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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1958
Page
2
Judging for the second annual Christmas Lighting and Decorating Contest runs from 6 to 10 30 tonight with nine finalists among three categories. Winners receive cash prizes up to 25 dollars and gold tree markers in yards. last minute entries accepted until five.
A mass inauguration of Butler County officials elected will be held Monday December 29 at 10 am in Hamilton Municipal Court. Judge Frank F. Wessel Probate Judge Harry F. Walsh and Judge-elect James O Connell of the Cincinnati Court of Appeals will participate. New officials to be sworn in include Edward H Dell John W Thomas Raymond C Motley Arthur Reiff and Arthur R Tilton all Democrats. Tilton will assume the auditor’s office after March 1.
Santa Claus will be available for photos with children between 7 and 9 p.m. tomorrow in front of Fire Station 1 on N Clinton Street. The Fire Department float used in the caroling caravan last week will accompany him in response to requests.
A Camden boy, seven, broke his left leg yesterday after falling from a bicycle. Randy J. Majors, seven, son of Dale Majors of 97 N Second Street, Camden, was admitted to Middletown Hospital.
A trailer in the Miler Trailer Court was destroyed by fire early today leaving five people homeless. The English family’s trailer suffered about 750 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported. Officials blamed an oil heater explosion. Franklin firefighters arrived at 2:15 a.m. and kept the blaze confined to the trailer, remaining on scene for about an hour on U. S. 25 between Coles Road and Blue Ball.
Middletown resident J. K. Back twenty nine suffered chest and face cuts when his car left Franklin Trenton Road veering left of center, struck a cement culvert and overturned. He was treated at Middletown Hospital. patrolmen continue the investigation.
A short circuit in an electric roaster caused a kitchen fire at 144 Orchard Street yesterday. Firemen from Company 2 answered the alarm at 12 44 PM and found $90 in damage from the blaze.
The emergency squad aided 62 year old Edward Gardner of 516 S. Su yhin St. at his home early today and he was taken to Middletown Hospital by Schramme's ambulance. The article notes Supreme Court members supplying their own chairs, a separate detail.
Four city accidents yesterday and Saturday caused an estimated 700 damage with no injuries. Involved were a truck driven by Lawrence Brewer 19 Middletown and a car driven by Joseph Presta 16 2119 Grand Ave in the 1400 block of Manchester Avenue, plus a parked car owned by Ronald Eichhorn 23 1716 Fleming Rd and an unknown car on Fleming Road. Also cars driven by Harry Dixon 67 1204 Curtis St and Donald Lewellyn 35 Trenton at 4th Avenue and Yankee Road and autos driven by James Smith 16 1318 Grove St and Tony Rossi 26 706 Malvern St at 1st Avenue and 8S Main Street.
The New Fra Baptist Sunday School will present its annual Christmas program at 7 30 p m tomorrow in two parts. Young children recite and sing while older classes narrate the Christmas story. Narrators include Carol Howard Sharon Lee Joan Andrews Dan Whitner Edward Smith Henrietta Smith and Kenneth Brygant. Oliver Smith is superintendent and Marva Strickland is program chairman. A Sunday School Christmas program at Second Baptist Church tomorrow at 8 p m welcomes parents and friends.
In central Taiwan a tiny private film industry thrives in a studio estate near Taichung. Taiwan’s film effort emphasizes general appeal with comedies and love stories as veterans of mainland cinema train talents, aiming for a worldwide market.
At a special meeting yesterday, about 70 delegates from Hamilton labor groups backed a one per cent city income tax to solve the city's finances, opposing any increase in the utilities tax. Adrian Jones of the United Labor Organization urged the measure as fair and needed for capital improvements, noting exemptions for pensioners and unemployment benefits.
Detectives hunt a young Black man accused of kidnapping and raping a 41 year old Middletown woman Friday night. The victim said the assailant forced her into her car in the Clinton Canal parking lot, drove through Montgomery County to Dayton, then abandoned the vehicle on Germantown Street as she collapsed and contacted authorities. He demanded four or five one dollar bills during the attack.
John J. Krol Sr., father of the Cleveland Diocese's Auxiliary Bishop, died at Cleveland Clinic Hospital Sunday at age 76. A machinist for 41 years with Cleveland Frog & Crossing Co before retiring in 1949, he was born in Poland and came to Cleveland in 1901. He is survived by five sons, a daughter, and the Most Rev. John J. Krol, the auxiliary bishop, who was consecrated five years ago.
State patrol officers arrested Walden E. Crain, 25, of 96 Springfield St Dayton, at 7 35 a m on Route 4 south of Middletown and turned him over to Dayton police.
In Cincinnati a postal worker Casey Weaver aged 54 is in critical condition at General Hospital after a police bullet ricochet struck him in the chest during a Sunday auto chase. Patrolman Raymond Easterling fired five shots at a fleeing car whose driver Joseph Bohanon 28 of Newport Kentucky was later captured at a roadblock.
Sheriff Paul A. Peil announced the resignation of First Sgt. Richard Jordan as a deputy sheriff effective Jan. 1. Jordan will become assistant manager of a new Opekasit center in Eaton after the year starts and will be retained as a special deputy. No replacement is named.
Butler County police report two thefts involving holiday items. A park director says an eight foot processed Christmas tree worth 30 dollars was stolen from a truck at 1148 Western Ave. Irene Smith reported Christmas lights worth 3 dollars taken from her front yard. three juveniles allegedly cursed her during the act.
A basement furnace room fire at Bethel Baptist Church in Painesville forced about 80 worshipers to flee just before Sunday service. The blaze was put out in about 30 minutes causing roughly 3000 dollars in damage. fire officials cited an overheated furnace as the cause.
Elizabeth Temmen of 1920 Sheffield Street told deputies that $30 worth of items were stolen from her car Sunday afternoon parked at J and J Bowling Lanes on South Main Street. The thief took Christmas decorations, a pair of children's shoes, and tools.
A fragment notes John Brown’s body lies a mould ring in the grave on the John Brown farm near Lake Placid New York. The terse item identifies the burial site and location details without elaboration.
Mrs. John Akerman names the backstage crew for the junior class production You Cant Take It With You. Mike Finley serves as stage manager for the January 13 show. Co chairs lead properties and costume teams with a broad list of members across committees.
A Chicago Transit Authority bus collided with a car Sunday night, killing four auto occupants and injuring twelve others including eleven bus riders. Flames erupted under the bus as passengers fled through doors, with three of eleven injured bus riders hospitalized. Police said the car skidded through a stop sign.
Washington AP reports nearly 48 million Americans cast ballots in the November 4 off year election, a turnout of 47,875,315 and just short of the 48 million forecast. The tally surpasses the 1954 off-year record, reflecting a sizable increase in voter participation.
Absent minded mishap delays cornerstone laying for the First Christian Church in Houston. Pastor Dr. John C. Knowles notes the missing cornerstone briefly paused the ceremony for the new one million dollar project.
Miami AP reports four rookie officers in the North Miami Police Department will become plain clothes officers immediately. The move is not funded by the municipal budget, so no uniforms will be provided.
At the Butler County Fairgrounds Hamilton a south side horse barn was nearly destroyed by fire late Saturday. Estimated $20000 in damage with 200 bales of hay and straw lost. Six horses were saved. Fire started near an electric heater in a small end-room. Fire crews from Fairfield Township and Hamilton fought the blaze into the evening.
In Tehran on Sunday Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi distributed nearly 7000 acres of state land among 350 peasants. This marked the first such land distribution by the regime.
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