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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1952

Page

2

Sharonville Driver Killed On Route 25

A 25 year old Sharonville resident, Milton Norton Jr. 25, was killed when his car failed to turn on Route 25. Norton died at Cincinnati General Hospital after his vehicle left the highway near the Hamilton County line and rolled over seven times striking a telephone pole.

Sharonville Milton Norton, Jr Cincinnati General Hospital Norton Hamilton Owen Purkey Franklin Gladys Anderson Seventh Ave Purkey Anderson

Vital Statistics Births In Excello and nearby towns

Birth notices list several families welcoming new babies this weekend and today. Entries include Mr and Mrs James O Neill in Excello with a boy. Mr and Mrs Sam Lato on Fifteenth Avenue with a girl. Mr and Mrs Robert Dietz on Vannest Street with a boy. Mr and Mrs Scott Moron in Franklin with four girls. Mr and Mrs Millary Burkhardt on Elwood Street with a girl. Mr and Mrs Joe Frazier on Sycamore Street with a girl. Mr and Mrs Lonnie Fultz in Franklin with a boy today. Mr and Mrs Granville Compton in Hamilton with a boy today. Mr and Mrs Donald Lehman on Lafayette Avenue with a girl today.

James O'Neill Excello Sam Lato Fifteenth Ave Robert Dietz Vannest St Scott Moron Sunny Millary Burkhardt Elwood St Joe Frazier Sycamore St Lonnie Fultz Franklin Granville Compton Hamilton Donald Lehman Lafayette Ave

Marriage Licenses for Several Couples

Percy Leonard Lawson 48 of Detroit Michigan and Nata Cain 40 of Hamilton. Michael J Joyce 28 of Cleveland Ohio and Lois Stutz 2 nurse 3701 Central Ave Middletown. John Joseph Kerr 21 Hamilton and Carrie Alice Bowling 19 Oxford Route 2. Charles Robert Cochran 20 USAF and Lois Jane Adams 19 student nurse 1510 Smith Ave.

Percy Leonard Lawson Detroit Mich Nata Cain Hamilton Michael J. Joyce East 40Th St Cleveland Lois Stutz Central Ave Middletown John Joseph Kerr Carrie Alice Bowling Oxford Charles Robert Cochran Air Force Wilmore Dr Lois Jane Adams Smith Ave

Medical directory fragment lists patients by address and status

A dispersed list shows numerous individuals with addresses on Highview Medlcal Lind Tryon and other streets marked medical or surgical. Several out of town entries note Dayton and Lebanon connections while dismissals include Miller Hoffman Beatty Phillipe and others. The fragment resembles a hospital roster or patient directory with names and home locations.

George Davis Highview Rd Medicel Eats Joan Ball Lind St Media Tryon Robert Tryon Middletown Bogan Oberon Dr Robert Thompson North Sutphin St Gerald McGuire Herschel McGuire Manchester Ave Garland Steed Plymouth St Eddie Downs Highland St Sharon Tackett Bethel Tackett Finley St Marvin Blankenship Monroe St Clarence Ward Sixth Ave James Brown Dordy Brown Ottawa St Buford Fugate Yankee Rd W. D. Stoutenborough Central Ave Debra Bierman John Bierman Franklin Willis Weathers Young Sr Isse Keiser Lebanon Join Bowling Dudley Hall Trenton Robert Kirby Garfield St Donnie Eldridge Samuel Eldridge Germantown Medica George Shorter Walnut 1 Billy Lee Davis William Davis West Middletown George Stricklen Miami Valley Hospital Dayton

X ray unit to visit Civic Association for exams

The mobile X ray unit of Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association will be stationed at the Civic Association for pre-employment examinations on Wednesday from 1 30 to 4 p m Tom Venable managing director says the Civic Association.

Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association Civic Association Tom Venable The

Names in a Local Directory Snippet

A fragment lists numerous individuals with street addresses and associations including Mrs. Harry Caldwell Sycamore Street Mrs. Paul Lovely Renton Route Mrs. Oscar Higgins Jacksonburg Mark Hayes Ohio Avenue and others such as Peggy Sharits Ruth Sharits Trenton and Nancy Long Monroe Street, indicating a community address roster.

Harry Caldwell Sycamore St Paul Lovely Renton Oscar Higgins Jacksonburg Mark Hayes Ohio Ave Helen Griss Fairmount Price Back Germantown Nancy Zerung McKnight Frank Troutvine, Jr Carolina Peggy Sharits Ruth Sharits Trenton James Prater Maxine McLaughlin Oxford State Robert Marshall Burton Anthony Rowell Sheffield Marilyn Denehy Norwood Helen Coleman Young Nancy Long Hannah Long Monroe St

Exams On Tap To Fill Fire Police Posts

Civil Service plans multiple exams to fill fire and police vacancies. J C Weamer says police patrolmen list will be refreshed with seven appointments by year’s start. two already at work. Additional sergeant and patrolman exams set for Wednesday at Middletown High. fire chief and captain eligibility noted. No date yet for assistant police chief post.

Police and Fire Departments J. C. Weamer Civil Service Commission Weamer Middletown High School Joseph Newkirk

Sewer Project Closes S Sutphin Street for Repairs

Sewer construction blocks South Sutphin Street at Sherman Avenue for about three weeks to a month. Lt. James Combs of the Traffic Bureau warns motorists to detour via Stanley Street or Woodlawn Avenue to Crawford Street. Work by Burch-Haddad Construction ties into the Ninth Avenue sewer improvement, extending from Sutphin Street to Wicoff Street and ending at South Avenue.

Sutphin St Sherman Ave James Combs Traffic Bureau Combs Stanley St Woodlawn Ave Crawford St Burch - Haddad Construction Company Ninth Ave Wicoff St South Ave

Draft To Take 5 Here Thursday

The draft will take five men here Thursday according to J Wylie Mitchell Selective Service Board 10 chairman It was incorrectly reported yesterday that the men were to be inducted today.

J. Wylie Mtchell Selective Service Board

Man Found Lying Unattended Two Days In Hamilton

A 72 year old man, James Marsh of 221 Walnut St in Hamilton, lay critically ill at Mercy Hospital after reportedly falling from bed and remaining on his bedroom floor for two days. Neighbors say a chair lock kept them from reaching him. police cannot explain why no help was sought. Landlord notified authorities after visiting Sunday.

Hamilton Mercy Hospital James Marsh Walnut St Marsh

At The Movies This Week Notable Showings

The Paramount screens Turning Point at 1 40 5 00 8 20 p m and The Savage at 3 05 6 25 9 45 p m on Monday and Tuesday. The Strand presents The Old West at 1 30 4 00 6 30 9 05 p m and Voodoo Tiger at 2 50 5 20 7 50 10 25 p m. Basketball Fix at 1 15 3 50 6 30 9 10 p m and Harlen Globe Trotters at 2 25 5 10 7 50 10 20 p m.

Paramount Harlen Globe Trotters

Middletown Scouts to Attend 7 PM Planning Board Meeting

Miss Mary Delp, board advisor, says two representatives from each of Middletown Council's 18 Senior Girl Scout troops will attend the Senior Planning Board meeting at 7 this evening at the Civic Association.

Middletown

Tubeless Automatic Steering System for Carriers

The first automatic steering system for aircraft carriers uses a magnetic brain instead of electronic tubes. The tubeless system, an electronic autopilot, steers Navy destroyers under radio control from aircraft, signaling a new era of naval automation.

Dr. Carl J. Weinman Dies of Polio in Illinois Hospital

Dr. Carl J. Weinman 37 a Middletown native and University of Illinois faculty member died at Mercy Hospital Champaign from polio causing total respiratory and heart paralysis. He had just been admitted Thanksgiving Day and held the post of assistant director at the Illinois State Geological Survey. Survived by parents spouse Virginia two sons John and James brother Paul, with funeral at Grace Lutheran Church Champaign and burial in Champaign Cemetery with military rites. Memorials to Cave Weinmen Memorial Fund. Burial in Woodside Cemetery Soldiers Plot. Memorial services by Eagles Lodge. Recitation of Rosary tonight Schramm Funeral Home. Private Cooper killed with Marines at Bunker Hill. survived by wife and family. services set after calling hours.

Carl J. Weinman Mercy Hospital Champaign Ill University of Illinois Weinman Middletown High School Illinois University of Minnesota Illinois State Geological Survey Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Tau Omega Bethlehem‘ Lutheran Church Louis Weinman Ardmore Dr Virginia John James South Foley St Paul Tulsakla Grace Lutheran Woodside Cemetery American Legion Post 218 American War Mothers Eagles Lodge Schramm Funeral Home Cooper Marine Corps Denver Middletown Robert Herschel Glenn Wayne Hamilton

Henry Barker dies at 46 in Middletown

Henry Barker 46 of 1606 Brentwood Street died 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Middletown Hospital after a heart attack at his home earlier that morning. An Aeronca Manufacturing inspector since July, he previously worked for Armco. Survived by wife Emma Bailey Barker, daughter Phyllis Joyce of Erie, two sons William and Allyn, his mother Lula Barker, brother Elmer Barker, and sisters Ruth Gilden and Mamie Barker. Friends may call at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Tuesday. Services Wednesday at First Church of Christ. interment Woodside Cemetery.

Henry Barker Brentwood St Middletown Hospital Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation Armco Emma Bailey Barker Phyllis Joyce Erie Pa William Allyn Lula Barker Elmer Barker Ruth Giiden Mamie Barker Middletown McCoy- Leffler First Church of Christ Edwin Bobbitt Woodside Cemetery

Miss Lucy Evans Dies at 67 in Cincinnati

Miss Lucy Evans 67 retired practical nurse of 1312 Regen Ave Cincinnati died at 8 15 p m Sunday in a Cincinnati hospital after 10 years of failing health She was born April 6 1885 in London Ky and lived with sisters Fannie Ballard and Cecil Wilson Surviving sisters Mrs Murray Limerick Mrs Emma Vanderpool and Mrs Jack Pears and brothers Carl George Arch Evans Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday Riggs Funeral Home Woodside Cemetery Visitations Tuesday 2 5 and 7 10 p m

Lucy Evans Regen Ave Cincinnati Miss Evans London Fannie Ballard Cecil Wilson Middletown Calvary Methodist Church Guiding Star Murray Limerick Emma Vanderpool Beggs Okla Jack Pears Middlesboro Carl George Arch Evans Hamilton Riggs Woodside Cemetery Funeral

Mrs Emma Hawkins Gaul obituary notices death in Middletown

Mrs Emma Hawkins Gaul aged 63 died at 12 15 a m Sunday at Shadylawn Convalescent Home after six years of ill health She was born June 23 1889 in West Liberty Kentucky and lived in Middletown 40 years She operated Sylvia Beauty Shop on Central Ave nine years retired six years ago She leaves a daughter Hattie Dees three grandchildren two great grandchildren a sister Jessie Rawson a brother Charles Patton two stepsons Marion and Raymond Hawkins and a stepdaughter Dorothy Davis Funeral 10 30 a m Tuesday at Rises Funeral Home with Rev E H Hammon officiating Interment Woodside Cemetery Pallbearers listed. Home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p m today.

Emma Hawkins Gaul Shadylawn Gaul West Liberty Masonic Louisville Middletown Sylvia Beauty Shop Central Ave Hattie Dees North Stupbin St Jessie Rawson Sherman W. Va Charles Patton DeLeon Springs Fla Marion Raymond Hawkins Dorothy Davis Huntsville Rises Funeral Home E. H. Hammon First Evangelical United Brethren Church Woodside Cemetery James Dees Raymond Morton Hawkins Fred Hounschell James Aldridge James Blankenship

Solemn High Mass for Pfc Floyd Cooper

Pfc Floyd Cooper Jr 22 killed in Korea will be honored with a solemn high mass at 9 30 a m Tuesday at St John s Church Local military funeral services will precede a burial in the city cemetery with full military honors

Floyd Cooper Pfc Floyd Cooper, Jr Korea St. John’s Church

Mrs. Foster Dies in Norwalk After Middletown Residence

Mrs. Herbert H. Foster Jr. formerly of Middletown died November 29 at Norwalk Hospital. Survived by husband Herbert H. Foster Jr. and four children Grace Joan Lilian and Herbert III. The funeral will be at St Mathew's Church Wilton Conn at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Herbert H. Foster, Jr Middletown Norwalk Hospital Norwalk Conn Armco Steel Corporation Foster The Alameda St. Mathew’s Church Wilton

Funeral services for Rev William Martin at Holiness Tabernacle

Funeral services are set for Rev William Martin age 59 of 1301 Walnut Street at 1 30 p m Tuesday at the Holiress Tab ernacle with Rev J B Holt officiating Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery The pastor of Friendship Baptist Church died Friday after a two year illness Friends may view at his home after 6 p m today The body will lie in state at the church from noon Tuesday until services Green Funeral Home in charge

William Will) Martin Walnut St Holiress Tabernacle Garfield St J. B. Holt Woodside Cemetery Martin Friendship Baptist Church The Green Funeral Home

Margaret Van Holt 80 Germantown widow dies at Stillwater

Margaret A Van Holt 80 widow of William H Holt of 107 Morton Ave Dayton died after a three year illness at Stillwater Sanatorium. native of Butler County she lived in Germantown before moving to Dayton eight years ago. She belonged to Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Peasttown Grange. Survived by daughter Aletha Goss of Dayton two sisters Elizabeth Huffman West Middletown and Clara Bell Germantown Route 2 three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at John Arpp Funeral Home Rev Paul Bressler officiating burial Germantown Cemetery after 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Germanton Margaret A. van Holt Morton Ave Dayton William H. Holt Stillwater Butler County Holt Germantown Emmanuel Lutheran Church Peasttown Grange Aletha Goss Elizabeth Huffman West Middletown Clara Bell John Arpp Paul Bressler Germantown Cemetery

John A Adams to Lie In State Before Services

John A. Adams 72 of 1204 Sycamore St will lie in state at New Era Baptist Church after 6 p m Wednesday until services at 2 p m Thursday Rev Joseph Pate officiating burial in Middletown Cemetery Adams died at home Saturday after a four month illness Green Funeral Home in

John A. Adams Sycamore St New Era Baptist Church Joseph Pate Middletown Cemetery Mr. Adams The Green Funeral Home

Construction Slump Persists In City Building Activity

City construction remains weak with November costs at 11015 and 37 permits issued, seven for homes. October costs were 146926 with seven dwelling permits. a year earlier November had seven home permits but 787225 in costs, boosted by a $578.70 gymnasium project at Middletown High School. December expectations remain gloomier as no large plans are in sight.

Middletown High School

Police thwart suicide attempt in city jail

A 48-year-old man, Richard J. Byrd of 27 Glenmore Dr., tried to hang himself with his shirt in the city jail yesterday. Officers found him at 6:59 p.m., he was taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment and later returned to jail.

Middletown Hospital Richard J. Byrd Glenmore Dr Landon Webb Paul Judd Jack Barnes Byrd

Police Briefs Highlight Suspended Driver Arrest and Assault Bond

Hoyt Alley, 37, of 1922 Hanover St., arrested for driving with license suspended after custody last night at Sixth Ave and Yankee Rd. Howard Duff, 32, of 20 South Broad St., released on $300 bond to await today on an assault and battery charge. Robert E Wearly, 603 Sixteenth Ave., reports weekend vandalism with stones and whiskey bottles breaking four garage windows, estimated loss $16.

Hoyt Alley Hanover St Sixth Ave Yankee Rd Howard Duff South Broad St Robert E Wearly Sixteenth Ave

Research credited with leading to high octane gasoline

SALT LAKE CITY Dr John A Widtsoe 80 Utah educator and scientist and member of the Council of Twelve Apostles ruling body of the Latter Day Saints Mormon Church Born in Norway ST LOUIS Charles J Macaulay 81 retired lawyer and father of Ed Mackuley professional and former All America college basketball player

Salt Lake City John A. Widtsoe Utah Council of Twelve Apostles Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Church Norway ST. Louis Charles J. Macauley Ed Maculey

Notable Obituaries Across Cities From The Day

Beverly Hills 65 year old restaurateur and former vaudeville performer Mike Lyman, brother of Abe Lyman. Chicago 85 year old Theresa Capone mother of Scarface Al Capone. Menominee 65 year old Prof A Raymond Gilliland Northwestern genetic psychologist author in infant intelligence testing. Moscow Lt Gen Dmitri Afanasievich 56 World War II Russian military leader. Moscow Col Vladimir Osetrov deputy head of Russia internal security. Cincinnati Charles Wachtel retired Western Southern Life Insurance exec and early modern gymnast dies aged 88. Cincinnati Mrs Jessie Donnell Talbert real estate executive and bible teacher dies at 75. Bombay Sardar Ahmad Shah Khan 63 father-in-law to the King of Afghanistan dies en route to the US for hypertension treatment.

Bombay India Afghanistan Sardar Ahmad Shah Khan United States

Death notices for Bertha Stieh and George Walker

Mrs Bertha Stieh 72 of 1115 Hanover Street services at 2 p m Wednesday at Klaus Funeral Home George Wayne Walker 23 of 431 Fairview Avenue died in an auto crash services at 2 p m Tuesday at Brown Dawson Funeral Home

Hamilton Bertha Stieh Hanover St Klaus Funeral Home George Wayne Walker Fairview Ave Brown Dawson

Deaths Elsewhere by The Associated Press

Mount Vernon New York coal executive Car roll B Huntress aged 67 led opposition to the St. Lawrence Seaway project. Garden City New York Arlie Latham aged 92 oldest ex major leaguer who played in 1885 World Series. Chicago Dr Vladimir N Ipantieff aged 85 Moscow born scientist and former lieutenant general in the Russian Army.

Associated Press Mount Vernon N. Y Carroll B. Huntress Coal Company St. Lawrence Seaway Project Ogdensburg Garden City Arlie Latham St. Louis Browns West Lebanon N. H Chicago Vladimir N. Ipantieff

Obituary: Thomas B. Fox 77 Former GOP Official

Springfield Ohio remembers Thomas B. Fox 77 former publicity director of Hamilton County Republican Party and P and G credit manager died Sunday in the Masonic Home. He will be buried Wednesday.

Springfield Thomas B. Fox Hamilton County Republican Party Procter and Gamble Co Cincinnati Masonic

Snow Likely To Turn To Rain By Tuesday

Winter weather brings unusual snowfalls in Ohio with Middletown tying regional records at 3.06 inches by Lonnie Gibson. Forecasters expect a Tuesday warm-up and rain, while Cleveland spends 1500 dollars on salt to keep roadways open as the week ends with mushy and wet conditions.

Ohio Middletown Cincinnati Dayton Zanesville Lonnie Gibson Miami Marietta Bridgeport Steubenville New Philadelphia Cleveland Municipal Services Samuel F David Cleveland

Past Commanders Of Post 218 To Convene

Twenty four past commanders of Post 218 will meet at the American Legion Home with the board of trustees to elect new officers. Current officers George Denny, Harold Jones, and E A Lampe will preside as the gathering starts at 6 30 p m with business including officer elections.

American Legion Post 218 George Denny Harold Jones E. A. Lampe

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