Middletown reports record 1957 industrial payroll
Middletown’s industrial payroll for 1957 reached a record $99,523,458, a two percent rise over 1956. Roy L. Patterson, chamber manager, lauded the rise while noting other indicators softened. city grew, won All-America City honors, and the chamber urged expansion to Greater Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Middletown
Roy L. Patterson
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Chambers Board of Directors
Patterson
Chamber
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Greater Middletown Area
Midlletown Chamber Re-elects Officials to One-Year Term
Donald G. Driscoll of Sorg Paper Co. is re elected president with Hugh W. Wright Armco Steel Corp. first vice president and Ed Cohn Dohn Hardware vice president. Roy L. Patterson announced the results after the annual directors meeting. New directors include William T. Snider J C Con Dillon James Townsley Virgil T. Clark and Calvin Lloyd. All officers and appointees will serve for one year.
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Donald G. Driscoll
Sorg Paper Co
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Driscoll
Hugh W. Wright
Armco Steel Corp
Ed Cohn
Dohn Hardware & Paint Co., Inc
Roy L. Patterson
William T. Snider
D. W. Snider & Son Insurance Agency
J.C
Con) Dillon
Middletown Retail Merchants Assn
James Townsley
Middletown
All-America Plans Headed By Driscoll
Donald Driscoll president of Sorg Paper Co. will chair a citizen committee to plan Middletown All America City celebration. William Robinson of the Middletown Industrial Council announced the plan as the city’s national award was confirmed by sponsors Look and the National Municipal League.
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Donald Driscoll
Sorg Paper Co
Middletown
William Robinson
Middletown Industrial Council
National Municipal League
Look
Driscoll
Chamber of Commerce
Civic Association
Robinson
Patrolman of the Year Award Banquet Slated for Jan 29
The fourth annual Patrolman of the Year Award will be announced at a January 29 banquet. Middletown FOP Associates sponsor the event with Charles Reuthe as committee chair. The banquet will also install 1958 officers for Middletown Lodge 36 FOP and FOPA Middletown Lodge 2.
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Pattrolman
Charles Reuthe
Fraternal Order of Police Associates
Middletown Lodge
Fraternal Order of Police
FOPA
Middletown Lodge 2
Akron banker H Joseph Wade dies at 76
H Joseph Wade board chairman and treasurer of Dime Savings Bank Akron died Saturday at Akron General Hospital at age 76.
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Akron
Ohio
Dime Savings Bank
H. Joseph Wade
Akron General Hospital
Woman First Traffic Fatality In Columbus 1958
Mrs. Jessie Armstrong, 69, became Columbus Ohio’s first traffic fatality of 1958. She died at White Cross Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car while crossing a street.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jessie Armstrong
White Cross Hospital
Obituary Tony Trimble Dies in Xenia Auto Crash
Funeral services for Tony Trimble, 37, of 5884 Manchester Rd., who died from chest injuries after a one car crash on US 35 east of Xenia, will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Heron Funeral Home in Campton, Ky. Burial in Hazelgreen, Ky., his birthplace. Passenger Robert Moore, 23, of 3116 Mulberry St., had a broken left leg. Trimble worked for McGraw Construction Co. and lived in Middletown about 12 years. Survivors include sister Eunice Oldfield and brother James Trimble, both of Middletown.
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Tony Trimble
Manchester Rd
Xenia
Heron Funeral Home
Campton
Hazelgreen
Trimble
Robert Moore
Mulberry St
McGraw Construction Co
Middletown
Eunice Oldfield
James Trimble
Funeral services for August O Harbaugh
August O Harbaugh 86 of Lebanon Springboro Road dies Friday night at his home. Funeral at Anglesby Funeral Home 2 p.m. Monday officiated by Rev Dev Trautman of Springboro Evangelical and Reformed Church. Burial in Springboro Cemetery. Friends may call 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. today.
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Franklin
August O. Harbaugh
Lebanon-Springboro
Anglesby
Dev Trautman
Springboro
Dayton Boy Killed as Poles Collapse in Yard
A 12-year-old Dayton boy Albert Ortez was crushed to death when stored utility poles toppled in a city yard. Two companions, Charles Davis aged 12 and Frank Turner aged 16, escaped as a wooden support broke. Deputy Coroner George Hancock reported the accident occurred Saturday night.
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Dayton
Ohio
George Hancock
Hancock
Albert Ortez
Charles Davis
Frank Turner
Mom Held In Beating Of Infant Boy
In Houston, Peggy Jean Clark, 19, admitted striking her 7 month old son Dennis Lloyd Clark after a money worry flare up. The infant suffered a crushed skull, broken nose, and teeth marks, and was hospitalized near death. Clark was jailed after signing a statement and charged with assault to murder.
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Houston
Tex
Peggy Jean Clark
Dennis Lloyd Clark
Rex Wayne ‘Clark
Milford Ley
de Clark
Clark
Dennis
Police Briefs Note Local Thefts and Vandalism
Thefts reported include four quarts of oil tools and spare parts from the truck of Robert Hershey driver for Aetial Freight Co and four hubcaps and a set of fender skirts from the car of Robert McKenzie 2204 Dixie Hwy Vandals shot a bullet through the trunk of Darrel Wrights car 227 Baltimore St piercing his spare tire police reported.
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Robert Hershey
Aetiial Freight Co
Robert McKenzie
Dixie Hwy
Darrel Wright
Baltimore St
Local man arrested on assault and battery warrant
Officers arrested Bruce Clemons age 25 of 24 Crawford Street on an assault and battery warrant. Harold Woods of 3016 Fleming Road reported vandals broke a large picture window valued at 175 dollars at his home.
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Bruce Clemons
Crawford St
Harold Woods
Fleming Rd
Police arrest Henry Osborne on assault charge
Police yesterday arrested 31 year old Henry Osborne of Trenton Route 1 on an assault and battery charge.
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Henry Osborne
Trenton Rt. 1
Ex-Resident Slain In California
Beryl Creech a 44 year old Middletown native and former tool and die maker for Douglas Aircraft was found stabbed to death in a shallow grave in the San Bernardino mountains. Two roommates confessed to the killing believed to have occurred around December 7, with Creech missing work December 9. The body was recovered in Los Angeles and will be transported to Middletown for services. survivors include his son John and four daughters, plus parents and siblings.
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San Bernardino
California
Los Angeles
Beryl] Creech
Middletown
Douglas Aircraft Co
Creech
The
Aircraft Company
Riggs
John Beryl Creech
Peggy
Jane
Naomi
Somerville
Joseph Creech
Newport
Ethel Goonan
Youths Hurt In Two City Crashes
Two youths were slightly injured in separate city crashes. David Beck, 17, off 14th Avenue, suffered possible head injuries when a collision involving William McMahon and Jerrold Keifer occurred at 11 20 a m near Shafer Street. Beck was not hospitalized. Steven Allen, 4, of Olio Avenue, Trenton received minor injuries from a collision at Jaieie Alley and the A P Jet involving George Allen. Damages totaled 375 dollars. Additional incidents included a city pickup truck collision with Avery Woodward at Verity Park Way for 75 dollars, and a crash near Tytus Avenue and Charles Street causing 90 dollars in damage.
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David Beck
14Th Ave
William McMahon
Fulton Sa
Jerrold Keifer
Springfield
Shafer St
Keifer
Manchester Avenue
Shafer Street
McMahon Auto
Beck
Steven Allen
Olio Ave
Trenton
George Allen
Jat Jaieie Alley
A&p
Dewey Roberts
N. Clinston Sr
Passenger Pedestrian Fatality on Pearl Road Crossing
An unidentified man about 55 was struck and killed while crossing Pearl Road at Germaine Avenue in Cleveland on Saturday night. The driver remained at the scene for authorities.
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Cleveland
Pearl Road
Germaine Avenue
Stricken Man Aided After Heart Trouble at Home
Findley Elam a 53 year old resident of 1919 South Ave was aided by the Fire Department emergency squad at his home yesterday after a possible heart attack and was listed in serious condition at Middletown Hospital last night.
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Findley Elam
South Ave
Middletown Hospital
Woman Shot by Father In Domestic Argument
Middle Cora Lee Weaver, 24, was reported in critical condition after a pistol discharged during an argument with her father Frank Weaver, 59, at their home. She was hospitalized with a bullet wound near the spine and is paralyzed from the hips down. authorities say the father claimed the gun went off during a struggle over a comb.
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Middletown Hospital
Cora Lee Weaver
Louis Pl
Frank Weaver
Fomme
Ing
Louis Place
McCoy-Leffler
Paul Fouts
Ed Poling
Man Hurt In Truck Crash South Of Gratis
Glen Spencer aged 28 of 2313 Byron Street was admitted to Middletown Hospital with chest and abdomen injuries after a truck crash on Onio 122 south of Gratis in Preois County. He was brought to the hospital at 5 15 p.m.
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Glen Spencer
Byron St
Middletown Hospital
Onio
Gratis
Preois County
Oil Drilling Contractor Dies at 78 in Nevada
W Riley Elmer Andrew, 78, a widely known oil drilling contractor, died Friday night at his home in Nevada Missouri. He operated in Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas and long served as general supervisor with the Pure Oil Company.
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Nevada, Mo
W—Riley
Elmer Andrew
Indiana
Ohio
Oklahoma
Texas
Pure Oil Company
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Goldflies Music
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