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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1952
Page
5
Ex sailor Jin Posey of 223 South Main Street replays a WWII memory after a television program shows the USS Twining. He spots himself on screen and recalls letters from home as his wife Dotty reacts with disbelief and joy amid a rare wartime coincidence.
Franklin Special district voters elect Carl Eisenmenger as board president at the first meeting of the year held at Anthony Wayne Elementary. Fed Byers becomes vice president, Rev Elmer Gregg reappointed clerk-treasurer, and two new members Dr T P Grosvenor and Howard Larrick sworn in.
The Butler County Grand Jury for the January term of Common Pleas Court was impaneled Monday in Hamilton and began inquiries into 36 criminal cases. Seven replacements were named by Judge P. P. Boll, with foreman Clarence Schubert of near Collinsville. The panel includes multiple Hamilton residents and others from Oxford Middletown and nearby areas. Nearly 100 witnesses have been summoned for investigations Monday through Wednesday, with possible extensions for uncompleted cases.
George Jones the village’s oldest member and Jones Implement Store operator was re elected president at the organizational meeting. New mayor Richard Egan and three new council members Everett Emerick Earl Silver and Robert Adams took office along with sworn in holdovers L W Bayes and Gene Michael. Committees were appointed and two new firemen Charles E Kuch and Lionel Fleming sworn in as routine business dominated. The gas line project for Miamisburg to Germantown was discussed with Larger pipe released by Dayton Power and Light to improve pressure in very cold weather.
Warren Reiser named acting chairman of Hamilton's Selective Service Board Nine to replace Robert J. Reed who resigned after serving since 1948. Reed moved from Hamilton to Franklin. An appointment to complete the board will follow. The remaining member is Eugene A. Erbs.
A compact ledger style entry lists numerous monetary figures under the heading Memoranda, presenting a sequence of amounts in various thousands and millions. The values include 7,806,988.57 and 9,306,286.23 among others, suggesting a compiled financial summary from archival documents.
Arthur Reiff Democrat of Hamilton was elected chair of the Butler County Board of Commissioners at a reorganization meeting. The board, including Gordon Augspurger Democrat and Ben Van Gorden Republican, approved the unanimous vote. The chair carries automatic seats on the Board of Tax Revision and the Welfare Department advisory board. Commissioners planned to consider appointees later with few changes expected.
Monroe reelected Earl R. Hiteshue as council president after last night’s meeting. Tom Linn took the mayoral oath, with Hiteshue sworn in as president alongside Pete Harmon John Neu Gordon Reed Joe Blose and C F Warner. Dale Constiner and Mrs Dorothy Hiteshue were reelected clerk and treasurer. Fire Committee members include Harmon Warner Reed Hiteshue Elmer Thompson and Dave Harmon to push a new fire house.
Oliver Cox aged 20 of West Middleton Route 2 Edwin Birkheimer 20 of 3310 Jewel Ave Middletown and Lee Price 20 of 1817 North Ave Middletown enlisted in the United States Air Force for four years in December. They were assigned to Lackland Air Base Texas.
Vital statistics list several births with family names and locations. George Long in Garfield Street welcomed a girl yesterday while George Ingram in West Middletown Route 2 had a boy. Claudis Back of Taylor Avenue welcomed a boy and Frank Nixon on Wilbraham Road a girl yesterday. William Hensley in Lebanon Route 1 had a boy and Stanley Henderson-Franklin Route 1 a boy yesterday. Ernest Cole Germantown Route 2 reports a girl today and Henry Spencer Germantown Route 1 a boy today. Joe Kersey Lebanon Route 2 reports a boy today. John E. Knopf Jr of Cleveland welcomed a boy Friday with Henry Rogers Somerville Route 1 as maternal and John E Knopf Sr Parma Heights as paternal grandparents.
Dale B. D. Little and Gloria A. Mockbee both from Middletown seek marriage. Rudolph P. Crawford and Joan M. Willenbrink from Renus and Brown Hammons from Middletown plan to wed. Oscar Garrett and Carolyn J. Evans from Hamilton are listed as a couple.
Mrs Ira Kelly of West Middleton undergoes surgery. Mrs Sidney Frisby on Elm Street receives surgical care. Mrs Guy Smothers on Elmo Point and Mrs Marilyn Keister on Fourteenth Avenue also listed as surgical. Mrs Blaine Caudill on South Avenue and Mrs Edward Mayer from Franklin Route 1 noted as medical. Robert Millan of The Alameda and Joann King, daughter of Raymond and Mrs King of Eaton Avenue, listed as medical. Kathleen Kommenovich, daughter of Eli and Mrs Kommenovich of Grand Avenue, medical.
Mrs Glen Bachett of Franklin Donald Bryant son of Mr and Mrs James Bryant of Young St Miss Evelyn Cohen of Central Ave Mrs Elmer Farler of Omaha St Eugene Horn son of Mr and Mrs Claude Horn of North Sutphin St Mrs Francis Kauth of Excello Calvin Perkins son of Mr and Mrs Edward Perkins of Gratis
Paul Biltz of Veterans' Village remains in critical condition at Middletown Hospital after a fall from his home on Sunday. He dislocated the first and second neck vertebrae in the incident. Herschel Shepherd of West Middletown is in fair condition after fracturing both ankles in a hunting accident while coon hunting, with recovery estimated at four months.
A Route 25 crash near Route 122 at 8 35 a m left no injuries. Richard Walter 28 of Dayton failed to stop and struck the rear of a bus driven by Hubert Hendrickson 48 of Middletown Route 2. Walter was fined 10 dollars plus costs by Mayor Thomas Linn of Monroe.
Robert Lacy a 15 year old from 2215 Hill Ave has been missing since Sunday. He is six feet two inches tall weighs 133 pounds with light brown hair and a tattoo on his left arm. Bradley Wells 19 of 107 Sheridan Ave was arrested on a warrant from Squire Otto Grafner Hanover Township for speeding. A stolen candy machine from a Manchester Ave service station was recovered north of the State Highway Garage after information from Patrolman Harry Richardson. Peeled potatoes left soaking in water lose vitamin C after boiling when exposed to air.
Three Middletown Real Estate Board representatives asked the Planning Commission to add a zone allowing one or two family dwellings to the city’s zoning plan. Current zones cover one family and two or four family homes. The three hour meeting included general zoning discussion and will be reviewed by planning engineer L Segoe before the public hearing. All commissioners attended except City Manager Starick, ill in hospital.
Seventy draft board registrants, mostly 19 year olds, will travel to Cincinnati Thursday for pre-induction physicals. The next pre-induction date is January 22 with induction set for January 25. State Selective Service says February drafts should avoid men under 20, but local officials note the 19-year old group is already in processing, risking more early inductions.
Pvt Donald G McGill of Lebanon and Lemon Monroe High School alumnus trains near Seoul. overseas since December 1951 after Ft Leonard Wood and Camp Stoneman. Also reports on Pfc Robert H McNutt at Fort Devens, Sgt Jack H Keller at Lackland AFB, and engineman Ralph Ketron in Naples during Christmas aboard the Oglethorpe goodwill voyage. James O Lawson returns to Sheppard Field after nine days with family.
Middletown Hospital’s December 1951 accident report shows a sharp rise in pedestrian injuries with 23 treated, up from 1 in December 1950. Auto crashes totaled 35, nine city and 26 rural. home accidents reached 75, 52 in Middletown. A total of 242 patients were treated for accidents in December 1951, compared with 225 in 1950.
Republican leaders of the Ninth and 13th Districts joined Seventh District Republicans in urging Ames A. Rhodes, Columbus mayor, to seek the Republican nomination for state auditor. Rhodes is starting his third term as mayor and had not yet stated his candidacy.
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore urges residents to lock homes and keep shades drawn to deter prowlers after two prowler calls in the last two days. He asks neighbors to watch for vacant homes and avoid publicizing travel plans.
Joseph T. Ferguson announces candidacy to seek another term, aiming to retain the office he currently holds as a Democrat.
Charles Gaines age 30 of 432 North Mechanic Street Lebanon sustained severe lacerations to his right hand third and fourth fingers in an accident at Ross Motors at 8 40 this morning He was treated and released at Middletown Hospital emergency room hospital attendants said he was loading a drum of antifreeze onto a truck when the drum slipped crushing his hand against the truck body
The Rev. and Mrs. Bert Perkins of this city and the Rev. Ralph Bass of Bethesda Temple in Dayton returned home from Wellsburg W Va They attended the Ohio District Council and on the way home visited the Old Saints Home in Zanesville O where they held services.
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