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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
2
In Trenton the First National Bank branch was robbed after thieves pried open coin boxes beneath teller counters and shattered a rear window. The main vault was untouched. loss estimated about 360 dollars, insured. FBI called in as police investigate after 8:30 a.m. discovery.
Albert Wiles, owner of Farmers Market at 4436 Hamilton Scipio, Auburn, four miles west of Miville, reports a 5 feet 9 inch, 140 pound man in a dark jacket held Mrs. Wiles at gunpoint at 8 10 pm and fled with about 1242 dollars in cash and checks from the cash drawer.
Paramount shows Jungle Moonmen at 1 15 3 45 6 25 9 00 p.m. Lawless Street at 2 25 5 00 7 40 10 15 p.m. Colonial screens Ken tucky Rifles at 2 50 5 40 8 30 p.m. Mad at the World at 1 30 4 15 7 05 9 50 p.m. Dixie Cruise In offers She Wolf at 8 59 p.m. Big House USA at 7 07 10 20 p.m.
City firemen invite Middle tonians to view the Christmas sleigh used in caroling. The sleigh will be on display at Fire Station 1 307 N Clinton St from 7 to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow and all day Christmas Day. Santa will appear tonight and tomorrow evening for photos with children.
In Columbus Ohio the man who supplied a lewd movie film for an Ohio State University fraternity stag party on September 21 was fined 1000 dollars and costs today. Judge Myron B. Gessaman imposed the penalty on Frank Casanta 47 of Columbus.
FBI and local officers questioned two men and two teenage boys in connection with a $2,000 Farmers and Traders Bank robbery in Campton Kentucky. Teddy M Little, 24, of Hollywood and a 20 year old Middletown man plus two youths denied involvement. Little faces a Wolfe County extradition on a non support charge.
A man was found guilty on December 14 of driving while intoxicated. He faced the charge in the local court, with the verdict reflecting the case's outcome.
In Franklin, Doyle Gibson, 21, was found guilty of driving while intoxicated after a Tuesday hit-skip crash. He was fined 200 dollars, sentenced to six months in jail with five months suspended for damages to Ray Preston's car, and had driving rights suspended one year. The crash caused about 600 dollars in damage.
Two 14-year-old Middletown boys were taken into custody on Harrison Street at 9 07 a m as suspects in stealing Christmas tree light bulbs from five light sets on a large tree in front of 215 McKinley Street on Wednesday.
Two residents of 613 Cleveland St. were hurt in a nighttime fight. Mrs. Virginia Woodruff suffered facial bruises and a possible fractured jaw while James Briscoe had a puncture wound on the upper thigh. Both were treated at Middletown Hospital and released. They declined to press charges.
The nude body of a man with a severed throat and a bullet wound in the head was found on the bank of Yellow Creek off Ohio 73 in Wellsville. The victim could not be identified immediately and authorities opened an investigation.
Paul F. Braden, owner of WPFB in Middletown, announced the purchase of all assets of WPAY in Portsmouth, Ohio for 135000 dollars. He will take FCC license transfer and assume management with no changes in network affiliation or staff, while continuing as WPFB head. Braden started WPFB in 1947 and plans expansion in Middletown.
The Middletown Fire Department organized two nights of Christmas caroling featuring SPEBSQSA members and the Middletown Civic Boys' Choir. Santa rode a decorated float as crews and volunteers visited 80 stops, including hospital patients, with Rudolph the rubber reindeer and lighted decorations.
Five local Churches of God present a community Christmas program at Sunset Park. Rev. Clifford Hutchinson reads the Christmas story as church choirs sing carols. The event closes a week-long series sponsored by the Knights of Pythias with Middletown firefighters. Music from the park band stand begins at 8 p.m.
The Middletown Trades and Labor Council heard a report from Robert Lukens the delegate to the AFL and CIO merger convention on merger plans Under the merger no local organization will lose its identity Groups identical in either union may merge if they choose Two years to do so Officials hope to meet CIO members here after the first of the year to discuss a possible merger.
Snow from a shop roof buried and killed Mrs. Mary Whitwam a 39 year old woman while she was Christmas shopping in Slaithewaite England. The incident underscores hazards of the continuing winter weather for shoppers and pedestrians.
The article notes that bald eagles mainly eat fish, though they will also consume mammals or birds on occasion. The emphasis is on their piscivorous diet and occasional alternative meals.
Howard Hoover, 48, was fined 200 and costs for driving while intoxicated in Municipal Court. Judge J T Lamb ordered three days in city jail and suspended his driving privilege for one year after police arrested him near S Main Street and 15th Avenue. Frank Montgomery, 58, was fined 50 and costs for careless driving and ordered to attend four traffic school sessions.
A charge of assault and battery against Bruce Clemons 22 of 417 Yankee Road was dismissed due to the absence of the complainant Carol Clemons.
A father in Fremont Ohio stopped to help a gasless motorist on the Ohio Turnpike eight miles west of the Fremont Port Clinton Interchange. A semi truck rear ended Trager's car killing his 11 month old daughter Laura Beth on arrival at Fremont Memorial Hospital. Trager and his wife suffered head injuries while the other driver Kircoz and Arlie escaped serious harm. This marked the third turnpike fatal in the area since the toll road opened.
Three rolls of copper wire valued at 895 dollars were stolen from behind the Middletown Hospital addition. Foreman Charles Baldwin of Wente Construction Co. told city detectives that chains holding the rolls were cut, the wire rolled out and cut up.
In Little Rock a woman returned a tree she had bought and asked for an exchange. As salesmen offered options she browsed the display, and the returned tree was put back among the options. After a tour of the trees she chose the same one she first picked.
Middletown's Selective Service Board reorganized with Carl Martin as chairman and Raymond T. Brown of Oxford as vice chairman. Sam McAdow appointed secretary to succeed Wiley Mitchell. Eisenhower announced the appointment. Mrs. Lillian Sebald serves as clerk.
William Sturgis Jr. of 1610 E 2nd St Franklin lost the top of his thumb when his leather glove caught on an electric drill while drilling a hole in a Christmas tree. The 37 year old was treated at Middletown Hospital. the limb remained unfixed.
Santa Claus will make a special appearance for an 11-year-old girl with epilepsy near Middletown. He plans to bring toys and clothes and invites others with suitable donations to join the effort by calling the Department of Parks and Recreation at 34727 before tomorrow morning.
Reverend H C Grunewald delivered the Lions Clubs Christmas message at the noon meeting. A Salvation Army kettle drive raised about $880, roughly ten dollars more than 1954. Members funded a birthday gift for a charter member, Charles Stuart, age 91, now a Lebanon rest home patient and the club's oldest member.
In Hamilton Butler County a 84 year old woman, Evelyn Falkenstein of Millville Oxford Road, was struck by a southbound car driven by Miami University faculty member W J McNiff and died at Mercy Hospital. McNiff swerved when she stepped onto the highway and was not held. The death raises 1955 toll to 39 in the county. Funeral services set for Klaus Funeral Home at 2 30 p m tomorrow with burial in Shandon Cemetery.
Mrs Falkenstein is survived by her husband Charles and two daughters. The obituary notes family ties and funeral arrangements to be announced.
Harry L. Gordon aged 63 of Rosedale died after being struck by a car on Ohio 75 near Crooksville while helping push a stalled vehicle last Sunday.
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