos Smith. his wife’s name and survivors were not known at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Nick Mullins
Buckeye St
Vista Home
Garrett J. Boone
Butler County
Mullins
Carlos Smith
Nature and science get wires crossed on Central Ave
A vacated bird nest behind a shop sign on Central Ave sparked a short circuit drawing both firemen and police. Asst. Chief R Bell said the damp nest touched wires, blaming neither birds nor sign owners, noting the nest’s inhabitants had flown the coop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Science
Central Ave
Asst
R. Bell
Bell
Retiring Pastor Schmidt to be replaced at Mittletown Church
Dr. Hugo G. Schmidt retires after 50 years as pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church Middletown. Rev. Bernard E. Heuer of St Luke Lutheran Columbus will assume the Middletown post September 17 after Schmidt’s July 1 resignation. Schmidt, born 1873 in Kellerville Ind, led the church since 1900. Heuer, a Navy chaplain and Capital University alum, has served since 1946 and leads the Navy Chaplains Unit of Central Ohio. He and his wife Margaret have three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Schmidt
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Bernard E. Heuer
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Columbus
Middletown
L. F. Reinartz
Congregational Committee
Aberdeen
Schmidt
Kellerville
Ind
Trenton
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Grove City
Capital University
Schmid
Charleston
W. Va
Heyer
Akron High School
Capital
Ohio State University
U. S. Navy
Pacific Theater
Yorktown
Kwajalein
Manila Bay
Pearl Harbor
Naval Air Station
Los Alamitos
Calif
Navy Chaplains Unit
Central
Ohio
St. Luke Church
State
University
Luther Foundation
Ohio State
Margaret Young Heuer
Ann
Stephen
Thomas
Sidney Public Schools
William and Mary College
USC
Sidney
First Pre Induction Draft Exams For 69 Men
Sixty nine men will depart Wednesday morning to take the first pre induction physical exams ordered by Middletown Local Draft Board No. 10. They assemble at 7 30 at the Legion Home and depart at 8 05 for the Cincinnati Army Examination Station. Wylie Mitchell will speak prior to departure. A second call for 53 more examining slots was issued yesterday by the state Selective Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Legion Home
Cincinnati
Wylie Mitchell
State Selective Service Office
Mitchell
Draft Board
Raymond Brown
Carl H. Martin
Legon
South Main St
Obituary Charles D Brown 74 longtime London resident
Charles D. Brown 74 a former London Ky resident died at 12 30 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a three year illness. A retired carpenter he moved to Middletown two years ago to live with son Glen W Brown 2025 Highland St. He was a Mason. Survived by widow Anne seven sons and five daughters 24 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Friends may call at Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home today 3 10 p m. Body to London for burial and services Thursday at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Brown
London
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Brown
Middletown
Glen W. Brown
Highland St
Masonic Lodge
Anne
Charles F
Glen W
John L
Culver
Lee
Melissa Blair
Corbin
McCoy-Leffler
Mrs. Malinda Downing dies at 87 in Middletown funeral set
Malinda Elizabeth Downing 87 resident of Middletown for five years died yesterday at 3 p.m. at her daughter Ella Back’s home 1700 Manchester Rd Denniston Ky native with six sons Oxford Hendrix Claude John George Noah and two daughters Zella and Mary Back of Seattle. three brothers Ben William and Tom Wells of Wellington Ky 44 grandchildren 38 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren. Calling hours at Joseph R. Baker and Son Funeral Home after 3 p.m. today. Funeral 8 a.m. tomorrow Dr Caudill officiating burial in Denniston family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malinda Elizabeth Downing
Ella Back
Manchester Rd
Denniston
Middletown
Oxford
Hendrix
Claude
West Middletown
John
Prenter
W. Va
George
Fayetteville
Noah
Artville
Fudge Rites Held for Jesse L. Fudge at West Alexandria
Jesse L. Fudge 64, formerly of Dayton and Gratis, died Sunday at his home near Coldwater Michigan. Survived by wife Edith two daughters Mrs Kenneth Hoffman of Dayton and Mrs Harry Wikle of Farmersville two sons Keith of Troy and Kenneth of Portland Ore two sisters Mrs Norman Kimmel of Eaton and Mrs Edna Brubaker of Troy Funeral services 10 am tomorrow at Zimmer man Funeral Home West Alexandria with Rev William Crick officiating Burial in Gratis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratis
Jesse L. Fudge
Dayton
Coldwater
Mich
Edith
Kenneth Hoffman
Harry Wikle
Farmersville
Keith
Troy
Kenneth
Portland
Ore
Norman Kimmel
Eaton
Edna Brubaker
Zimmerman
West Alexandria
William Crick
Deaths by the Associated Press New York Saly Mayer 67
Saly Mayer, age 67, dies in New York as reported by the Associated Press. The notice provides a concise obituary note with key biographical details and the city of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Saly Mayer
Mail Service Changed Over In 54-Home Section
Middletown postmaster Hilbert H. Martin announced a shift from rural to mounted city routes for about 54 homes on Rufus Andrew Morgan and Finley Streets area south of Oxford State Road. The change, effective today, moves the sector from Arthur W. Moore’s rural carrier to a mounted city carrier while keeping daily deliveries except Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilbert H. Martin
Middletown
Martin
Rufus, Andrew, Morgan and
Finley Sts
Oxford State Rd
Arthur W. Moore
Moore
Notable WWII relief pioneer linked to Swiss operations
Former director of Swiss operations for the Joint Distribution Committee credited with saving hundreds of thousands of Jews from Nazi death camps in World War II in Switzerland. Brig. Gen. Edwin Butcher, 71, last duty as chief of staff of the Third Service Command before 1944 retirement. Frank Parker Day, 68, famed as scholar, soldier and writer, former Union College leader. E. D. Stair Jr., 47, sportsman and engineer, son of Detroit Free Press publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Distribution Committee
Switzerland
Washington
Edwin Butcher
Third Service Command
Yarmouth
N. S
Frank Parker Day
Canada
United States
Union College
Schenectady
N.Y
Detroit
E. D. Stair, Jr
The
Detroit Free Press
Mrs Alice Van Ewen Winegar in Hassett secretary role
Mrs Alice Van Ewen Winegar aged 51 is employed as secretary to William D. Hassett the Presidential secretary. She was born in Grand Rapids Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alice van Ewen Winegar
William D. Hassett
Grand Rapids, Mich
Northwestern law professor Homer F Carey 56 dies
Prof Homer F Carey 56 longtime Northwestern University Law School faculty member since 1932 and former law professor at Kansas and Michigan was born in Southington Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Homer F Carey
Northwestern University Law School
University of Kansas
University of Michigan
Southington
Conn
Legionnaires Headed to Ohio Legion Convention
Twenty four Middletown Post 218 delegates will travel to Cleveland for the Ohio American Legion Convention this weekend. Led by Commander Russell Stevens Jr and Secretary Edward W. Portsmouth, they plan to press for the post’s role in a national drive against communism and will seek a meeting with State Adjutant General Leo M. Kreber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Post 218
Ohio American Legion
Cleveland
Legion
Edward W. Portsmouth
Russell Stevens, Jr
National Legion
United States
Leo M. Kreber
Stevens
Portsmouth
Paul R. Long
Thomas Haney
Martin Coffey
Harold Goetz
Cecil Runyan
William Verity, Jr
Sam J. McAdow
Arthur B. Albaugh
J R. Cox
E. A. Lampe
Walter Pawelkoski
Harold A. Wilson
Marvin Blankenship
Joseph Canter
John H. Baker
Donald Frisby
J. D. Sawyer
Joseph
Coburn Suffered Heat Prostration In Hamilton Walk
James F. Coburn 42 a Middletown YMCA resident was taken to Mercy Hospital Monday afternoon after suffering heat prostration while walking on a Hamilton sidewalk hospital authorities reported this morning Coburn is listed in fair condition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Coburn
Middletown
YMCA
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Coburn
Revival Saturday at Main St Church of God
The Rev Eddie Wilson a World War II veteran leads a one night revival at the Main St Church of God Saturday at 730 p m Mr Wilson and 40 young people will conduct the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Wilson
Main St
Church of God
Wilson
Robert E. Lee Wins Historic Mississippi Steamboat Race
The Robert E. Lee defeated the Natchez in a notable steamboat race on the Mississippi River. The event began June 30, 1870, with the Lee emerging victorious on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee
Natchez
Lee
Independent candidates set Aug 9 petition deadline
Middletown election officials announced that independent candidates must file petitions by 6 30 p m on August 9 for the November elections. Party candidate petitions have closed. Petitions may be mailed or delivered to the election board in the Federal Savings and Loan building. office hours are Wednesdays from 9 a m to 4 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dobrozsi
Middletown Election Board
Dobrozsi
Election Board
Federal Savings and Loan
Local Births and Out of Town Births Noted
Vital Statistics lists multiple births with names and addresses, including Mr. and Mrs. Tewell in Franklin room for a girl yesterday, Mann family in Waneta Street for a boy, Rohrkemper on Tytus for a girl, Burdge on Burton Road for a girl, and Taylor on Windsor for a girl today. Out of town notes include Barclay family in Los Angeles with a boy born July 24 and listed grandparents. Also Leflai Jacoby family in Glendale with a son and grandparents named Jacoby and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tewell
Parn Ave
Franklin
Kenneth Mann
Waneta St
Yesteray
Maurice Rohrkemper
Tytus Ave
Donald Burdge
Burton Rd
Troy Taylor
Windsor Ave
George Barclay
Los Angeles
Frances Puthoff
Middletown
Leonard Barclay
Albert M. Leflai
Marjory Jacoby
Glendale
Arthur Jacoby
Hospital admissions list reads by initials and last names
In The Hospital a long list shows patients by name and residence with medical or surgical statuses. Names include Robert Barnhart West Middletown. Merle Roger Earl Hotel. Donald Mattox Ore gon ia. Marie Brown South Lebanon. John Conley Franklin Route 1. Eugene Payne Winton Street. Joseph Weishaar Ardmore Drive. and several others with medical or surgical designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Barnhart
West Middletown
Merle Roger
Earl Hotel
Donald Mattox
John Mattox
Oregonia
John Knight
Woodlawn Ave
Russell Field
Baltimore St
Hasty Nord
Eighteenth Ave
Walter Osborne
Wildwood Rd
Charles Williams
Franklin St
Marie Brown
South Lebanon
John Conley
Franklin Route 1
Drew Barnickle
Andrew Barnickle
North Broad St
Paul Shafer
North Clinton St
Eugene Payne
Winton St
Joseph Weishaar
Ardmore Dr
Miles Haddix
South St
Marriage Licenses List From Middletown Area
Edwin Eugene Tomilson aged 19 a furnace installer and Rose Mae King aged 17 of West Middle town Route 1. Cullen B Sparks aged 30 a assembler of 1804 Columbia Ave and Juanita Waddles aged 23 a factory worker of Jackson Lane both of Don Koontz. Dorothy Puckett aged 19 a secretary and Thelma Shackelford aged 18 a waitress of 1711 Texas Ave both of Middletown. Matt Barrett aged 39 an assembly worker of 1814 Clarendon Ave and Virginia Mae Barrett aged 43 of 124 Park St both of Middletown. Melvin Price aged 19 a farmer of Lebanon Route 3 and Corrine Wel born aged 20 a seamstress of Collinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Eugene Tomilson
West Middletown
Rose Mae King
Cullen B. Sparks
Columbia Ave
Juanita Waddles
Jackson Lane
Middletown
Don Koontz
Woodlawn
Dorothy Puckett
Hamilton
Gardner D. Williams
South Main St
The
Armco Picnic At LeSourdsville Draws 25000 Attendees
More than twenty five thousand people from Middletown Armco homes and Hamilton Armco families will gather at LeSourdsville Lake on Saturday August 5 for a full day of games bands contests softball dancing and fireworks. The Armco Association Band directed by Earl Mendenhall will perform a hour long concert and Neil Burris TV Ranger star will appear at 9 45 p m. Tickets available at work sites and the park with tokens redeemable at rides. Event organized by the Middletown Armco Association and Armco management with Art Sanderson as general chairman and a large volunteer committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeSourdsville Lake
Armco
Middletown
Hamilton Armco
LeSourdsville
Armco Association
Earl Mendenhall
Neil Burris
WLWT
TV Ranger
Burris
Middletown Armco Association
Armco Management
Art Sanderson
Carl Arend
Paul Galeese
Dave Murray
Jank Chapman
H. Martin
Elmer Schneider
George Turner
Orville Lenk
Marg Sanderson
Russell Cunningham
John Cassacy
Alfred Schwing
Patty Fisher
Bob Lehmkuhl
C. E. McIntire
Harry
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Automobile Speedway
Robert Solter
Howard Hoffman
Elbo Sica
Borden’s New
Borden
Borden's
Storm Msh
RUSCO
L. & Scofield Sales CO
Maple Ave
Hugo G. Schmidt
Mrs
Malinda Downing
Williamson-Ziegler Furnace Co
N. Broad ST
T. J. Fay
Willie Watson
Ottawa
Arthur Thomas
Lebanon
Harry Palmer
Franka
Anna Fryman
Harvey Thompson
Michael Mayer
Robert Mayer
Kunz Ve
Quality Family Laundry
Ivory Soap Laundry
Logan Ave
DIAL
Phenson
Elmer O'Dell
Ed Harrison
Walter Emerick
Erice Neitherly
George Arkill
Wilford Mull
Harry Hall
Charles Osborne
Don Turner
Stan Rock
Mark Walke
Tom Portsmouth
Ncoy Ltuneral N. See Funeral Street
H First Ave
Charles ST
Erle Hanson
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