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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1959

Page

2

Monroe girl earns top science honor at Lemon Monroe High

Jane Scott, daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Lawson of 1611 Dix Rd, named science student of the year at Lemon Monroe High. She won first in the senior speech contest and earned a place as a June commencement speaker. She ranks high in state scholarship tests and is among Bausch & Lomb scholarship finalists.

Jane Scott Lemon-Monroe High School Butler County Miss Scott Russell Lawson 1611 Dix Rd Bausch & Lamb Optical Co University of Rochester Rochester Scott Tim Lamphier Omer Lamphier Monroe Susan Phillips

Mud complicates fire call at 847 Shartz Rd

Firefighters fought knee deep mud to reach a morning blaze at 847 Shartz Road, extending hose lines 250 feet. Curtis Guthrey and wife were moving into the home yesterday when their truck bogged down in mud. The attic fire caused about 5500 in damage, with cause undetermined.

Franklin Shartz Rd Howard Harville Curtis Guthrey Harville

Boro Classes Out In Springborourns Closures

Furnace troubles closed the first four grades atSpringboro schools today County Supt R F Hatfield said classes to resume tomorrow students affected by the outage

Springboro R. F. Hatfield

Naval Academy Location During Civil War Listed

During the Civil War the United States Naval Academy was located at Newport Rhode Island.

United States Naval Academy Newport, R. IL

Good Citizens in the Making Intern Story Reprinted

The Ladies Home Journal Educational Bureau selects Middletown High School intern government article as classroom material. Howard Kavanaugh notes teachers find it realistically links students to the community and sparks reading interest while countering juvenile delinquency narratives.

Middletown ‘High School Ladies’ Home Journal Educational Bureau Howard Kavanaugh

Minor heater blast at Roy Adams home reported

A minor explosion occurred in a water heater at Roy Adams residence 3507 Jewell Sr due to thermostat misadjustment and gas overfeed before ignition. Firefighters stated no damage was reported. Fire Co. 3 responded yesterday to a grass fire at 1205 Yankee Rd with no damage noted.

Roy Adams Jewell Sr Adams

Car Recovered After Stolen Sunday in Franklin

A car stolen in Franklin from Earl M. Swink of 133 East Sixth Street was recovered in Middletown by police last night. Police Chief Frank Harbach reported the recovery and identified the owner.

Franklin Earl M. Swink 6Th St Middletown Frank Harbach

Stab Victim Dies in Cleveland

James Brewer a 46 year old Cleveland man died Sunday at St Alexis Hospital after being stabbed in the forehead Saturday A 40 year old woman was held by police in connection with the death White captioned incident from Cleveland city police and hospital reports.

Cleveland (Ap James Brewer Cleveland St. Alexis Hospital

No Hiding Place Immune to Theft at Garfield School

Garfield School principal Homer Weikel reports a break in at the south window of the first floor restroom where a wrist watch and $50 were stolen. He notes the only disturbed area was the restroom, with two doors pried off hinges and six windows broken, discovered by the janitor this morning.

Homer Weikel Garfield School Weskel

Aeronca Starts Work On Newest Addition

Ground breaking for Aeronca Manufactur ing Co. second large factory addition in 2.5 years took place under threatening skies. John A. Lawler and Arthur Friend turned the first spade. The $750000 project spans 55000 square feet plus a 3200 square foot furnace, housing a stainless steel brazing process. McGraw Construction Co. and Baltimore Contractors Inc. lead the build with Armco Steelex.

Aeronca Manufacturing Co John, A. Lawler Aeronca Arthur Friend The McGraw Armco Steelex Elliott Levey Baltimore Contractors Donald A. Date Lawler

Four Autos In Crash After Driver Dozes

Nathaniel Moore, 36, of 617 19th Ave., fell asleep at the wheel and hit a parked car on S Verity Parkway at 16th Ave, pushing it into another and a fourth car. No injuries. Damages: $250 to the first car, $125 to Moore’s, others pending. Also cited for failure to stop within an assured clear distance was Arnold Page, 25. Other drivers included George Charles, 48, and a minor Verity Parkway collision near Tytus Avenue with total damages $275.

Nathaniel Moore 19Th Ave S. Verity Parkway 16Th Avenue Paul Chaney 16Th Ave Moore Arnold Page Crawford St Central Avenue Canal Street George Charles Water St Verity Parkway Country Kitchen Tytus Avenue Bill Turner Excello Esmond E. l Lovelace Warren St Franklin

Scout Troop Reforestation Scout Camp Competition

Scout Troop 58 sponsored by Armco Fabricating Fore men s Club spent the weekend at Camp Hook on reforestation and a patrol compass contest. They will plant 1 000 trees March 6 to complete a project started in 1956, reforesting ten acres for future camp sites. Apache patrol led by Jim Stabler and Eli Reeves won the compass treasure hunt, sharing spoils with Anthony Root and Jerry Hatton. Pioneer patrol headed by Ronnie Mathis and Clarence Wilson included Mike Hayes Fred Littles Johnny Hatton and Mike Wells. Scoutmasters Hubert Stabler and Ed Zickgraf.

Boy Scout Armco Fabricating Foremen’s Club Camp Hook Apache Patrol Jim Stabler Eli Reeves Anthony Root Jerry Hatton Ronnie Mathis Clarence Wilson Pioneer Patrol Mike Hayes Fred Littles Johnny Hatton Mike Wells Hubert Stabler Ed Zickgraf

County Garage Goes On Sale

Butler County Commissioners will sell the old county garage on Mill Road at public auction tomorrow at 11 am. About a dozen inquiries came from potential buyers and Hamilton city officials have shown interest. Equipment has been moved to the new maintenance building on the Middletown Hamilton Road north of the fairgrounds. The auction was originally set for next Friday.

Hamilton Butler County Mill Road Jesse Pochard City of County Uipment Middletown - Hamilton Road Fairgrounds

Police Briefs on Vehicle Break-in and Theft at Theater

Clyde Morgen of 3715 Vannest Ave reported a past month car break in with a stolen wheel and tire and a fishing reel valued at 75 dollars. Louise O Connor of 1911 Linden Ave said a red bill fold with 70 dollars and personal papers was taken last night at the Colonial Theater.

Clyde Morgen Vannest Ave Louise O'Connor Linden Ave Colonial Theater

Jost billfold lost at First Avenue Grill

Mary Roslyn Banks of 3223 Mohawk Street reported a billfold missing yesterday at the First Avenue Grill. It contained fifteen dollars in cash and personal papers.

Mary Roslyn Banks Mohawk St First Avenue Grill

Seaton Joins Growing List of Notables

OXFORD Special Secretary of Interior Fred A Seaton will receive an honorary degree at Miami University during his visit on February 26 making him the second Eisenhower cabinet member to become an honorary Miami alumnus. Past cabinet honorees include Neil McElroy in 1952 and prior additions such as William Howard Taft John W Noble and John W Herron tied to Miami history.

Oxford Fred A. Seaton Miami University Miami Eisenhower Neil McElroy Defense William Howard Taft John W. Noble Benjamin Harrison Noble Harrison Taft John W. Herron

Patient Escapes Twice From Middletown Hospital

Police and hospital workers struggled with a 25-year-old male patient who resisted being bedded and twice escaped from the Middletown hospital overnight. He was recaptured by police at Highland Street and McGee Avenue, this time in shackles.

Middletown Hospital Glenmore Drive Central Avenue Highland Street McGee Avenue

Obituary notices in Ohio funeral home listings

Multiple notices list ages and addresses for recently deceased individuals with scheduled funeral services. Names include Marian Greenfield Pyles, Charles Kelly, Fred Coyle, Catherine Mary Lodder, Irene Reuter, Augustus Ferris, and Dillard Burns with their respective ages, residences, funeral homes, and service times noted for upcoming days.

Marian Greenfield Pyles S. Main St Seven Mile Campbell Funeral Home Charles Kelly Dayton Butler County Klaus Funeral Home Fred Coyle S. 12Th St Colligan Funeral Home Catherine Mary Lodder Beckett St Brown Dawson Funeral Home Irene Reuter Cincinnati Hamilton Griesmer-Grim Funeral Home Augustus Gus) Ferris Grand Blvd Dillard Burns 2Nd and Vine Streets

Seven autos stolen, four recovered in hours police say

Seven cars were reported stolen here yesterday and Saturday, four recovered within hours. Vehicles owned by Francis Ross, Elmer J Crow, Walter Long, and others were found at or near the described locations. Police note the same model ignition pattern and report three juveniles arrested for the joy riding spree.

Francis Rossman Central Ave Sports Bowl William Haddix Jacoby Ave Reynolds Avenue Elmer J. Crow Germantown Crawford Street Poe Street Paul Gulinski N. Broad St Elk’s Walter Beauty Grand Ave Elks Franklin Middletown Joseph Blackmore

Skater Falls Breaks Wrist at Roller Haven

Venna Ray Felton, 16, daughter of Morris Felton, 3012 Ottawa St., fractured her left wrist in a fall around 10:30 p.m. Sunday at Roller Haven. She was treated and released from Middletown Hospital emergency room. Germantown youths suffer injuries at church as Randolph Oditt, 9, is stitched for a knee wound after an impact with an unidentified object. Gerald Hale, 18, required nine sutures for a deep cut on his left ring finger from broken glass at his Myers Road home.

Venna Ray Felton Morris Felton Ottawa St Roller Haven Middletown Hospital Germantown Randolph Oditt Albert Oditt

Avalanches Kill 22 in Snowbound Kashmir

Avalanches have killed 22 people in snowbound northern Kashmir over recent weeks while heavy livestock losses are also reported. Local authorities warn of ongoing avalanche risk and urge caution for residents and travelers in affected districts.

Spinagar, Kashmir Kashmir

Young Freshman Becomes Antiquities Dealer in Ohio

Springfield reports that 18 year old Wittenberg University freshman David P. Graber of Plain City Ohio ran an antiques business from age 12 until enrolling in college to study fine arts.

Finer Arts Springfield Ohio Wittenberg College David P. Graber Plain City

Thieves Loot Armrel Paving Office Near Oxford

Thieves broke into Armrel Paving Co. on Oxford State Road Friday night or Saturday morning and stole about $103 in cash from two metal boxes left with money and checks. Boxes opened later found along Oxford State Road. papers and checks remained. Break-in timing estimated between 7:30 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. Police also reported another early Sunday break-in at Fred Wilson Grocery on 1318 Baltimore St. with $89.14 in cash and goods missing including $50 in bi.3, $16 in checks, $8 in change and seven cartons of cigarettes. police suspect juveniles.

Armrel Paving Co Oxford State Road Butler County Jesse Dennis Dennis Fred Wilson Baltimore St

Middletown urged to join forces for regional leadership

Lincoln Nebr expert Thomas L. Carroll says Middletown must shed its belief it can operate alone and work with Hamilton, Cincinnati and Dayton. The Krusz Co survey for the local Chamber outlines six stages from study groups to long range planning and financing for area development. Carroll urges closer cooperation to address interwoven regional problems.

Middletown Chamber of Commerce Thomas L. Carroll, Lincoln Nebr Harry J. Krust Co Lincoln Krusz iCarroll Hamilton Cincinnati Dayton

State Schools' Alumni Back Up Fund Requests

Ohio faces rising college demand with a 50 000 student increase next year and near doubling by 1970. A four page alumni brochure urges 85 million in 1959 61 funding for six state universities, cites faculty salaries, materials costs, and research needs, and highlights a map of alumni by county. The Alumni Committee for the State Universities of Ohio backs the Inter University Council in presenting the request to the General Assembly.

Ohio Ohio General Assembly Gordon L. Ward Toledo Newscaster Bowling Green State University H. Hannibal Hull Cincinnati Central State Robert W. Blakemore Akron Kent State William N. Liggett Cincinnati Bank Miami Dwight H. Rutherford Athens Insurance Committee of Alumni Organization Inter-University Council General Assembly

Ohio Airman races to wed bride in Iceland voyage

U S airman Walter Baldwin 28 of Cleveland sails 1600 miles by sea in a week to reach Kristen Anthons in Iceland before Feb 28 deadline under Icelandic law. After crossing from Shetland to the Faroe Islands he rode a Faroese fishing smack and met master Hans Jenssen who offered passage.

Aberdeen Scotland U.S North Sea Faroe Islands Ime Iceland Walter Baldwin Cleveland Ohio Kristen Anthons United States Kristen Baldwin Shetland Islands Faroes Hans Jenssen Gruniigen Jenssen

Degrees To Be Conferred At Alpha Council Meeting

The degrees of Virtue Liberty and Patriotism will be conferred on a large class of candidates from Middletown Lebanon and Dayton at Thursday night meeting of Alpha Council 326 OUAM.

Middletown Lebanon Dayton Alpha Council OUAM

Program of Therapy On Board Agenda

Miss Mary Ann Brehany a supervisor of speech therapy and her two assistants James Mack and Donald Bennie will present a report on the speech therapy program in Middletown public schools at tonight's Board of Education meeting. If time permits the board will discuss the school manual chapter on personnel policy. The board will meet at 7 40 p m in Middletown High School.

Mary Ann Brehany James Mack Donald Bennie Middletown Board of Education Howard Cromwell Middletown High School

Area 40 Order of the Arrow Organized in Cincinnati

Representatives from six of seven area councils met in Cincinnati to form Area 40 of the Order of the Arrow. Robert Moore of Cincinnati named conference chief, with a conclave planned for August 21 to 23 at Camp Friedlander. Ronald Bales of Nachenum Lodge 143 appointed policy committee chairman. George Harvey named to the committee and George Bandick to serve as adviser. Local lodge to run staining sessions.

Order of the Arrow Boy Scouts of America Cincinnati Robert Moore Camp Friedlander Ronald Bales Nachenum Lodge George Harvey George Bandick

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W. E. Davis Boro LIFE Auto Home Sam Redding Formica Woodlawn Ed Barnard Wabash Bridge Lafayette Ind Seaton Trvice Armrel Chamber Ohio Airman Pontiac Beck-Talbert Pontiac, Inc Order of Arrow Charles
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