Youth Struck by Car in Middletown Injuring One Boy
A 9-year-old boy suffered forehead and hand abrasions after running into a car at Girard Avenue and Baltimore Street. Edgar King cited for failure to yield after a two car collision at N Verity Parkway and Columbia Avenue. Minor damage reported in two other incidents.
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Middletown Hospital
Gary Stacy
Chester Stacy
Young St
Girard Avenue
Baltimore Street
Edgar King
Cincinnati
Stacy
King
Ralph B. Ditmeyer
Vannest Ave
N. Verity Parkway
Columbia Avenue
Wilburn Barge
Ditmeyer Auto
Custodian Burned in Taft School Fire
A school custodian, Clyce Rothwell, 52, suffered first and second degree burns when a burning bucket ignited a heater in the Taft School storage and janitor's room on S Verity Parkway. He was treated and released at Midgetown Hospital after fire crews from multiple units responded. Damages were estimated at 35 to the building and 25 to contents.
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Taft
Youngster Breaks Wrist In Tumble
Jennifer Inwood six year old daughter of Mrs Jerom Inwood of 109 Orchard Street suffered a fractured left wrist after tripping and falling in the yard at home. She was treated and dismissed after care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennifer Inwood
Daeughter
Jerom Inwood
Orchard St
Equipment Stolen From Local Construction Firm
Paul Courey of County and Griggs Construction Co. reported thefts from two sites Wednesday night. A construction trowel valued at 48 dollars disappeared from a basement just completed by the firm at 1617 La Fayette Ave. An oil burning salamander worth 20 dollars was taken from a job at 615 Burton Rd. Detective Paul Fouts and acting Detective Louis Janka investigated.
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Paul Courey
Couny & Griggs Construction Co
Lafayette Ave
Paul Fouts
Louis Janka
Burton Rd
Gleason Promotes Slimming Aid and Sets TV Contract News
Gleason touts a slimming aid without detailing its nature as a simple new product. He featured a Honeymooners sketch about a song titled My Love Song To You. A recording tied to the sketch sold rapidly, reaching 200,000 copies by Tuesday and about 500,000 soon after. He recently signed 16 million dollars in TV deals with General Motors and Ces TV while vacationing.
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Gleason
General Motors
Ces TV
Movie Showings At Paramount And Strand This Weekend
At the Paramount theater on Saturday Three Hours to Kill runs at 1 15 4 15 7 20 and 10 p m Down Three Dark Streets shows at 2 45 5 50 and 9 00 p m Sunday A Star Is Born plays 1 15 4 00 6 50 and 9 30 p m The Strand presents Fort Osage at 2 00 2 25 and 8 50 p m Target Earth at 3 20 6 45 and 10 10 p m Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend shows 1 15 5 35 9 00 p m Khyber Patrol at 2 40 5 10 7 50 and 10 20 p m
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Fort Osage
Target Earth
Bashful Bend
Khyber Patrol
Driver Fined and Suspended Licenses in Multiple Offenses
Franklin report lists Riley Beck fined 25 and costs for failure to register his car and no operator's license with fines suspended upon obtaining plates and license within 10 days. William Blandford and Von Zimmerman each fined 10 and costs for no valid license, suspended. Other drivers faced fines or bond forfeitures for reckless operation, yellow line violations, speeding, and overweight truck rulings.
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Franklin
Riley Beck
William Blandford
Dayton
von Zimmerman
Farmersville
Harry Oldham
Carlisle
Ralph Bruce
Oregonia
William Powers
Middletown
Herschel Holmes
Lebanon
Raymond Shifflet
Miamisburg
Leonard Edmonds
Fairborn
Clyde Depew
David Walborn
West Carrollton
James Pickens
Man Pays Rent With Nickels Lands In Jail
Dallas police arrested 21 year old Fred Lewis Davis after he offered 600 nickels to his landlord to cover a $30 rent. He pleaded guilty to stealing 4,000 nickels from a car at his workplace and received a probated two year term.
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Dallas
Tex
Fred Lewis Davis
David
Never Too Cold Snow Falls at South Pole
The article notes snow falls at the South Pole during extreme cold of 65 degrees below zero and mentions that in subzero temperatures snow forms needles rather than flakes. It also recalls rhinoceroses once living in North America and Europe.
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South Pole
South Middletown Fire Contract Receives Approval
The Lemon Township trustees approve a 1955 contract with the South Middletown Fire Department led by Wilbur Sroufe. The department covers a territory bounded by Middletown, South Excelle, the Great Miami River, and the New York Central Railroad, with immediate mutual aid to Monroe and Mayfield. Twenty four volunteers, led by Harold Keister, Kiester, and Paul Doughman, operate the unit funded mainly by memberships and alarms routed to Crystal Tissue Co.
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Lemon Township
New South Middletown Fire Department
Wilbur Sroufe
Middletown
South Excelle
Great Miami River
New York Central Railroad
South
Eisenhower relaxes at Catoctin Lodge with grandchildren
President Eisenhower takes a break from drafting Congressional messages at Camp David Catoctin Mountain Lodge in Thurmont Maryland He arrives with Barbara Anne and Susan Eisenhower from Washington and Mrs John S Eisenhower and Mrs John S Doud Also visiting Gettysburg to view the near finished new home David remains in Kansas for school plans to return to Washington tomorrow
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Thurmont
Eisenhower
Congress
Catoctin Mountain
Barbara Anne
Susan
Washington
Camp David
John S. Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Gettysburg
David
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
Maj
John Eisenhower
Leavenworth
White House
Capitol
Mrs Rena Staton 72 Former Middletown Resident
Mrs Rena Staton 72 former Middletown resident died at Shadylawn Convalescent Home at 1135 last night after five years of ill health. She widow of George W Staton moved from Jackson Kentucky 50 years ago and belonged to First Church of God. Survived by son Lorenzel Staton and four grandchildren. Services Tuesday 2 pm Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home with Dr. R C Caudill officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may visit after 6 pm tomorrow and 2-5 pm and 7-9 pm Monday.
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George W. Staton
Rena Staton
Wilbraham Rd
Shadylawn
Staton
Jackson
Middletown
First Church of God
Lorenzel Staton
Blue Ball
Joseph R. Baker
Dessie Acton Rites Held in Eaton Funeral Home
Services for Dessie Acton 71 of Eaton Rt 2 were held at 2 p m today at Girton Schmidt Funeral Home. Burial followed in Mound Hill Cemetery. Miss Acton died Wednesday after a brief illness.
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EATON
Dessie Acton
Girton- Schmidt
Mound Hill Cemetery
Miss Acton
Wallace S. Morgan’s funeral set for Monday
Wallace S. Morgan, 38, formerly of Hamilton in Baker, Oregon, will receive services at 10 a.m. Monday at Colligan Funeral Home.
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Wallace S. Morgan
Hamilton
Baker, Ore
Colligan Funeral Home
Lions Collect S178 For Polio at Downtown Booth
Lions Club reports a total of 178.65 dollars raised for polio at the downtown booth. The article lists upcoming booth days for Kiwanis, Bnai Brith, American Legion, Colored Committee, Middletown Firemen, Optimists, and Delta Chi Sigma across the coming week.
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Kiwanis
Lions Club
The
Post
B’nai B’rith
American Legion
the Colored Committee
Middletown Firemen
Optimists
Delta Chi Sigma
Holiday Moratorium Ends in Butler County Divorce Court
The year end moratorium on hearings in Butler County Common Pleas Court ended Friday. Fifty six divorce cases were scheduled to be heard that day, with cases divided between Judge P. P. Boll and Judge Fred B. Cramer. New filings were allowed, but hearings paused during the holiday period.
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Butler County Common Pleas Court
P. P. Boll
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Budget May Cut 50000 in 1955 Plan
County commissioners opened a 1955 budget of 1 888 004 with expected certification at 1 833 000 from the budget commission. Provisions include 90000 for road work 42000 for courthouse jail improvements 21640 for rural zoning 20700 for the recorder and 15000 for rural garbage collection. A Towing Assn. complaint charged Sheriff Walke channels most business to a Hamilton operator calling it a monopoly. commissioners said they have no towing contract authority. Delegation included Paul Montique Darrtown Pike Harold Houck near Millville and Herbert Philpot Hamilton Rt 3.
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Butler County
R. H. Smith
Budget Commission
Recorder’s
Butler County Towing Assn
Charles Walke
Hamilton
Paul Montique
Darrtown Pike
Harold Houck
Near
Millville
Herbert Philpot
Hamilton Rt. 3
Crist Named To Head New Census Check
Royal V. Crist of Middletown is named to head a new census covering 41 counties. The operation will collect reports from business, manufacturers and mineral industries with Cecil B. Matthews supervising tabulation in Cincinnati. A Cleveland field office will serve 47 northern Ohio counties. The census data include Ohio counts of retail and wholesale establishments, manufacturers and mineral industry values from earlier years.
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Royal V. Crist
Middletown
Ohio
Crist
Cecil B. Matthews
Census Bureau
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Bandits Hit Route 25 Market
Middletown police and state patrolmen were alerted to two white men wanted in the $5,000 holdup of Woody's Market on U S 25 at West Carrollton. They were believed to head south on U S 25. One suspect wore a khaki jacket and engineer's boots. Alerts went out at 5 45 a m.
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Middletown
U.S. 25
West Carrollton
Warren Jury Indicts 23 in Warren County cases
The Warren County Grand Jury returned 23 indictments calling for action next Friday on Everett Richardson for first degree murder in the Russell Smith death. Other indictments include arson burglary non support robbery and drug possession involving multiple defendants. Some cases were continued or not indicted.
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Warren
Lebanon
Warren County Grand Jury
Everett Richardson
South Lebanon
Russell
Pete) Smith
Richardson
London
Carl Rufus Bell
Raymond Schock
Isom Moore
Roy Fry
John H. Lanter
Ray Stine
Leroy Williams
George Lynch
George W. Carter
Charles Ford
Robert R. Bechtel
Lovett
James O. Smith
James R. Gustin
Willie Lovett
Albert Richards
Willie B. Conner
Kelly B. McGuirey
Raymond Miller
Louise J. Vaydik
William Robertson
Luther Little
George R. Kendall
A.W. Tucker
Rayemond A. Alexander
Robert Wheeler
El1ie Broughton
Armco Association Elects Four New Directors
Four new Armco Association directors were chosen for three year terms including Robert Booker District 6 Ova M Clain District 10 and Stanley Rock District 8 who defeated Gordon Aldridge E E Wilkinson District 9 succeeds J E Anderson and Ellsworth Rock retires as president The annual meeting at Geckler s Hearth will install new officers and directors with Mark Walke in charge of elections and the outgoing slate including Ellsworth Beck Homer Hodson Floyd Bishop Clifford Selby Harry Hall Millard Sexton Johan Cassacy Arthur Sanderson and James Gutshall
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Armco Assn
Armco Steel Corp
Robert Booker
John Cassacy
Ova M.clain
Ellsworth Rock
Stanley Rock
Gordon Aldridge
Rock
E.E. Wilkinson
J. E. Anderson
Geckler
E. M. Rains
John H. Timmers
Arthur Schultz
Charles Tucker
Mark Walke
Ellsworth Beck
Homer Hodson
Floyd Bishop
Clifford Selby
Harry Hall
Millard Sexton
Johan Cassacy
Arthur Sanderson
James Gutshall
Alma Evans
E. E. Tenforde
Clarence Abell
Fire destroys Britton Road home under construction
A fire on Britton Road near Monroe damaged a home under construction, blamed on an overheated salamander. Tailored Homes Inc. owns the site. insurance adjusters set the loss at 6 000 dollars. A separate Rt 4 Middletown truck fire caused 1 500 to the tractor and 350 to a trailer, attributed to a backfire near a gas line.
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Burton Road
Shafer Street
Fleming Road
Britton Road
Monroe
Earl Hieshue
Tailored Homes, Inc
N. Clinton St
Hiteshue
Rt. 4
Middletown
Charlies Gongawned
Kirkland
Ohio
Police Briefs Arrests and Stolen Coat Thefts
Police early today arrested Howard Parsons 31 201 Garfield St at Canal Street and Central Avenue on intoxication and disorderly conduct after Parsons broke a whisky bottle on the street. James E Ferguson Toledo told police his gray topcoat and black pigskin gloves were stolen from a downtown restaurant valued at 95 dollars.
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Howard Parsons
Garfield St
Canal Street
Central Avenue
Parsons
James FE. Ferguson
Toledo
Ferguson
Three Injury Accidents Snap Patrol's Record
State patrols on Butler and Ward counties highways reported three injury accidents by 10 am yesterday, ending a 48 hour accident free string. Charles Chalk 71 Middletown Rt 1. Arnold Northman 40 Cincinnati. Alva C Del i 52 Logan. Ray E Simendinger 30 Lebanon. Cordell. Harry Oldham 6 Franklin.
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Butler
Ward
Kyles Station Road
Princeton Pike
Charles Chalk
Middletown
Cincinnati
Chalk
Squire Lammie Bailey
Rt. 73
Alva C Deli
Logan
Rt. 48 A
Ray E. Simendinger
Lebanon
Simedenger
Squire Weston Hizar
Harry Oldham
Lake Ave
Franklin
Franklin - Carlis
Oldham
Carlis
Calvin Hoard
Bridge St
Franklin Howard
Franklin Municipal
Financial statement of The American Building and Loan Association
The document presents a year end 1954 balance sheet for The American Building and Loan Association of Middletown Ohio. It lists assets such as cash in banks, mortgage loans, real estate owned and stock held, and liabilities including dividends payable and taxes payable. Signed by managing officer A James Moorman and notarized with the witnesses and auditing committee.
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Osseee Eens
Ckdaeenin
U. S
F.H.A
As de Waka
Wey Ane Siay Sa
Federal Insurance Reserve Aessee
State of Ohio
Butler County
James Moorman
American Building and Loan Association of
Middletown
Ohio
Vance E. Cribbs
Carl Nicklas
Clair Tieman
American Building & Loan Association of
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Browning St
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Oungster
Paramount
UWBCS
Naprere
Central Ave
North America
Europe
Chapel of Prophecy
South Main St
Middletown, O
S. A. Yakush
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Russia
William T. Marchuk
Brackenridge
John H. Noble
Detroit
Berlin
Marchuk
Noble
Third Reich
South Middletown Fire
Stoufe
Mayfield
Mieenhower
Catoctin Mountain Lodge
Lions
Rte
Christ
God
Jesus Christ
Rev. O. O. Boggess
Crawford ST
R. C. Caudill
C. C. Boggess, Evangelist
Ollie Williams
Golden Lamb
Patrol
Financial Statement OF the
American Building and Loan Association
Owen
Eherse
A. James Moorman
Secy
A.D
Walter R. Bender
Certificate OF Auditing Committee
Vance FE
Cribbs
Nicklas Clair Tieman
Grace Baptist Church
Wilbraham and
Wilmore
B. R. Lakin
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Calvary Quartet
Howard Sears
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