New Year's Eve Mishaps End With No Drunken Arrests
Seven accidents were reported to police on New Year’s Eve but motorists heeded warnings against drinking and there were no arrests. A boy, Dickey Meeks, was shaken up when a taxicab struck him crossing Verity Parkway. Multiple drivers sustained minor damage with totals around $100 in several collisions. No serious injuries reported and most crashes occurred before the revelry peak.
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Dickey Meeks
Forest Ave
Fred B. Downs
Pershing Ave
Verity Parkway
Central Avenue
Gasoline Owner Faces Shortage at Clifton Forge
Clifton Forge Va May Or Milton B Whiting owns a chain of 15 service stations and nine wholesale outlets all selling gasoline today he ran out of gasoline.
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Clifton Forge
Milton B. Whiting
Minor New Year disturbances in Middletown keep officers busy
Drunken arrests dominated New Year Eve duties in Middletown as officers handled a theft report at 3 02 p m from Odree Lumpkin for 33 42 stolen from McGraw Construction Co. A boy 11 hurled firecrackers from a theater balcony. Ted Buchana found a billfold at 4 p m and returned it to the owner. At 5 30 p m Harold Helton reported a neighbor girl’s missing billfold. A bicycle theft occurred after dark on Grand Ave. Light outages prompted police calls on Crescent Boulevard and Van Avenue. At near midnight a woman with eye injury and a downed high tension wire with rifle shell evidence marked the New Year’s start.
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Middletown
Odree Lumpkin
Garfield St
McGraw Construction Co
Paramount Theater
Ted Buchana
Arlington Ave
Aooy Sheley
Franks
Harold Helton
Auburn St
Crescent Boulevard
van Avenue
Malvern
Auburn
Catalpa
Middletown Hospital
Juanita Jones
9Th Ave
Joseph Albert
Theodore
Clarence Bailey
Cleveland Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Wood
Truck Sent To Armco Steel Missing In Route From Aliquippa
Middletown police searched for a Ford tractor and trailer from Aliquippa Pennsylvania that was scheduled to pick up a steel load at Armco Steel Corp earlier this month but had not arrived. The tractor license was Y75E6 and the trailer number 349CJ. no arrival was documented.
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Middletown
Aliquippa
Armco Steel Corp
Arnico
First New Year's Day Baby Here Is A Boy
A Middletown newborn boy, born 22 minutes after midnight at Middletown Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker of 1601 Hudson Ave, may be the 1954 First Baby. The Journal notes merchants promise a prize if the claim holds. A second infant, a girl, arrived at 12:57 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Troy Neely of 339 Webster St.
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Walker
Middletown
Stork
Middletown Hospital
Henry Walker
Hudson Ave
Troy Neely
Webster St
Resident Serious After Lying All Night In Yard
Mrs. Rozella Svarda, 65, of 1503 Yankee Rd., lies in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after being found in her chicken yard. She was ill all night and unable to call for help, having intended to prepare a New Year’s Day duck dinner. Her son William, who lives next door, believed she had gone to a New Year’s Eve party.
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Rozella Svarda
Yankee Rd
Middletown Hospital
William
Mother Saves Son From Burning Home in Hamilton
Hamilton mother Mrs Clyde Cushman rescued two year old Larry from the upstairs room of their burning home at 1451 Smith Road. Firemen from Millville and Venice battled the blaze that swept away the roof and upper story. Neighbor Nick Langredrost owned the property. Deputy Andy Guenther said a chimney spark caused the fire.
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Hamilton
Smith Road
Clyde Cushman
Larry
Millville
Venice
Nick Langredrost
Andy Guenther
Prowlers Reported Across City In Early Morning Incidents
Police logged multiple prowler incidents after 2 a.m. at 2109 Finley St and 2308 Central Ave with Lulu Downs reporting a man attempting to enter her home and four youths ringing a doorbell. Miss Je Thompson at Oxford State Rd. said she lost a black shoulder bag with $19 near the Moose Lodge. A Dayton visitor who brought a gun and had left for home was also noted in the morning.
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Dayton
Finley St
Lulu Downs
Je Thompson
Oxford State Rd
Moose Lodge
Central Ave
Middletown annexes Armco site by state deadline
A city commission action to absorb the 600 acre Armco blast furnace area into Middletown was publicized for Columbus by 3 p.m. with Harry Newlin and Fred Schatzmann delivering copies to state and county officials. A police cruiser carried another copy toward the Capitol to meet the end of 1953 filing deadline amid a rapid publication race.
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City Commission
Armco
Middletown
Columbus
Harry Newlin
Secretary of State
Fred Schatzmann
Hamilton
Enroute
Two Middletown Commissioners Take Oaths of Office
Arthur Sanderson and William Denham were sworn in as Middletown City Commissioners in a brief ceremony witnessed by their families. Director of Law Fred Schatzmann administered the oaths as incumbent Chairman Francis Carmody and City Manager Howard K. Kramer with staff observed.
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Arthur Sanderson
William Denham
Middletown
Fred Schatzmann
Francis Carmody
Howard K. Kramer
Marwood Rupp
Doris Kronberg
Damage Slight In Fire Near Anchor Restaurant
A fire caused 25 dollars in damage at the Anchor Restaurant 1300 Central Ave due to a short circuit in a neon sign. Middletown firefighters responded with Company 1 at 5:21 p.m. False alarms later sent Companies 1 and 3 to 8th Avenue and Lincoln Street at 9:48 p.m. and again with Companies 1 3 and the ladder unit to Park Street and 2nd Avenue at 12:12 a.m. today.
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Middletown
1300
Central Ave
Union City Realty Corp
8Th Avenue
Lincoln Street
Park Street
2Nd Avenue
Injured Man and Child Treated After Falls and Sickness
In Hamilton Fred Oliver aged 41 of 53 Walnut Street suffered probable right rib fractures after a fall down basement steps at 820 18th Avenue last night. He received treatment at Middletown Hospital at 11 p m and was dismissed. The 1 year old Robert Wayne Davidson, son of Roy Davidson of Middletown Route 2, was in serious condition after consuming kerosene at home on Wednesday but improved to fair this morning.
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Fred Oliver
Walnut St
Hamilton
18Th Ave
Middletown Hospital
Robert Wayne Davidson
Roy Davidson
Middletown
At The Movies Friday and Saturday at Paramount and Strand
Paramount shows The Arrow at 1 20 3 25 5 35 7 40 and 9 45 p.m. Strand offers Private Eye at 1 15 4 20 7 25 and 10 30 p.m. Off Limits screens at 2 40 5 45 and 8 50 p.m. Friday. Saturday Off Limits 1 30 5 05 and 8 40 p.m. Private Eye 3 10 6 45 and 10 20 p.m.
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Paramount
The
Arrow
Private Eye
Hamilton Publisher Weds New York Manager
Mrs Homer Gard publisher of the Hamilton Journal married Harry B Gramm New York manager for the John Cullen Co on the Gard home at 133 South D St The ceremony led by Rev Wheaton Webb of First Methodist Church attendants were Kathleen Stuckey and Donald E Stuckey Gramm will return to New York to finish business with Cullen Co then come back to Hamilton and the couple will depart for Winter Park Florida in a few days.
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Hamilton
Homer Gard
Hamilton Journal
Harry B. Gramm
New York
John Cullen Co
Gard
South D. St
Wheaton Webb
First Methodist Church
Kathleen Stuckey
Gramm
Donald E. Stuckey
Cullen Company
Winter Park
Fia
Service Opens Centennial For Lutherans
Bethlehem Lutheran Church starts a year long centennial with a New Year Watch Night service and a midnight proclamation read by George Fahrenholz. The evening included vesper services, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Pen zance by the Luther League, and a parish social hour led by Rev. Paul D. Bergdall.
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Bethlehem Lutheran Church
George Fahrenholz
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
Luther League
Paul D. Bergdall
Thirteen Hurt In Holiday Accidents In Ohio
Thirteen persons were injured, none seriously, in ten New Year’s Eve incidents investigated by state patrolmen and sheriff’s deputies across Ohio. Reuben Jammison, 28, Dayton, suffered abrasions after a one car crash on Ohio 4 near Sunbury at 3:24 a.m. He was treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital. the car, being chased by a constable, overturned. Driver identity pending. Jammison charged with intoxication. Willard Bennington Jr., 33, Xenia, treated for minor nose lacerations after an accident at South Lebanon around 3 a.m. Collinsworth arrested for reckless operation. Seconed details limited. Glenn Brewer, 26, West Elkton, arrested for DUI after his car overturned on Ohio 122 near Middletown at 3:58 p.m.. he suffered body bruises and minor lacerations and was dismissed from hospital. Melvin Seals, 18, Spring Valley, fractured shoulder when a speeding car he rode in ran off U S 42 north of Lebanon, struck a culvert and mailbox, overturning on the berm. driver James Farley, 18, Waynesville, arrested for DUI. Extensive damage to vehicles. Accident occurred at 6:25 p.m.
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Alto
Reuben Jammison
Dayton
Ohio 4
Sunbury
Middletown
Montgomery County
Jammison
Sheriff's Office
Willard Bennington, Jr
Xenia
South Lebanon
Glenn B. Brewer
West Elkton
Ohio 122
Brewer
Melvin Seals
Spring Valley
U. S. 42
Lebanon
Seals
James Farley
Waynesville
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Youth Struck By Car Near Millville Pike Injured
An 18 year old, Clarence Steelman of Erie Bird Hamilton, was treated at Mercy Hospital for a possible fractured leg after being struck by a passing motorist while walking beside a stalled auto on Millville Pike early today. State patrolmen report the motorist fled the scene at 2 30 a.m.
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Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Millville Pike
Clarence Steelman
Erie Bird
Three hurt as car crashes into taxi near Engle's Corner
Three occupants of a car collided with a taxicab at Ohio 4 and 73 Engle's Corner at 1 35 p m yesterday. They were William Hins worth 49 Excello facial and head cuts his wife Mary 45 abrasions on both knees and a son Randall 15 a severe cut on the back of the head Attendants at Middletown Hospital reported All were dismissed after treatment State patrolmen said a car driven east by Collinsworth crashed into the rear of a taxicab operated by James Lansaw 51 1101 Lind St Lawsaw owned by the Yellow Cab Co
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Ohio 4
Engle’s Corner
Middletown Hospital
William Hinsworth
Excello
Mary
Randall
Collinsworth
James Lansaw
Lind St
Three Hurt When Car Hits Parked Auto On Weidner Road
At 7 45 p m yesterday a car struck a parked vehicle on Weidner Road two miles west of Springboro injuring three people treated at Middletown Hospital. Robert Cummings 46 Roy Fry 38 and Hugh Fry 45 sustained head lacerations body bruises and other injuries. Cummings was arrested for reckless operation. The other incident reported two Germantown girls were slightly injured in a separate auto crash at Ellerton at 425 a m today.
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Weidner Road
Springboro
Middletown Hospital
Robert Cummings
E. 4Th St
Franklin
Roy Fry
Hugh Fry
Cummings
James Green
Franklin Rt. 1
Hamilton Banker Dies At Hospital
John M. Beeler, 418 South D Street, former president of the First National Bank, died at 11 p.m. Thursday in Fort Hamilton Hospital after a long illness. He was 81. Beeler began as an office boy at 15 and served 66 years at the bank, including 13 years as president, before retiring in 1946.
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Hamilton
John M. Beeler
South D St
First National Bank
Fort Hamilton
Middletown crash injures teens near service station
Attendants at Middletown Hospital treated and released Eugenia Kunze and Mildred Florea, both 16. A car driven by William Brewer left Ohio 123, struck Jackson's Service Station at Franklin Rt. 1, ripping a gas pump and damaging the building corner. Brewer cited for reckless operation.
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Middletown Hospital
Eugenia Kunze
Paul Kunze
William Brewer
Middletown Rt. 1
Ohio 123
Franklin
Alex Jackson
Franklin Rt. 1
Brewer
Patrolmen Log Ten Accidents Over New Year’s Eve Period
Post 9 patrolmen called New Year’s Eve traffic heavy on Christmas Eve and tracked ten accidents from 1:30 p.m. yesterday to early today. Seven incidents occurred before midnight and three after. They described traffic as well controlled for the holiday. Dayton post said a quiet night with no late-night calls. Warren County sheriff’s men also reported a quiet night with few accidents.
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Post 9
Dayton
Sheriff's Men
Warren County
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