Death Car Driver Sought After Fatal Middletown Collision
State patrols seek a driver named James House who fled the scene of a crash that killed Lynn Agee, 46, of 3114 Omaha St. Agee died Wednesday at Middletown Hospital. The involved 1941 Buick was recovered. the two men ran a used car business Agee's Used Cars. Agee's funeral is set for Monday at Joseph R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home with interment in Middletown Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Agee
Omaha St
James House
House
Agee
Middletown Hospital
Butler County
Joseph R. Baker and Sons
Clifford Hutchinson
Grand Ave
Three Hurt As Car Rams Utility Pole
Three people injured in a one car crash at Ohio 4 and Oxford State Road at 12 30 a m. Kyile Wortham 24 Dayton was fined 10 dollars and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. Margie Johnson 22 Dayton remained hospitalized with possible skull fracture while Phyllis Johnson 21 and Kyile Wortham received treatment and were discharged.
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Ohio 4
Oxford State Road
Middletown Hospital
Margie Johnson
Hockwall Pl
Dayton
Phyllis Johnson
Kyile Wortham
Della St
Wortham
Squire Lammie Bailey
Car collision on U S 42 near Mason injures none
Police report a two car crash on U S 42 a half mile south of Mason at 4 p m yesterday. Matt L Brewer 33 and Marshall Conn 33, both of Mason Rt 1, were involved as the Brewer car attempted to pass while Conn turned left into a driveway. Minor damage reported.
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Matt L. Brewer
Mason Rt. 1
Marshall Conn
U. S. 42
Mason
Brewer
Conn Auto
School Chief's Mother Hurt In Auto Crash
The mother of C. W. Young Lemon Township superintendent of schools was reported in fair ly good condition today in Fort Hamilton Hospital after suffering injuries in an auto mishap yesterday Mrs Leonora Young 73 of 817 Locust St Oxford suffered fractures of the right knee and left wrist Hospital attendants said She was riding in a car driven by her daughter Mrs Phares Ball 51 of E Chestnut Street Oxford when it collided with a Farm Bureau truck operated by Raymond Otto 51 of Harrison Rt 1 on the old Oxford Road near Boyle Road Deputy Sheriff Al Mahatha said
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C. W. Young
Lemon Township
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Leonora Young
Locust St
Oxford
Raymond Otto
Harrison Rt. 1
Old
Oxford Road
Boyle Road
al Mahatha Said
Square Dance At Y Tomorrow At Gym
The YMCA hosts a Saturday square dance from 8:30 to 11:30 pm with instruction at 8. A local caller, Jerry Helt of Cincinnati, leads the event. The next dance is set for January 9, and the Y will be closed on December 26.
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YMCA
Richard Hofferbert
Jerry Helt
Cincinnati
Hofferbert
Weekend Movie Listings At The Paramount And Strand
Paramount shows Flight to Tangiers at 1 40 5 00 8 30 p m Redheads from Seattle at 3 15 6 40 10 p m Strand presents Winning of the West at 1 15 3 50 6 25 9 10 p m Beast From 20000 Fathoms at 2 10 4 45 7 30 10 15 p m Friday Beasts listings repeat with the same for Saturday showing Winning of the West at 2 30 5 40 8 55 p m 3 35 6 50 10 p m
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Paramount
Tangiers
Seattle
Beast
Two Fined For Mishap On Parkway
A 74 year old North Avenue woman and a Wa neta Street motorist were found responsible for a Clinton Street Verity Parkway collision two days earlier. Municipal Judge J T Lamb fined both $10 plus costs after testimony from Mary Ann Bier man and Earn est Cottongin and with patrolman B R Webb and prosecutor Tillman Ellison presenting the case.
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Parkway
North Avenue
Waneta Street
Clinton Street
Verity Parkway
J. T. Lamb
Mary Ann Bierman
North Ave
Earnest Cottongin
Waneta St
B. R. Webb
Tillman Ellison
Vick Fined For Reckless Operation In State Patrol Case
Orlan G. Vick, 29, of 2310 Longfellow Street, was fined 50 dollars with six dollars court costs and eighteen dollars witness fees on a state patrol charge of reckless operation. Robert L. Cole, 401 Gradle Avenue Dayton, was fined twenty dollars plus costs on two speeding charges at 18th Avenue and Main Street. Patrolmen Robert Walton and Ralph Trimble testified they stopped Cole at about 3 40 p m and arrested him. He jurist suspended half of the se.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlan G. Vick
Longfellow St
Robert L. Cole
Gradle Ave
Dayton
18Th Avenue
Main Street
Robert Walton
Ralph Trimble
Cole
Judge Bans Wage Suits For Holiday
Hamilton Ohio municipal Judge Frank F Wessel declared a moratorium on garnisheeing wages from now until after Christmas to protect Santa Claus visits. Common Pleas Judges Cramer and Boll said they would hear divorce cases last today until Jan 8, hoping couples may reunite during the season. There were 63 divorce cases on the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio
Frank F. Wessel
Santa Claus
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
P. P. Boll
Butler County
Lincoln's Volunteer Service in the Black Hawk War
Abraham Lincoln joined local militia as a volunteer during the Black Hawk War in Illinois aimed at defeating the Sauk leader Black Hawk and his followers. The conflict drew volunteers from across the state to confront Native American forces in 1832.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Salvation Army kettle drive nears last year totals in Middleton
The 1953 kettle campaign led by Capt. William Prescott reports $1,156.18 collected in downtown Middleton by Thursday night. Extra kettles will operate daily from 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on store open evenings as the drive continues toward final goal.
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Salvation Army
The
Army Auxiliary
Central Avenue
Broad Street
Kettle
Prescott
School board bans non school fund drives in classrooms
Middletown Board of Education adopted a policy to end money collections by non educational groups for non school purposes in schools. Exemptions apply to PTOs Y Teens Hi Y bands and similar programs. The move aims to keep schools from becoming a collection agency and free teachers for instruction. Last year accidental injury insurance for pupils costing 1.25 per pupil was dropped with prospect of parent teacher groups handling the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Board of Education
Earle R. Seidner
Central School PTO seeks board letter on insurance plan
Ed Johnson urged the superintendent to send a cooperation letter to parents about a new insurance plan. Seidner refused, citing board policy against participation and endorsement. Johnson proposed wording stating schools are not participating or endorsing the program.
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Leidner
PTO
Hadhey
Johnson
ED Johnson
Central School Pto
Central Pto
Seidner
Harry Hadley
Jan. I
Three Couples Sponsor Hi-Y Dance At YMCA Tonight
Mr. and Mrs. Drew Geis, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Karchner, and Mr. and Mrs. William Fishbaugh sponsor tonight’s Hi-Y dance at the YMCA gym from 10 to midnight. Harry ter Braak says the Middle Town local of the American Federation of Musicians supplies a five piece orchestra. 308 attended last week. Next Hi-Y club meetings are set for Jan 7 with no meetings planned next Thursday due to a basketball game and upcoming holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Geis
T. W. Karchner
William Fishbaugh
YMCA
Harry Ter Braak
Ymca Boys’ Work
Middletown
American Federation of Musicians
Eisenhower Steps Up Work Tempo on 1954 Program
President Eisenhower and his aides accelerate work on the 1954 legislative program to be outlined in the State of the Union. The Cabinet met in an extraordinary session and reviews the plan again with Eisenhower, with a third review at a special session next Tuesday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Cabinet
School Workers Get 10 Percent Hike Across District
The school board approved a 10 percent raise for many staff including janitors painters secretaries clerks nurses and kindergarten assistants. Superintendent Earle Leidner’s salary rose from 9500 to 11020 and Hugh Butler got a 10 percent increase. Jean Washington named part time kindergarten teacher at Washington School. The 1954 55 calendar was approved and a plan for administering teacher salary increases was approved.
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Earle R. Leidner
Hugh Butler
Jean Washington
Washington School
Middletown Schools Face Textbook Shortages and Budget Boost
Seidner warned the district’s teaching supplies and textbooks are weak. Middletown spends $1.50 per pupil on books versus a $3 national average. The superintendent aims to double the book and supplies appropriation next year. Butler said a $30,000 year end surplus will aid the textbook effort. President Snyder noted a lighter after year planning load is needed.
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Seidner
Middletown
Butler
R. H. Snyder
School Board Accepts Resignations and Appoints New Teacher
In a Lincoln School session the board accepted Mrs. Ethel Evans resignation as teacher and named Mrs. Matilda U. Hall as her successor. The action reflects changes in the district faculty and staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Evans
Lincoln
Matilda U. Hall
Nurses Chorus Sings For Kiwanis at Luncheon
The Mid dletown Hospital School of Nursing Nightingale Chorus performed a cantata Childe Jesus by Joseph Clokey at the Manchester Hotel for a Kiwanis luncheon. Director Miss Anne Middlemiss and scholarship recipient Miss Cleo Garafoulos spoke to the group.
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Middletown Hospital School of Nursing
Manchester Hotel
Nightingale Chorus
Childe Jesus
Joseph Clokey
Helen Gerber Ramsdell
Tom Reed
Middletown High School
Clifford Hist
Anne Middlemiss
Cleo Garafoulos
Garafoulos
Julius McIntosh
Garfield PTO votes against student accident insurance
Garfield School PTO members last night voted not to participate in an accident insurance program for students during this school year. The school board has dropped group insurance but has granted permission to PTOs to sponsor plans on their own. About 250 people attended the meeting and a music and dramatic program was presented by several individuals led by Mrs Chalmer O Hughes.
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Garfield School
PTO
Ptos
Robert Baker
Harold Sherron
Plylis Howard
Lilly Dennis
Irene Williams
Sally O’freil
Alma Kinner
Downs
Chalmer O. Hughes
Harris Receives Industrial Medical Fellowship Honor
Dr. Jack L. Harris of Armco earns fellowship from the Industrial Medical Association after seven years of work at Armco. Boston physician Dr. G F Wilkins, association president, notes the honor comes on favorable board recommendations. Harris will receive the fellowship certificate at the IMA annual meeting in Chicago next April. The award recognizes outstanding work in industrial medicine and makes him eligible to vote on policy issues.
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Jack L. Harris
McGee Ave
Armco
Industrial Medical Assn
G. F. Wilkins
Boston
Association
Harris
Association Board of Examiners
Chicago
IMA
Tree Fire Behind Home on Waite Street Quelled
Firefighters from Company 2 answered a 5 28 p m alarm yesterday to check a tree fire behind Price Booth 614 Waite Street. The cause is unknown and no damage was reported.
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Company 2
Price Booth
Waite St
Alberta Province Reports 1195 Post Offices
The report states that Alberta has 1195 post offices across the province.
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Provine
Alberta
Canada
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Risin
BAARX
Dohn Hardware
E. H. Hammon
Army Auxiliary Committee
Army
American Legion
By Stan Meisler
Norman Gerwitz
World Insurance Co
Omaha
Ger
Ike
Elgin
Gruen
Watch Makers
George
Bill Baker
Central Ave
Nurses
Kiwanis
Garfield
Dr. Harris
Furniture Liability
Charlie
Insurance Agency
Ross
Ein
Mat Nence
Hardwick
Wembly
Arrow
Dacron and Rayon
Gabardine
Webster
Hickok
Lehigh
Brasaaulaae
Femeyere
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