Mother Sentenced to One Year in Reformatory
Middletown mother Arbutus Gumm, 21, was sentenced to one year in Marysville Reformatory for Women for beating her six year old daughter Linda Carol on December 29. Judge David Black criticized the abuse and placed the child in county welfare custody. the father Bernard Gumm has been separated from the family for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Arbutus Gumm
Middletown
Marysville
Bernard Gumm
Seneca Sr
Madison Bond Issue Filed for School Expansion
A petition to place a 258000 dollar school bond before voters in the May primary was filed by the Madison Township School Board. If approved, funds would add eight classrooms a library art room and more science space at the new high school boosting capacity from 440 to 750 students and raising the tax rate by about 1.95 per 1000. The high school project totals 799000 with 604000 funded by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Madison Township
Herbert A. Henderson
Two Middleton Drivers Cited After City Crashes
Police cited Clyde Morrison Jr. and Amy Estep into Municipal Court after two separate city traffic accidents. Morrison's southbound car rear ended Ester White's stopped wagon at N Sutphin Street and North Avenue. damage listed at 210 dollars. Estep was cited for changing lanes after her car collided with Mollie White's on N Verity Parkway Access 3. damage 40 dollars. Janice McKenzie received chest contusions in a two-car alley crash behind 1309 Fairmount Avenue when Enoch Barker backed into her vehicle. damage 125 dollars.
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Franklin St
N. Verity Parkway
Access 3
Janice McKenzie
Lafayette Ave
Middletown Hospital
Fairmount Ave
Shen Enoch Barker
McKenzie Auto
Firemen Check Two Auto Fires With Damages
Firemen investigated two vehicle fires. A 1958 convertible owned by James Bush at 1805 Sheridan Ave. burned under the hood causing 150 dollars in damage and a blaze at 3 35 p.m. near 1201 Central Ave. was blamed on a back fire. A 1955 car owned by Kenneth Van Koopman at the Chase Hotel 34 S Main St had a carburetor overflow and caused no damage at 10 25 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bush
Sheridan Ave
Central Ave
Kenneth van Koopman
Chase
Eastern hemlock: PA state tree is harmless
A compact note contrasts the Pennsylvania state tree Eastern hemlock with the dangerous old world variety whose juice once sickened Socrates. It emphasizes safety of the native species and historical caution surrounding specimens from distant regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Socrates
Brownie Leaders In Training Tomorrow
A training session for all fourth grade Brownie Scout leaders in preparation for fly up ceremonies will be held from 9 30 a m until noon tomorrow in the Girl Scout club room at the Civic Association with Mrs. Robert Kruse as lead trainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Club
Civic Association
Robert Kruse
Pay Hike Seen Assured For County Employes
Butler County workers likely receive a ten dollar monthly raise as a across the board increase. The proposal, urged by Commissioner Gordon Augspurger, would add about 25 009 to the 1960 budget and follows no raises since January 1958. The commission trims requests to hit a 2 518 500 general fund total while absorbing the rise with budget increases in elections auditor treasurer juvenile detention and related underfunded areas. If the budget misses payroll week a partial appropriation may be approved in a special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
Gordon Augspurger
Butler County Commission
Augspurger
Budget Commission
City Debates Free Garbage Request Amid Surplus Talk
City commissioners met to weigh Bertha T. Rolfe’s request for free garbage collection funded from surplus. The 1959 general fund surplus of 326 668 was allocated to permanent improvements 275 000 deferred capital Outlay 25 000 and water works 26 668, leaving sanitation unfunded. They also planned reports on the 1959 debt, traffic lights, parking, North Middletown sewer, and Manchester Vail receipts, plus three emergency measures including rezoning Yankee Road Verity Parkway and a drag racing ban and Airport lease renewal for farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha T. Rolfe
Lafayette Ave
Sanitation
Water Works Revenue Fund
Sanitation Fund
Charles W W. Thompson
Central Avenue
Fulton Lane
Young Street
North Middletown
Manchester Vail
Yankee Road
Verity Parkway
Ohio
Franklinite Charged After Accident On River Street
Glen E. Jessup 22 of 3% Farm Ave cited for careless operation after his car rear ended a stopped auto on S River Street near Farm Avenue waiting for school children. Damage totaled 225 dollars. Rainy weather and a barrier on S River Street at Sixth blamed for a minor two car crash yesterday afternoon.
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Franklin
Glen E. Jessup
Farm Ave
S. River Street
Farm Avenue
James K. Traversted
Dayton
Sixth
Sixth Street
Myrna Kessling
E. Fourth St
Mary T. House
S. Main St
River Street
New York Central Bridge
Weather Forces Poet To Cancel
Bad flying weather forced the cancellation of an appearance by Carl Sandburg in Chapel Hill North Carolina. He was to substitute for a Hollywood troupe in a performance of The World of Carl Sandburg after the group headed by Bette Davis Cameron Mitchell canceled its performance when Mitchell became ill.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Carl Sandburg
Hollywood
Sandburg
Hollywood Group
Bette Davis
Cameron Mitchell
Mitchell
Ohio Bell Plans Toll Information Centers in Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co will set up a centralized toll information system in Canton to serve northeastern Ohio and likely another in southern Ohio. The centers will provide Ohio numbers for callers from other U S areas, and company president Walter S. Sparling called the system “the finest in the world.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton, Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio
Walter S. Sparling
VANDALS DAMAGE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN CITY
Police report several vandalism incidents including broken windows at Soft Water Co on Manhattan Street and L M Paint and Body Shop. Vehicles of Newton Varvel Mrs Earl Birch Edna Gillman and Paul Mathews suffer damage. Dean Hollon was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge. A back fence at 214 Young Street sustained about 75 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soft Water Co
Manhattan St
Newton Varvel
Trenton Rt. 1
Earl Birch
Shakey Rd
Franklin
L&m Paint & Body Shop
N. Verity Pkvy
Edna Gillman
Grand Ave
Paul Mathews
Mathews Dry Cleaners
Young St
Helen Cooper
Bert Waye Arrested on Menace Land Threat Warrant
Officers arrested Bert Waye aged 52 of 408 Hickory Street on a menace land threat warrant.
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Bert Waye
Hickory St
Civitan Club hears safety speech on traffic deaths
Robert Moore of Armco Steel told Middletown Civitan Club that 18 people die every eight minutes in the United States from traffic accidents. He urged better highways, safer vehicles, stricter law enforcement and driver education to reduce the toll.
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United States
Robert Moore
Armco Steel Safety Department
Civitan Club
Moore
Middletown
Realtors Banquet Tonight Installs Middle Town President
The Middle town Real Estate Board will install Tom Baird Jr as president at its 43rd inaugural dinner tonight at the Manchester Hotel. Baird has been vice president and board member and was elected in a runoff after no candidate won a majority. He succeeds Joe Lewis. Speaker Charles T Stewart of Washington DC, director of public affairs for the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will discuss the local urban renewal program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Baird Jr
Middletown
The
National Assn. of Real Estate Boards
Six Defendants Enter Pleas of Innocent in Warren County
Six of nine indicted by the Warren County grand jury pleaded innocent before Common Pleas Judge Warren C. Young. Pleading innocent were Arthur Hornback facing three burglary and destruction charges, Charles Bailey burglary, Jerry Saylor four charges including burglary and destruction, Hager Brewer manslaughter, Edward Coffey attempted burglary, and Ned Morris Jr. contributing to delinquency and forgery. William Lawrence Clark Tony Arnwine and Warren C. Pence pleaded guilty with sentences deferred.
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Lebanon
Warren County Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Warren C. Young
Arthur Hornback
Charles Bailey
Jerry Saylor
Hager Brewer
Edward Coffey
Ned Morris Jr
William Lawrence Clark
Tony Arnwine
Warren C. Pence
Driver Fined for Reckless Driving in Municipal Court
James Lee Waters, 18, of 2001 Wells Rd Middletown, was fined $35 plus costs for reckless driving in Municipal Court presided by Judge Frank I F Wessel.
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Hamilton
James Lee Waters
Wells Rd
Middletown
Frank i F. Wessel
Husband Kills Wife. Suspect Calls Sheriff After Shooting
Theodore M. Mackey, 46, told Preble Sheriff Floyd Spitler he killed Myrtle Josephine Mackey, 38, at their Sugar Valley home six miles southwest of Eaton. The couple's children and a neighbor witnessed the shooting. Mackey, free on bond for a prior assault, is jailed awaiting charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore M
Bud” Mackey
Myrtle Josephine Mackey
Mackeys
Sugar Valley
AKIF Signs Pact With Armco Here
J Ed Windsor president of the Armco Employes Independent Federation said the independent union reached a contract with Armco Steel Corp. effective until June 30 1962 covering over 6000 production and maintenance workers at East Works Fabri cating and Hamilton plants with fringe benefits not in the Steelworkers agreement. Details to be announced tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ed Windsor
Armco Employes Independent Federation
Armco Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
Windsor
AEIF
Armco
East Works
Fabricating
Hamilton
Wasn't There To Push Wife, Man Declares
Robert Smith 46 of 1321 Grove St claims he did not push his wife Isabell 43 who was treated for a bad cut forehead after reportedly being pushed through a window. She told police she was pushed by her husband. Smith said he was not present and his oldest son described the incident. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Smith
Grove St
Isabell Smith
Middletown Hospital
Smith
Downtown Bargain Days Set
A two day sales event called Downtown Bargain Days will run Friday 9 30 a m to 8 30 p m and Saturday 9 30 a m to 5 30 p m with more than 60 stores offering fall and winter merchandise on sale. The event starts a 1960 series by downtown merchants.
State Draft Pace Slows
Ohio's induction call will continue at a slowed-down pace next month. Selective Service headquarters yesterday issued a February draft call for 375 men. The youngest registrant who may be inducted must be at least 22 years of age on or before Feb. 1, 1960, unless he is a volunteer. The call by counties includes seven from Butler, 10 from Montgomery, two from Warren and one from Preble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Selective Service
Butler
Montgomery
Warren
Preble
Money Stolen From Heber Jones Vending Machines
Thieves believed to be juveniles broke into Heber Jones Inc at 440 N Verity Pkwy by a north window and damaged three vending machines. Police said the exact amount stolen will be reported after machine checks. Det. Capt. Ralph Bauer investigated the morning break-in.
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Heber Jones Inc
N. Verity Pkwy
Ralph Bauer
Rodent Teeth Continue Continuous Growth Across Species
A note on rodent dentition explains that teeth in mice, rats, squirrels, and similar animals grow throughout life. Continuous eruption supports gnawing behavior and requires wear from chewing to keep teeth at usable length.
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Jess Dennis
Middletown Journal
Bill Weith
Linda
Black
Denny Lawson
Thomas Rd
Peasttown Heights
Madison
Earl Stein
Lincoln School
Journal
Weith
Ohio Bell
Dean Hollon
Oxford State Rd
Civitans
Sy Inv
Ly Wat
Homer D. Leffler
McCoy-Leffler
McCoy- Leffler
Realtors
Man
Eaton
Mackey
Camden
John Shinn
Doris Fields
Linda Mackey
Gary
Ohio State Penitentiary
Akif
Heber Jones
Famous Direct Mattress Co
Direct Mattress Mfg. Co
Direct Mattress CO
N. Verity
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