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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1949
Page
4
A lightning sparked fire gutted the second story of Ernest and family Alspach’s Somerville home. Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Department fought the blaze from 9:25 am, saving two rooms of furniture. smoke and rain complicated efforts. Damage expected under $5,000.
Coleman Young, 19, Franklin, paid 150 dollars and costs and lost driving rights for one year after a 30 day jail term from Judge Alton H. Combs in Municipal Court. He was arrested after a side swipe on Route 4 Excello Hill and failure to stop. Two DUI offenders, Woodrow Burton and Robert Height, were fined 100 each with six month license suspensions. Height paid court costs. Oval A. Carey was fined 100 for physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Robert Lee Patrick received 35 dollars and 15 days in jail, suspended, for carrying an open knife. Leslie Williams was fined 25 and costs on an assault charge. Nancy Griffin, Homer Griffin, and Calvin Puckett drew 10, 10, and 15 respectively for disorderly conduct by fighting.
Harry E. Smith, 81, former principal of North School from 1909 to 1918, died today at Middletown Hospital. He taught in Hendersonville, N.C., after retirement until his wife Rosa died in 1938, then moved back to Middletown to live with his son Stewart. Survived by Stewart, grandson Richard and great grandson Richard Jr., two brothers Alvin and Wilson, a sister Leota, and several nieces and nephews. Services set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Riggs Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth S. Learey. burial in Hendersonville.
Funeral services for William Earl Wilson 32 a former Middletown resident who died in a Hamilton house fire Saturday night are set for 9 15 a m Wednesday at Dawson Funeral Home 330 Pershing Ave Hamilton and 10 a m at the Church of God on Clayton Street. Military honors by the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be given at Woodside Cemetery grave. Friends may call after 6 p m today at Brown Dawson Funeral Home.
Milton Sandusky of 2001 Hill Ave. received word that his brother, Robert Sandusky of Nashville Tennessee, died this morning from injuries suffered at work. The Middletonian left today for Nashville to attend the funeral. No other details of the accident were available today.
Last rites for Captain Richard J. Misel 28 of Kings Mills will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Ray Galli More Funeral Home Mason. Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Mason. He died from injuries suffered in an explosion at an ammunition dump in Verona Italy. Surviving are his mother Mrs Cleora Misel of Kings Mills three sisters Mrs Mildred Connover Wyoming Mrs Hazel Bowles Indianapolis Ind and Mrs Winifred Settlemeyre Clarkesville and one brother Harry Hamilton.
SANTA MONICA California Lew is Browne 52 London born rabbi author and lecturer who organized and was president of Newark New Jersey Labor College Farmington Connecticut Dr Homer Winthrop Hillyer 89 retired chemical engineer and former teacher of organic chemistry at the University of Wisconsin Baltimore Maryland Mrs Mary Ann OConor 81 mother of U S Senator Herbert R OConor of Maryland and widow of James P A OConor nationally known hotel manager Oyster shells are saved to be used again the next year as surfaces for tiny new oysters to attach themselves to.
Lewis Allen Browne, 52, London born former rabbi and Jewish history authority, died by poison at the Uplifters Club Ranch in Santa Monica California. A note dated the day before his body was found cites losing vision and months of darkness as reasons. Browne authored This Believing World Why Jews Are Like That and The Story Of The Jews among others and came to the United States in 1912.
A meeting between the union and Joe Anderson owner of 61 Taxi is planned this morning. Ray Collingsworth of AFL Local 836 says Anderson holds the union contract and declines to reveal terms. Last week drivers staged a two hour strike over seven members, and all returned after reinstatement agreement.
A $70,000 permit for a nine unit apartment on Grand Ave was announced by building commissioner Orville Corson. The project, first of its kind in the city, faces zoning disputes as area rezoning petitions seek residential A status. The brick two story building will house separate nine five room units with individual heating and stairways.
A Hamilton veteran officer directing school traffic was struck by a car at High and Sixth Streets about 8 am in a downpour. Hart, 60, sustained a fractured shoulder but did not stop to exchange details. he was later taken to Mercy Hospital for routine checks revealing the injury. In Middletown, L S Cohn won a second term as president of the Board of Education at its reorganizational meeting held at Middletown Senior High School yesterday. John A Ingwersen becomes vice president. Ross Snyder remains clerk treasurer. Meetings were set for the second and fourth Thursdays at 7 30 pm in the high school office. Committees were named with Ingwersen, Snyder, Mrs. Wilson and Dr. Brosius among chairmen and members for audits, buildings, supplies, rules, texts, salaries and athletics. The board received appreciation letters from faculty about salaries added before Christmas.
Middletown Junior Achievement will honor 95 members with the Achiever's Award this week. JA director Robert McDade says the award is the first of four pins members can earn by meeting attendance, stock ownership, understanding company structure, and stock sale purpose, with advisors' recommendations. Presentations occur during company meetings, with higher awards planned for older members later this month.
Cockroaches eat almost anything and have persisted on earth for over 300 million years, through various climates and ecological shifts, showcasing remarkable resilience and adaptability of the insect family.
Armco's Fabricating division marks 1,200,000 consecutive work hours without a lost-time accident. C E Stutenroth cites the record as part of a busy year, noting 283 consecutive days without a major accident and leading in a National Safety Council contest. The Iron Man award will be presented later this month.
Seattle AP government investigators sought the cause of a DC-3 crash that killed 14 aboard a Yale bound holiday charter. CAB and CAA will review control tower dialogue weather conditions and possible wing icing while examining crew at the controls load and aircraft records as a formal hearing looms after a week.
Miss Evelyn Peters 28 of Aurora Indiana married Arthur Smith of New York City after an auto collision with a freight train caboose. The bride was confined to St. Francis Hospital in Cincinnati for a week following the accident.
Two youths were questioned after a break in at the Sorg theater office on South Main Street reported around 9 p m. The lock was pried and a screen removed. nothing appeared missing. Earlier rumors said a window at 607 Crawford Street was broken and cigarets were taken, later recovered. Police noted telephone wires had been slashed. A separate window at William Ramsey's home on Minnesota Street was broken with no items reported missing.
A Middletown man, Dave Phillipson, 31, was arrested on a Charleston West Virginia warrant for passing a three thousand three hundred dollar cold check. He appeared in Municipal Court and refused extradition. Hearing set for February 3. Police say he bought a car with the check and later sold it.
Middletown received 2.46 inches of rain by 11 a.m. after a 3 a.m. start, with the Great Miami River rising to 5.2 feet. Roads near Okeana opened closures as continued showers threatened more closures, while officials warned of damp basements and cooler, possibly snowy conditions ahead.
John Roth sixty two year old man and three others escaped death when fumes from a blocked flue and a leaking gas heater filled a home in Excello. Roth was discharged from Middletown Hospital while his sister Mrs Lou Focht aged sixty nine remains in hospital in good condition. Two other victims received care but were not hospitalized.
Firemen answered an alarm at 9 29 a m today to the Sorg Paper Company building on West Columbia Ave where static sparks started a fire in the machine room. They extinguished the flames in 20 minutes with no damage reported.
Captain John D. Bushby from Cincinnati spoke to the Organized Reserve Corps on reservist training. He outlined retirement point requirements earned by attending drills, meetings, and summer camps. The next meeting, January 17, will cover joining the Reserve Corps.
Tuesday features When My Baby Smiles at Me with Betty Grayle and Dan Dailey at 1 15 3 15 5 15 7 25 and 9 30 pm Wednesday presents Cry of the City starring Victor Mature and Richard Conte at 1 15 3 20 5 30 7 35 and 9 45 pm Rheumatism stated as more common than several diseases in the blurb.
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