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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1953
Page
2
Postmaster Hilbert H. Martin announced the Christmas mail surge is over with a trickle of mail today and a noon close tomorrow plus Christmas Day. The Hamilton Post Office logged 1,881,000 December items and 231,700 on Monday, while 930,600 pieces were canceled during the eight day period since Dec 15.
Armco Steel Corp distributed about 385000 in Christmas bonuses to employees worldwide with roughly 130000 going to Middletown area staff. Gifts ranged from 5 to 50 dollars, with at least 5 dollars to every recipient and one dollar per year of service. Military and retired workers also received checks, with armed forces getting plastic money folders.
Firemen from Companies 1 and 3 were called at 7 14 p m yesterday to 620 Baltimore St to find sparks pouring from a chimney flue No fire resulted
Butler County has 276 miles of state highway with 65.75 miles resurfaced in 1953 and 21 miles patched or sealed. Two new bridges on Route 732 marked major county work, costing 318 502.99 and 49 834.05 dollars. J S Paxton notes maintenance priority and hopes to begin an ambitious road program in the near future.
Middletown firemen and a 25 member barbershop quartet visited 65 shut ins and two convalescent homes during the 10th annual Christmas caroling caravan with Santa Claus riding a sleigh on a pickup. Jack Moore called the four and a half hour event a big success, noting it went off without a hitch for the first time in three years.
Glen Gomia, 2, of 1137 La Fayette Ave, suffered a lacerated right hand when he ran it through a glass front door at his home yesterday. He received treatment at Middletown Hospital at 1 50 p.m. and was dismissed.
A fire on the Joseph H. Niehaus farm near Hamilton destroyed a chicken house garage and a utility room. Loss estimated between 8000 and 10000 included 20 chickens two power mowers a garden tractor and tools. Fire departments from Millville Reily and Williamsdale fought the blaze on Ohio 130 west of Hamilton. Deputies Elmer Grable and Andy Guenther noted Niehaus moved his car from the garage before it burned.
Four traffic mishaps reported by state patrolmen yesterday afternoon and last night left four people injured and led to three motorists being cited in court. William Miller and Noah Lee Jr. suffered superficial cuts after Miller’s car passed on a curve on Ohio 122 and tipped in a ditch. both were treated and released.
A young boy named Mike Heasley got trapped inside a room when a door came off at his home on Short Street. Officers Wallace and Sorrell responded to the emergency call but the mother alerted a neighbor carpenter who removed the door and freed the boy.
The Rev H H Jung pastor of St Pauls Evangelical and Re formed Church will deliver the annual Christmas message to the Lions Club during tomorrow noon luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. Program chairman is Harold Leichty.
The Salvation Army kettle campaign has netted 2654.35 to date, about 500 under last year’s figure. Captain William Prescott reports 315 families will receive holiday baskets from applications processed this morning. The Army Christmas party is tomorrow afternoon at the American Legion home.
Sharon Barker a 10 year old daughter of Talmadge Barker of 1904 Fleming Road was struck by a car while trying to cross Charles Street just after 7 am. She was taken to Middletown Hospital with a fracture of the left leg. The motorist Glenn Selby 42 of 122 South Main Street Germantown was not held. The accident occurred near the New York Central crossing on Charles Street.
Middletown City Commission held its 1:30 p m session with routine items on the agenda. Chief topics included estimates for Fire Station No 4 work and street surfacing programs. Also discussed were communications, notably C F Myers proposal for a road along the canal route with storm and sanitary sewers for North Middletown in the canal bed.
The Hamilton school board approved pay hikes of up to 300 dollars yearly for about 400 teachers, effective immediately. The superintendent Walter Crewson’s salary rose to 12000 dollars annually, a 1560 dollar increase. About 29 percent of U S motor trucks and 12 percent of passenger cars are used by farmers.
Paramount features Peter Pan with showings at 1 15 3 25 7 53 10 00 p m Cartoon Festival at 1 15 3 45 6 20 8 30 p m Sabre Jet at 2 00 4 30 7 00 9 40 p m Strand shows No Escape at 1 30 4 20 7 15 10 05 p m Plunder of the Sun at 2 50 5 40 8 35 p m
A single collision occurred in Middletown during the Christmas shopping rush after downtown signals were cut from 5 a.m. until mid morning. Richard A. Boxwell and Robert F. McDaniel collided at Garfield Street and Heffner Avenue around 1:30 p.m. Damage was set at 400 and 200 dollars. Officials blamed a worn three cable system for the outage and said a new light system coming in January will allow quick fault location. Police praised drivers and officers for safe conduct and traffic control.
Building Commissioner Orville Corson warned Middleton residents to avoid gas stoves in small unventilated spaces where deadly carbon monoxide can accumulate. He cited Cincinnati deaths, listed six safety rules including proper ventilation, unclogged flues, no dampers, not sealing windows, and using stove ovens only for cooking.
The Civitan Club voted to send petitions to State Sen. Tom Moorhead and Rep. J. F. McClure urging release of funds for an engineering survey of a possible north-south turnpike. Rev. Russell Galloway spoke on the meaning of Christmas practiced year round during a Barker chaired program.
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