Hitchhiker Found Frozen After Night in Culvert
Joseph F. Vaughn a 30 year old hitchhiker from Knoxville Tennessee was found in a culvert on U S 25 about a mile south of Monroe in near zero weather. He was taken to Middletown Hospital in serious condition with partially frozen hands and legs after exposure while walking from Detroit to Tennessee. Larry Gordon of Monroe found the semi conscious man around 8 30 a m and hospital aides reported his condition as serious. Police and sheriff officials were alerted as the case unfolded.
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U. S. 25
Monroe
Middletown Hospital
Joseph F. Vaughn
Knoxville
Vaughn
Larry Gordon
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Tennessee
Pms
State Highway Patrolment
Richard Schultheiss
Two Middletown Doctors To Head County Society
Two Middletown physicians were named to the top offices of the Butler County Medical Society for 1954. Dr. John A. Carter was elected president and Dr. J. Neel secretary treasurer, with over 100 physicians voting by mail. They will succeed Dr. W. F. Hume and Dr. H. A. Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Butler County Medical Society
W. F. Hume
John A. Carter
J. Neel
Butler County
Hamilton Ywca
Carter
Hume
Neel
H. A. Moore
Oxford
Charles A. Hauser
Solomon Bershad
Hamilton
Nei Millikin
John Bauer
C. T. Atkinson
Two Hit Skip Accidents Reported in Middletown
Police listed two hit skip incidents in Middletown yesterday. Harold Allen Jr. 17 of Trenton reported a rear collision causing $25 damage. Cecil Sebright 32 of 1919 Manchester Ave. suffered about $5 damage in a side swipe. A third accident on Bellomonte Street and Central Avenue involved Paul Ecenbrecht turning and hitting Ewell Young as Ecenbrecht swerved to avoid a halted vehicle.
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Middletown
Harold Allen
Trenton
Allen
Cecil Sebright
Manchester Ave
Bellomonte Street
Central Avenue
Paul Ecenbrecht
Edgewood St
Ewell Young
17Th Ave
Ecenbrecht
Central
Ewell
Fenwick High Stage Debut Hosts Christmas Play
Fenwick freshmen and sophomores staged The Light of the Star in three acts at Fenwick High School to benefit Fenwick Welfare. The performance, the first on the new stage built by parents and pupils, will repeat tonight at 8. A glee club and band offered numbers and Fenwick Welfare planned Christmas gifts for all instructors. The next meeting is January 27.
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Fenwick High School
Sphomores
Fenwick Welfare
Bethlehem
Fenwick
Police Briefs Report Gas Theft and Vehicle Crash Incidents
Jack Blevins reported two youths siphoned gasoline from a car owned by Arthur Adams and fled in a four door sedan with a light brown body and dark brown top. Howard McNabb said two dogs were stolen from a pen, a dark red Cocker spaniel and a black and tan beagle hound aged six months. William Goodman lost a brown leather billfold near Grand and Orchard. Payton Thornhill, 25, from Collinsville, sustained a chin laceration when his car ran off US 127 and hit a utility pole, required eight stitches at Mercy Hospital Hamilton. He was alone in the car.
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Jack Blevins
S. Sutphin St
Arthur Adams
Howard McNabb
Highland St
Payton Thornhill
Collinsville
U. S. 127
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Thornhill
Schneider Improves to Fair After Heart Attack
Schneider now listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home Sunday. He had been in serious condition earlier this week and reportedly spent another restful night under medical care.
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Sol Schneider
Central Ave
Middletown Hospital
Schneider
At The Movies Showings At Paramount And Strand
Paramount screens Thunder over the Plains at 1 15 4 10 7 15 and 10 15 p m High Treason at 2 30 5 40 and 8 40 p m Strand presents The System at 1 30 4 50 and 8 10 p m I Confess at 3 15 6 35 and 9 55 p m Marshal's Daughter at 1 30 4 25 7 15 and 10 10 p m Flame of Calcutta at 2 55 5 50 and 8 45 p m
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Paramount
Calcutta
Burkhardt Bound To Jury On 3 Charges
Burkhardt 22 of Cam den Rt 3 awaits grand jury action on three charges after surrendering to Middletown police. Bonds totaling 9000 include 5000 rape 2500 assault and 1500 non support. He is charged with criminal assault on a 13 year old girl and entering the home of James Inram. Also non support in a warrant from his wife. Gerald Morris 20 was fined 50 dollars for menace and threat. six month jail term suspended. Herbert H Wolfenbarger 45 was fined 100 dollars for driving while intoxicated and three days in jail.
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James Inram
Elwood St
Gerald Morris
Franklin Pt. 2
Ned Morris
Herbert H. Wolfenbarger
Plum St
Germantown
Squire Lammie Bailey
Police File Six Charges In Shooting
Hamilton special report says J. W. Pergram 27 of 826 Dayton Street was wounded at the Grand Hotel while resisting arrest. Patrolman George McNally said Pergram attacked with a knife after being restrained from an unidentified crying woman. Pergram is in fair condition at Mercy Hospital with leg and knee wounds. Multiple officers filed charges including assault with intent to kill, assault and battery, and resisting arrest.
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Hamilton
J. W. Pergram
Dayton St
Grand Hotel
George McNally
Pergram
McNally
Mercy Hospital
Henry Teboe
Dillard Jones
Accident Victim Walter Warlick Improves in Hospital
Walter Warlick age 36 of Dayton shows progress after an auto crash on November 28. Doctors report he is in fairly good condition and nearly conscious, with improved rationality since the injury to the head. Fellow patient Wilbur Stephens, 35, has been discharged from Middletown Hospital.
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Walter Warlick
Dayton
Middletown
Warlick
Wilbur Stephens
City Opens Unfinished Clinton Canal Lot For Winter Parking
Middletown city commissioners approve winter use of the unfinished Clinton Canal parking lot by downtown shoppers with no meters and a warning that users park at their own risk. The body also advances park board expansion and numerous capital project estimates including sewer work and road improvements.
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New Park Board
Middletown
Clinton Canal
Midsata
Wea
Lily Wianager Siwwaru
Miarmer
Commission
Brooks, Carmody and
Hillman Park
Eldorado
Kramer
Sutphin
Grand Ave
Bull Run
Main St
Manchester Ave
Brooks-Carmody-Hillman Park
Lylburn Rd
Napa
Middletown Christmas Mail Rush Expected Heavier This Year
Postmaster Hilbert H. Martin reports 119 900 cancellations on Tuesday and 127 400 on Wednesday for Middletown’s 1953 Christmas mail rush, higher than 1952 figures. He cites community growth and has hired 63 temporary workers, with more possible in coming days.
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Middletown
Hilbert H. Martin
Martin
Young Woman Hurt As Car Overturns
A young woman was slightly injured when her auto skidded on an icy spot and overturned on Ohio 73 a mile west of Collinsville. Roberta J. Reardon 18 of Oxford received cuts and bruises and was treated by an Oxford doctor and released. The eastbound vehicle left the highway, overturned after crossing the left edge.
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Ohio
Collinsville
Roberta J. Reardon
Oxford
City Manager Reports Meter Access Delays On Water Bills
City Manager Kramer tells Commissioners a complaint by Mrs Artie Reece over high water and sewer charges stems from two quarters with no meter access. He notes prior bills were minimum charges and last three readings were below 1952 quarters. Commissioners set next meeting for 1 30 p.m.
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Kramer
Artie Reece
Prospect Ave
Reece
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Atco Ave
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