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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1950
Page
2
A 66 year old, non English speaking grandmother walked back into her home after an absence that worried relatives and police for hours Thursday night. Relatives said she often stays out but returns in the evening. Police spent two hours searching an area she might have visited. She arrived home this morning.
Charges of fraud were filed against Thomas G. Taylor 2 of 422 Smith St. He was arrested yesterday in Cincinnati. Captain Ralph Bauer said another man tied to bad check passing in Middletown was apprehended in Columbus and will be tried there on burglary. Bauer noted four or five bad checks were cashed in the city and Taylor was identified as being with the other man when one bogus check was cashed.
Poasttown Grange won the Butter County square-dancing championship at Le Sourdsville Lake. Fairfield took second and Monroe Grange third as several teams were eliminated in a prior round. Ray Davis was caller with Helen Vanderauer on accompaniment on the dead show stage. Recipe for Love skit by Cincinnati Gas and Electric concludes Saturday at 2 p.m. featuring Dave Upson Barbara Cameron Dolly Good and Ricky Victor directed by Paul Fielding.
Detectives Fouts and Frazier report a missing cash box with $74.13 and checks totaling $41.08 from the Chapple Buick parts department. Victim is Victor Wilson, parts manager, who closed at 5:50 PM and placed the cash tray in a parts bin before the tray and contents disappeared.
Paramount offers Too Late for Tears with Elizabeth Scott and Don DeFore at 1 15, 4 50, 8 30 p m and Johnny Holiday with Bendix and Martin at 2 50, 6 30, 10 p m Friday and Saturday Strand presents Crooked Way with John Payne and Florene Drew at 1 15, 4 10, 7 10 p m Friday and 3 30, 7, 9 55 p m Saturday Satan s Cradle with Cisco Kid and Leo Carrillo at 3 6 and 9 p m Friday and 2 20, 5 50, 8 45 p m Saturday Colontal Bright Leaf with Cooper and Bacall at 1 15, 3 20, 5 20, 7 25, 9 20 p m.
Dwight J. Thomson of Champion Paper and Fiber Company in Hamilton was named Butler County civilian defense director by Mayor William Beckett and county commissioners. The move aims to form a unified county defense program with meetings in Hamilton and Middletown to coordinate air raid spotter posts and volunteer efforts as Ohio develops regional defense plans.
Butler County to hold competitive examining for welfare director September 11 at Hamilton courthouse. Carl W. Smith of the State Civil Service Commission announced the open eligibility to Butler County residents. Bulletin and blanks available from the county auditor or State Civil Service Commission Columbus, with applications due by September 6. Warren Harding currently serves a provisional term awaiting reexamination.
Mrs. Josephine Kettman 67 of Monroe dies. Mrs. Margaret B. Davis 23 from St Louis is noted in the vital statistics list.
Mr and Mrs John McMonigle of 305 Mohawk Street announce the birth of a son today.
Lewis Howard, 23, clerk, and Carolyn Jean McQuitty, 20, both of Middletown. Clarence Meyers, 24, paper maker, and Wilma Hatton, 20, of Hamilton. James Carson, 24, and Martha Church, 26, both teachers of Oxford. B Paul Campbell, 26, Middletown YMCA bus driver, and Imogene Halsey, 24, Middletown. John Walls, 53, truck driver, Cincinnati, and Dorothy Garrison, 26, domestic, Hamilton. Ellis Miller, 21, farmer, Oxford Route 15, and Verna Bruns, 21, bookkeeper, Oxford.
A hospital notice lists multiple patient admissions across districts, noting names and family origins. Several patients are identified as medical or surgical cases, with numerous residences including Franklin, Oregonia, Trenton, Sev enteenth Ave, Lawn Ave, Grove St, Reynolds Ave, South Main St, West Middletown, and Finley St. A number of names appear alongside parents or spouses, reflecting a community health update.
Howard McGlothen reported a fence damaged and three feet destroyed in the alley behind his home with $5 in damage from a minor accident on First Ave and Grimes St. Hugh Cook attempted a turn on Grimes St as Oral Elam’s truck rear wheel struck his fender. no damage to the truck. Keay's Appliance Store reported a missing Emerson television valued at $199 from 1205 Central Ave since August 3. A second floor window was found open at the Knott Store on Central Ave with a ladder on the ground, yet no entry gained.
Robert Lee Huffman of 14 Center Street Germantown reported yesterday that a bicycle was stolen from the Albers Parking lot.
Calvary Methodist Drama Guild stages The Rock by Mary P Hamlin at 7 30 pm tonight at Calvary Church. Leading actor Darrell Hodge is joined by Marilyn Mann Bob Dunn Peggy Mann Mary Lee Yenser Cary Fenton Bob Housh Walt Doench Mary Ellen Jo Ed Bethal and Susan Bishop. James Pelley directs with Benny Weaver and Dunn as business managers.
Cincinnati and northern Kentucky expect relief from humidity as a cold front moves in from the northwest. Tuesday's record heat included 97 degrees at 5 30 p m and a low of 66 at 6 a m with a forecast high near 82 today and 80 tomorrow.
A spectacular fire destroyed an empty warehouse in Cleveland last night causing about 15000 dollars in damage. The building had been condemned after a previous blaze last winter.
Mrs Margaret B Davis age 23 of South Broadway St St Louis Mo former resident of this vicinity died at 2 p m yesterday at St Louis She survived by her husband Edward her mother Mrs Walter Clark of Indianapolis and a daughter Dorothy at home Funeral arrangements are at McCoy Leffle Funeral Home
Mrs Josephine Kettman a lifelong Monroe resident died at 9 45 p m yesterday at her Canova Street home Her survivors include her son William and Roy of Middletown Route 3 two brothers Henry Zecher Monroe and William Zecher Middle town Route 2 a sister Mrs Elizabeth Stephenson and one granddaughter Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p m at the Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Daniel C Campbell officiating Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p m
About 1000 workers at the Weath erhead Company walked off the job to press for a 10 cent per hour pay raise and other concessions. The strike began after mass resignations yesterday, prompting halted production at the plant in Cleveland.
A 15 year old was arrested for window peeping after police tied him to a kitchen window at Delmus Kinder’s home on Sherman Ave. Detectives Blackmore and Crout questioned him and he confessed to prowling last week. Juvenile authorities ordered action. Two other prowlers were reported at 1406 Calumet Ave and 515 Moore St within minutes.
Warren Steel Corporation of Detroit will expand the Middletown plant to 34,000 square feet with a $275,000 addition and equipment. Mce Graw Construction received the contract and work starts within two weeks. Employment numbers and start date for operations are not yet known. The project follows the recent arrival announcement of the company near the Crystal Tissue site.
Twenty nine men who passed the August 2 physicals were notified of their selection for Army induction on September 1. They will depart by bus at 8 05 a m to the Cincinnati induction station. Names include James Hall James Ingram Alfred Withrow Ernest Webb Nicholas Schramm Jr Robert Yost James Meyers William Dietz Thomas Mack Phillip Pierson Bill Fairchild Emerald Wells Robert Lefford Warren Pence Darrell Root Edgar Streifthau Houston Bales Arthur Mattox Edward Yenser Herbert Allen and Dan Abner plus others from Oxford Hamilton Camden and Paint Lick. Some may seek deferment under the new college student provision. board will determine cases individually. This is the first induction group since 1948.
A Middletown man among 74 inmates of London Prison Farm to be granted paroles on September 27, announced by the State Pardon and Parole Commission. Harry B. Sizemore, 33, of 3115 Bexley Drive, was sentenced for second degree manslaughter on February 28, 1949, by Judge P. P. Boll in Common Pleas Court after an August 11, 1948, Route 4 crash near Hamilton and Lespurdsville that killed two men and a woman. He received an indeterminate sentence.
Girl Scout Troop 87 returns from Camp Middlemoor after four days of training and camp life led by Mrs. Charles Bales Mrs. Herman York and Mrs. Vincent Sisson. Attending are Mary Sue Goodwin Helen Cassidy Mildred Warmoth Etta Hall Janice Bryant Phyllis Freeman Jeanette Williams Judy Kinsworthy Mary Etta Stevens Judith Ann Sabo Julia Jaqualine Stump Betty Macée Patty Howard Phyllis Geary Charles Jr Connie Bales and Patty Johnny York.
A local woman reportedly attempted suicide by swallowing 15 sleeping pills last night and was taken by ambulance to Middletown Hospital at 11 37 p m where she was revived and later released police said. The Simono Indians of Bolivia are mentioned but unrelated to the incident.
Darlene Kirby ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Kirby of Franklin Route 2 fractured her right forearm when she fell from her bicycle near home yesterday afternoon. She was admitted to Middletown Hospital at 3 25 pm with non serious condition noted by hospital staff. The article also mentions the phrase the momads of the long bow.
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