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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1953

Page

2

Ten Butler County students win teacher training scholarships

Ten Butler County graduates, including Christina Dee Hamilton and Darlene Belle Schuring, win $500 annual scholarships for two years to pursue elementary teacher training. Winners were chosen by the County Scholarship Committee and recommended to the State Department of Education for the upcoming school year.

Butler County C. H. Williams Mabel Eldridge Middletown J. R. Neill Oxford McGuffey School J. O. Fry Hamilton High School State Department of Education Islature Christina Dee Hamilton Oxford McGuffey Darlene Belle

Daytonian Birch arraigned on fresh armed robbery warrants

Elmer Birch 29 of 534 Albany St Dayton was held on $5,000 bond after being served with an attempted armed robbery warrant at Mercy Hospital. He faces two more armed robbery warrants stemming from a Scottie’s Tavern and First Avenue Grill holdups, with associates Macy Birch and Woodrow Ashley also involved. Birches arraignment set for Monday at 1:30 p.m. in municipal court.

Emer Birch Albany St Dayton Mercy Hospital Hamilton Frank South Birch Squire Lammie Bailey Butler County Grand Jury Middletown Marvin Amburger First Avenue Grill Nelson Dennis Amanda Dennis Scottie’s Tavern Macy Birch Excello Woodrow Ashley Park St Elmer Birch Wilbur Sroufe Sroufe

Youth Hurt as Three Drivers Arrested After Mishaps

A Friday night and early Saturday saw one youth injured and three drivers arrested after separate crashes investigated by state highway patrol. Ray Young, 19, of Miamisburg, treated for forehead cuts and contusions, was a passenger in Clyde Daniel’s car that left the Chau tauqua and Carlisle Roads route, hitting a fence and a telephone pole. Daniel, 23, faces reckless operation charges and an August 24 Franklin Court appearance. Archellus Bell, 20, Dayton, paid a 20 dollar fine after a Route 25 crash near Monroe for speeding and failing a curve. his car struck a Monroe fence. Thomas E. Yee, 18, Detroit, paid 25 dollars plus costs after a Route 25 Maud underpass curve crash into a guard rail. Yee was uninjured.

Ray Young East Pearl St Miamisburg Middletown Hospital Young Clyde Daniel Chautauqua Carlisle Daniel Franklin Court Archellus Bell Pontiac St Dayton Thomas Linn Monroe Bell Charles Net Thomas E. Yee Detroit Linn Yee Maud

Weekend Movie Showings At Paramount And Strand

Paramount offers Never Let Me Go and Code Two with showtimes Saturday and Sunday. Trader Horn Sequoia Perilous Journey and Lady Wants Mink play at Strand with multiple daily starts.

Paramount Dobie Gillis Strand Trader Horn

Police Blotter Reports Arrests and Incidents Near Blythe Williams Post

State liquor agents arrest Thomas Massey at the Blythe Williams Post American Legion for selling liquor to non members at 2 15 a m. A 10 year old is ordered to Juvenile Court for bicycle theft. A 10 to 8 year old trio caught stealing a toy by a store manager. Herman Baker 24 of Somerville charged with operating under the influence. another youth charged with intoxication. Two dog bite cases treated at Middletown Hospital. George Lewis 19 arrested on statutory offense warrant. Careless driving charge against Chester Douglas 22. Judy Morton reports bicycle theft 35 551 worth 20. Other thefts include a light and generator from a bicycle worth 8.

Blythe Williams The American Legion Thomas Massey Lincoln St Eighth Ave Herman L. Baker Somerville Yankee Road Verity Parkway Judy Morton Malvern St Stanley Reed Kenwood Dr

Actress June Horne Cooper to Wed Richard Melvin

Beverly Hills California June Horne Cooper the former Jackie Coopers wife announced she will marry Richard Melvin a Coral Gables Florida sports man next Monday.

Beverly Hills Calif June Horne Cooper Jackie Cooper Richard Melvin Coral Gables Fla Sportsman

Driver 25 Cited After Autos Crash

Police report a 25 year old driver, Terrel Scribner of Trenton, cited for driving while intoxicated after his car hit Elmer Wilson's auto in the 1500 block of Central Avenue. Scribner was checked for injuries and released. damage totaled about 350 dollars. A second hit and run occurred near 1395 Central Ave at 3:50 a.m. damaging Woodrow Hudson’s parked car. no injuries reported. A third crash in Clark Street and Columbia Avenue involved Thomas Collins and William Stokley with property damage.

Terrel Scribner Box 155 Trenton Scribner Elmer Wilson Penfield Ave Central Avenue Wilson Woodrow Hudson Central Ave Hudson Thomas Collins Freeman Ave Clark Street Columbia Avenue William P. Stokley Church St Fourteenth Avenue Minnesota Avenue

Curious Can See What Embezzled Money Bought

In Baltimore a convicted embezzler’s home opens for public viewing on September 13 and 14 for a 25 cent admission. Gate receipts and proceeds from an auction of her furnishings, including gold inlaid chairs and an antique hall chime clock, will help repay social security workers swindled of their savings. Mrs Naomi M Ringrose, former secretary of a credit union, serves a five year sentence for embezzling 340000 dollars.

Baltimore Naomi M. Ringrose

Lambs Petitions Approved as Two-Way Middletown Judge Race Opens

The Butler County Board of Elections unanimously accepted Lambs nomination petitions filed by September 3 for Middletown municipal court judge. Attorney J T Lamb becomes first official candidate to succeed Judge Alton Combs, with Vincent A Sisson expected to file next week. The decision follows a long dispute over filing deadlines, aided by the city charter which sets 60 days before the November election for municipal officer petitions. Lamb noted relief at the easy acceptance of his petitions and a $25 filing fee.

Butler County Board of Elections Middletown J. T. Lamb Alton Combs Vincent A. Sisson Elections Board Lamb Sisson Frances Middletown Hospital Sissons LAMBS Ted W. Brown Ohio Robert Hayden Hayden

County to Increase Pay for Employees in Tentative Budget

Butler County commissioners tentatively approved a $1,839,813.02 budget for 1954, up $354,313.02 from 1953. The plan includes funds to raise pay by about $10 per month for all county employees, though elected officials control how funds are prorated. A public hearing is set for September 4 to review department requests, with possible reductions before January appropriations. The county notes no bonded debt and stresses a sound financial position.

Butler County Board of Commissioners Art Reiff Reiff Ohio

Turner Trial Verdict May Come Monday

Final arguments will be made Monday in the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Cincinnati in the second degree murder trial of Roy Clinton Turner forty five year old in Martin Kentucky. Turner testified in his own defense describing drunken sprees and a claim of being in a dream during the fatal hotel room incident. Police testified they observed Turner striking the nude body of Mrs Betty Frederick as she lay on the floor of the Cincinnati hotel room.

Hamilton County Middletown Municipal Court

Missing 16 year old girl in Rufus Street case

A 16 year old girl, Mabel Thompson of 3203 Rufus Street, is reported missing from a Rufus Street home where she was babysitting. She is described as 5 feet 5 inches, about 114 pounds, brown eyes, light brown hair, wearing a yellow blouse and green skirt. J. F. Seibold urges anyone with information to contact him or the Shoemakers or the police.

Rufus Street J. F. Seibold Mabel Thompson Rufus St Ray Shoemaker Seibold Shoemakers

Boy Struck By Car In Hamilton

Eight year old Daniel Harmon of 242 Hudson Avenue was struck by a car driven by 31 year old George Frazee of Middletown Route 3 in the 1200 block of Dayton Street. He suffered head and chest injuries and was taken to Mercy Hospital for observation.

Hamilton Daniel Harmon Hudson Ave George Frazee Middletown Frazee Dayton Street Mercy Hospital

Vacation Ends On Rugged Note For Students-To-Be

Four youths and two adults were treated and released after injuries in accidents yesterday as schools near reopening. Richard Britton 13 suffered dual wrist fractures. Sharon Fahrenholz 10 fractured right wrist. Donna Jaworski 12 broke left arm. Larry Pressley 6 fractured right wrist. Rebecca Roberts 16 contusion from auto crash. John Mulledy 32 burned from an electrical incident at work.

Middletown Hospital Richard Britton Alex Britton Park St Franklin Sharon Lynn Fahrenholz Fred Fahrenholz Goldman Ave Donna Jaworski Charles L. Gillespie Queen Ave Larry Pressley Raymond Pressley South River Rebecca Roberts Sycamore St John Mulledy Spring Ave

Club renews plea for work on Route 4

The Butler County Auto Club asks the State Highway Department to widen Route 4 between Middletown and Hamilton and to advance other reported engineering improvements. The letter notes that area taxpayers will fund hundreds of thousands of dollars in higher levies next year and that Route 4 serves Ohio’s second most populous region.

State Highway Department Butler County Auto Club S. O. Linzell Middletown Hamilton Butler County C. Earl Ralston C. M. Young Jr Butler Montgomery

Man clubs hawk after dive in New Philadelphia area

A hawk with a four foot wingspan dived from a tree at Philip Baab of Stone Creek on Thursday. Baab, a lumber company field supervisor, struck the bird on the head with a branch, killing it.

New Philadelphia Ohio Philip Baab Stone Creek Baab

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J Schuring Janet Lou Amyx Middletown High School Carl Jane Ohr Mona Jean Schaney Nancy Claire Lampton Ross High School Ernestine Phelps Morgan High School Beulah Berdine Imhoff Hanover High School Shirley Irene Tewell Lemon - Monroe High School Ina Woodrum Union Township High School Darlene Schuring Shirley Tewell Daytonian Itrai Homes Melampy’ S Monroe Lumber CO DIAL Monroe, D Herb Cummings Clay Combs Automobile Driving School Mr. Combs Fred Yoder Tim Sunset Park Delman Whitt Whitt Hoyt Armstrong North Clinton St Charline Longworth Tytus Ave George Lewis Astoria Road Chester Douglas North Main St Germantown Road Central Church of Christ First Avenue Bible School M. H. Wright Evangelist rTei Middletown Termite Control G. P. Lewis Mgr Middletown Chamber of Commerce WPFB Howard Sears Three Big Services Miami Featuring Bowman Bros. Quartet Alabama Roy A. Kemp FT. Worth, Texas Grace Baptist Church Wilbraham and Wilmore Turner Zenith EARTH Lewis Drugs Inc Central Park Ave
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