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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1957
Page
2
Middletown city jail could be nearly empty for Christmas if arrests stay light tonight and tomorrow morning. As of 9 am, 18 inmates were jailed. Police Chief Joseph Blackmore said officers would be lenient toward holiday celebrations while preparing to hear intoxication and drunken driving cases.
Clarence L. Mers elected board chairman of Raymond Bag Corp by F D Gottwald of Albemarle Papers Manufacturing Co Richmond Va. J R Clements named president succeeding Mers. Clements, long associated with Albemarle, will move his family to Middletown and assume duties immediately.
A seven year old girl Pamela Vogel sang suffered a minor head bump in a two car collision on Central Avenue near Grimes Street at 2 15 p m yesterday. She was released from Middletown Hospital after exam and skull X ray. Vehicles were driven by Frank Plumbo and Veleda Vogelsang. Total damage 175 dollars.
Manchester Ave. is open to general traffic after a sewer construction project. Westbound traffic began moving yesterday afternoon once barricades were removed at the Doty and Charles street intersections.
City officials coordinated with the Salvation Army to distribute Christmas baskets from the city building on 4th Street. Chief Edgar Farmer said about 66 baskets would be given out at 3 PM, ranging from a family of four to as many as twelve members.
Entries in Middletown's Christmas and Lighting Contest reached 67 after a mail box check. The mailing deadline was midnight yesterday. Contest routes for sightseers were suggested by Mrs. Glenn Selby, entry chair, with numerous streets listed for judging from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Friday.
Armco President IR L Gray praised the company policies as Armco’s greatest Christmas gift to more than 500 employees. He noted policies rooted in Christian principles and recalled the December additions of Ashland, Baltimore, Union Wire & Rope, and the upcoming National Supply integration as Armco expands its family. W Robertson echoed Christmas themes of faith hope and charity as Lebanon High School and Lemon Monroe choirs performed.
Ptl. Jack Crocker investigated a break in at 226 McKinley St. and found the first floor torn apart. He concluded a guilty party was an eight week old boxer puppy. Peggy Childs said the dog would be kept in the basement.
Robert S. Zsigray 26 of Lexington Kentucky and Ernest Laughner 42 of Franklin were reported in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after injuries from a Sunday accident on U S 25. Zsigray was listed in critical condition yesterday as the investigation by state patrolmen continued.
Three small fires kept city firefighters busy with calls from 1315 Walnut Street to a tarpaulin covering a 1948 model truck owned by James Quinn causing 15 dollars in damage. A second blaze at 1100 block of Garfield Street caused by a cigarette or match did no damage. A leaf fire at 1028 Kunz Avenue started from burning papers but caused no damage.
Joshua Fisher, 18, of Lebanon suffered a bloody nose when his car was struck by Donald Conover, 28, of Dayton at 6th and Canal streets. Conover allegedly failed to stop. both cars about $250 in damage.
Two teenage victims of a motorcycle car collision remain in critical condition at Mercy Hospital. Ronnie Courtney, 15, of 1821 Campbell Ave, and Frank Schneider, 13, of 1225 Vanderveer St, have been on the critical list since admission.
In Hamilton county an Indianapolis man, 63, died when a car overturned on Tylersville Road. His son, 21, of Hamilton, was critically injured at Mercy Hospital with possible head and internal injuries. The elder Payne was impaled on a fence post. the crash occurred after the vehicle skidded off the highway and overturned.
Erie County sheriff's office reports five year old Roy Wallace was struck by a car on Ohio 61 in Sandusky and the driver did not stop after the accident.
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