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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1955

Page

2

Underpass Nears Opening to Cut Hospital Travel Time

Middletown Underpass opening Sunday at 2:30 pm will shorten trips to Middletown Hospital by about 10 percent and speed an emergency vehicle 50 percent due to improved routes via the Shafer Neibarg corridor. The ceremony includes a Progress Program parade from Kenwood Drive to Shafer Street with local bands and official dignitaries.

Middletown Hospital Shafer-Neibarg James Combs Police Traffic Bureau Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation Aeronca Raymo@nd Bay Co Combs Consid Progress Kenwood Drive Central Avenue Central Shafer Street Shafer Middletown High School City and Progress Committee Fenwick Middletown Lemon-Monroe

Strike Persists for Keuthan Foundry Division Workers

Keuthan Foundry Division employees of Black Clawson Co. remain on a three day walkout as AFL Molders and Foundry Workers push for a six cent wage increase. Miami Valley Foundrymen's Association, representing 22 area employers, offers four cents. Previous reports noted some Cincinnati plant walkouts returning, but Keuthan workers stay out amid stalled negotiations.

Keuthan Black Clawson Co Cincinnati Molders and Foundry Workers AFL Miami Valley Foundrymen’s Assn Dayton Hamilton Middletown Clawson Association

Golden Age Club Plans Trip and Birthday Celebration

Middletown recreation director Tom Carlson showed motion pictures of city playground activities to Golden Age Club members at Wednesday’s meeting and led them in games. The group plans a visit to Hamilton Senior Citizens center on March 11 and will celebrate eleven birthdays next week at its birthday and anniversary event.

Tom Carlson Middletown Golden Age Club Carlson Hamilton Senior Citizens, Inc

Dog Obedience Trial Planned by Middletown Club

Final plans for the annual obedience trial are set by the Middletown Dog Training Club. The event occurs Sunday at the American Legion Home with 77 dogs entered across five obedience classes from Kentucky Indiana West Virginia and Ohio. Chairman is Mrs Donald Maxson and trial secretary is Hugh Cook.

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Pennyroyal Hill Man Wounded In Shoulder

Walter Dalton age 23 of Franklin Rt 2 Pennyroyal Hill was treated and released at Middletown Hospital for a self inflicted gunshot wound to the left shoulder. He arrived by Robert Eaton ambulance at 9 10 p m according to Franklin police.

Walter Dalton Franklin Rt Pennyroyal Hill Middletown Hospital Franklin Dalton Robert Eaton

Civitan District Meet Planned In Butler County Saturday

R Clarence Williams of Anniston International will attend a Civitan district conference in Butler County with a luncheon at 12 30 p m at the Manchester Hotel and a Hamilton charter night at the YWCA at 7 p m The conference ends at 4 p m and the new Hamilton club president is the Rev Olin Feagin The event is co sponsored by Middletown and Fairfield Civitan clubs Reservation details are issued by George Pierce Williams is Civitan International president elect and a former district governor and zone trustee

R. Clarence Williams Anniston International Butler County Civitan Club Manchester Hamilton William H. Withey Civitan YWCA Middletown Fairfield George Pierce Williams Civitan International St. Louis

At The Movies Showtimes Paramount Strands

Paramount presents 2000 Leagues Under the Sea at 1 45 4 10 6 30 and 9 00 p m Thursday and Friday Strands shows The Wild North at 1 15 4 40 and 8 05 p m Thursday Cabine Williams at 3 00 6 25 9 30 p m Friday Ring of Fear at 3 45 and 7 50 p m and Westward The Women at 1 30 5 30 and 9 30 p m Friday

Paramount

Woman Fined On Two Liquor Charges In Municipal Court

A 58 year old Middletown woman Bessie Gray was fined 175 dollars with costs on illegal sale of whisky and beer at her home without a permit and for keeping a place where intoxicating liquors are sold illegally. One charge was suspended on condition she not reappear in court. a third charge of operating a numbers game was dismissed.

Middletown J. T. Lamb Bessie Gray 19Th Ave Tull, Walker and Bowen Paul Judd Dan Pelfrey Lamb H. O. Finkelman

Miami University marks 146th birthday with alumni events

Miami University celebrates 146 years with no campus birthday bash. Dr. John D. Millett will address the Cleveland Alumni Club dinner while A. K. Morris speaks to San Diego alumni. Los Angeles and St. Louis groups view campus films, and Dean Helen Page speaks in Cincinnati. Planning for the 150th sesquicentennial begins with Dr. John Ball directing events.

A. K. Morris la Jolla Calif San Diego Los Angeles St. Louis Helen Page Miami Women’s Assn Cincinnati John Ball Archive of Ohio Folklore and Music

Driver Escapes Injury When Truck Overturns

A truck overturned at Clack Street and Columbia Avenue at 8 15 this morning injuring no one. Driver Robert A Shupert 19 of Miamisburg Rt 3 escaped unharmed after climbing from the back of the Armco panel truck. Evelyn G Printz 30 of 1105 Wilmore Dr drove a southbound car that toppled the east bound truck. Each vehicle sustained about 300 in damage.

Clack Street Columbia Avenue Robert A. Shupert Miamisburg Rt. 3 Dan Pelfrey Coy Hall Evelyn G. Printz Wilmore Dr Shupert

Hamilton Driver Dies At Wheel In Four-Vehicle Crash

J Resser Bringman age 64 of 139 North F Street Hamilton suffered a fatal heart attack while driving north on South Erie Highway. His car struck a northbound vehicle driven by Charles Kerby then crashed into Bacon Auto Sales Lot hitting two parked cars. Bringman died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton. Funeral services set for Klaus Funeral Home at 10 a m Saturday.

Hamilton J. Resser Bringman N. F. St Erie Highway Charles Kerby Milton St Bacon Auto Sales S. Erie Hwy Bringman Mercy Hospital Herring Hall Marvin Safe Co Klaus Funeral Home

Trenton Man Hurt As Car Rolls Over

Wilburn Lipps, 36, of Trenton Route 1, was admitted to Mercy Hospital Hamilton after his car overturned on Ty lerville Road at 11:30 pm 25 miles east of Hamilton. He suffered a fracture and abrasions to the right leg and a puncture wound. State patrolmen said Lipps, driving east, over Curr hillcrest saw a curve and braked, losing control as the car went off the right side and overturned. it was described as a total loss.

Mercy Hospital Hamilton Tylerville Road Wilburn Lipps Trenton R. 1 Lipps

Auto crash leaves man with facial, neck injuries

Harry Fannin aged 23 of West Middletown Rt 2 was treated at Midl Town Hospital yesterday afternoon for abrasions on the forehead neck cuts and a left shoulder contusion from an auto accident at Oxford State Road and Ohio 4 at 3 am. No further details were available.

Harry Fannin West Middletown

Plans for Second Fire Station in Madison Township

The Madison Township Improvement Assn. announced plans for a second fire station in the northern Poasttown area funded by the recent tax levy. The township now relies on one Miltonville station. call 86262 for service or contact via the Butler County sheriff. The meeting also covered an interim zoning resolution by County Commissioners to gain early zoning benefits while a full county plan by Legoe and Associates proceeds through hearings and ballots in 13 townships.

Madison Township Gordon Augspurger Ben van Gorden Butler County Legoe and Associates the Improvement Assn Madion Township Dr. Moore Association Margaret Day Middletown-Eaton Road A. L. Young Trenton Gene Layer Keister Road James Mulligan

County Health Officials Promote Sanitary Landfill Plan

Dr. H A Moore county Health Commissioner outlined waste collection plans emphasizing the sanitary landfill method as the best option. He described trenching and bulldozing earth, citing a Columbus area trial last summer as the model for Butler County while noting the search for a central site continues.

H. A. Moore Moore County Commission Health Department Columbus Butler County

No Leads Found In S800 Theft At First Christian Church

City detectives continue an investigation into a Tuesday night break‑in at First Christian Church on 1914 1st Ave. Thieves stole about $600 to $800 from an unlocked office filing cabinet, including $100 in checks and the rest cash. Entry was via broken doors. no ransacking occurred. Pastor Rev. Edwin Bobbitt reported the incident, noting two other local churches burglarized recently.

First Christian Church 1St Ave John Fitzgerald Roy Crout Edwin Bobbitt Calvary Methodist Church St Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church

Ohio Farm Fair Earnings Rely Heavily on Nonfarm Work

One third of Ohio farm families earn more than half their income from nonfarm jobs. The finding shows substantial diversification of rural households as they supplement farm earnings with wage labor and other employment.

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