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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1959
Page
2
A 19 year old Mason youth died yesterday after losing control on Fields-Fertz Road near Mason. William Sies died at General Hospital Cincinnati after the crash that also injured two passengers. Funeral arrangements by Gillimore Funeral Home Mason.
Albert Moore aged 29 of Franklin was admitted to Middletown Hospital with first and second degree burns after an accident at Armco Middletown Works. He was repairing a steam valve in the blast furnace boiler house when steam escaped at 8 15 am Sunday, burning his abdomen and thighs. Moore, a four year veteran maintenance man, received initial first aid at the Armco plant hospital before transfer. Condition remained unchanged.
Police report a fifth break-in in the past month on Rt. 73 between Springboro and Waynesville at the B and D Service Station. Entry was gained by a broken side window and two cartons of cigarettes plus some cash were taken. Juveniles are suspected.
In Cincinnati a bartender with a long memory identified Luthey W. Williams as the man who passed a bad check at his cafe in June 1956. The bartender noted Williams celebrated his 63rd birthday as a clue and said he remembers faces to recoup bad checks.
Police report two break ins at Franklin early today. The Smokery at 115 E 6th St and the Perry Service Station at 4 Park St were entered by prying front doors with a crowbar. An undetermined amount of whiskey, cigars and money were taken. No arrests announced.
City Manager Charles W. Thompson announced plans to drill an additional deep well in the Smith Farm well field regardless of whether the two problematic wells respond to chemical treatment by Lane & Co. If the current wells fail, two more wells will be drilled at an estimated 15 000 dollars for casing machinery and equipment. Deep wells reach 160 to 200 feet and tap the Hamilton River lower aquifer beneath the Miami River.
Boy Scout Week activities focus on Feb 7 13 with a roundtable at Gardner Division auditorium. Acting District Commissioner Sam Carruthers presides. John Newby presents awards. Charles Lang registers. Cub leaders plan Blue and Gold decorations and skits. Dudley Inwood leads Boy Scout demonstrations on pantography and democracy versus communism. Sea Explorers Ship 13 open opening ceremonies.
Alpha Council 326 of OUAM conferred the degree on six members Frederick Seeger of Trenton Joe Lacefield George Crabtree of Middletown William Wheeler Joseph Adams and Lewis Warnock of Dayton. The work was performed by Walter Easterling and Fred Lawson. Attending were state councilor Arthur Landis Dayton and George Shepherd Dayton district deputy. It was announced that the degrees of Virtue Liberty and Patriotism will be conferred January 31 on candidates from Hamilton Lebanon Dayton and Middletown.
Coroner Harry E. Elston Jr. ruled Malcolm Melver, 52, of Warren, died from a heart attack rather than injuries from an auto crash. Melver’s car struck the rear of another vehicle at a traffic light on Ohio 5 west of Warren.
Armco Steel Corp announces two promotions in its finance section. D. E. Reichelderfer states Robert S. Hayden becomes special assistant to the vice president finance. Charles H. Woodhouse will succeed Hayden as assistant treasurer and manager of corporate insurance.
The Magellan railroad car that served Presidents Roosevelt Truman and Eisenhower is declared surplus and donated to Florida Development Commission for display at the University of Miami Coral Gables. Eisenhower preferred air travel, using the car only twice.
Dr. Jack Rubenstein, director of Cincinnati's new diagnostic clinic for the mentally retarded, will address Taft School parents of the retarded class at 7:30 p.m. at 400 Burton Rd. He will explain the clinic's functions serving southwest Ohio and present The Future Outlook for the Mentally Retarded. The group is part of the Butler County Council for Retarded Children, Inc.
Three city accidents Sunday and Monday caused combined damage of over $1,300. A collision on Tytus Avenue damaged a parked car and another on Nelbar Street left Helen Kalnai facing red light violation charges. A Lafayette Avenue two car crash caused $450 in damage with no injuries.
The Moscow News reports applications to future space flights from children in Norway France Sweden China and Peru and from adults in Poland Hungary France India Denmark and Finland indicating broad international interest in Russia’s space program.
City manager plans a meeting with Halpin Inc of Toledo and Vitelli Son of Detroit to settle a change order that would split costs for replacing about 1200 feet of broken sewer main under Ohio Avenue. Vitelli has been paid withheld for July work after leaving the job but later returned to other sections.
Rhode Island police and an eight state search continue for Joan Beaulac 19 daughter of Ambassador Willard Beaulac and Linda Talbot missing since Friday from the Rhode Island School of Design. They left letters for friends and claimed to have secured food and a job, Joan may have taken only a small suitcase and a Declaration of Independence.
Funds totaling 3027.58 will furnish Butler County Juvenile Detention Home on Fair Avenue behind the U S Naval Training Center. A committee formed from the former Children's Farm Inc will provide the money after disbanding. The center will house 10 boys and five girls and open later this month.
Johnny Hurst six month old son of Mr and Mrs John Hurst 443 Main St in Middletown is listed in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after an electric hot plate ignited his bed around 2 am Sunday The device was used to heat a vaporizer The mattress and bed clothing were destroyed and no other damage occurred He was admitted about 3 30 am yesterday
A 15 year old boy was caught stealing a bottle of vodka by clerk Louis Bishop at the McGee Super Market. Police say a scuffle outside the store led to the youth being struck with the bottle and taken into custody by his parents. He is to appear in Juvenile Court.
Police detained William Day, 36, at his home on Taylor Avenue after he was charged with robbery and assault in the December 15 beating of Raymond Gillespie, who is listed in serious condition in Middletown Hospital. Day allegedly took 368 dollars and a 33 dollar wristwatch, with Gillespie to use a telephone at his ex wife’s Omaha Street home when the incident occurred.
Local Jaycees John Baker and Jim Townsley joined members at a state Jaycee gathering in Youngstown over the weekend. National president Bob Cox was a speaker on the program.
Miss Eunice Perkins led a jail service yesterday at the Butler County jail. The program featured Rev. James Harding evangelist Mrs. Mattie Woodard and Mrs. Fdna Hampton participating in the observance.
Police report juveniles blamed for a break in at East End Hardware Store on Central Ave. Entry gained through a broken rear door. a few pennies stolen from the cash register. Also arrested for DUI was Thomas Richardson, 41, of Dixie Hwy, stopped on Rt. 4 south of the city.
Two twenty-year-olds were arrested at Fenwick High School on Sunday after police charged them with throwing rocks at the building and rolling a grocery cart from the Liberal Store on Verity Parkway down the basement stairs of the school.
State patrol arrested 38 year old Jack Emerick Adams of 1608 Woodlawn Ave on Route 122 in West Middletown for driving while intoxicated. Stolen car tires were recovered from a truck bed at an auto body shop and are being held at police headquarters.
The Safety Council of Middletown will hold a board meeting tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the Civic Association library with President William K. Robinson presiding.
Daniel Shays leads rebels toward the federal arsenal in Springfield in an 1787 uprising that ends in failure on January 25. The event marks a pivotal challenge to the new U.S. government and highlights early unrest over economic grievances.
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