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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1962

Page

2

Radio and TV highlights listing night program lineup

Radio highlights include Wagner’s Siegfried on WCKY and various basketball games on WMUB WPFB. TV lineup features Perry Mason episode The Case of the Captain’s Coins and several film and theatrical broadcasts with stars like Cary Grant Jessica Tandy and Beaver Cleaver, plus Gunsmoke and Roughly Speaking segments.

WCKY Metropolitan Opera Wagner Siegfried Wmub-Fm Miami U Bowling Green Madison Fenwick Wpfb-Fm Michigan Ohio State Perry Mason Mason Kisling Louisville U. D Andy Tammy Grimes Jackie Cooper Tom Ewell

Woman aided after fainting near Vannest Avenue

The fire department emergency squad assisted Betty Bell, 40, of 2820 Oxford Ave, who fainted yesterday at HO5 Vannest Ave. She was transported to Middletown Hospital by Schramm's Ambulance.

Fire Department Betty Bell Oxford Ave Vannest Ave Middletown Hospital Schramm

Middleton Patrolman of the Year Voting Near Deadline

The Middleton Fraternal Order of Police Associates Lodge 2 reports 160 votes cast for the 1961 Patrolman of the Year award with 36 of 42 eligible officers receiving votes. Deadline is Sunday. ballots from The Journal issues Dec 31 and Jan 7 must be mailed to Box 531. The banquet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Elks Temple will present the plaque and gift, with a joint installation of 1962 officers of FOPA and Lodge 36.

FOPA Martin Thomas Middletown Elks Temple N. Main St Order of Police Lodge 36

Middle Game Produces Bus Damage and Scuffle

After the Middletown Hamilton Taft basketball game vandals damaged Hamilton buses in a net cutting incident. About 15 windows and a windshield were broken, dents made, and rocks thrown as buses loaded and departed toward S Verity Parkway. A city officer was slightly injured, a net was cut, and the knife used disappeared.

Steve Okruhlica Hamilton City Lines Inc Hamilton Middletown S. Verity Parkway Wade E. Miller Taft Wilford Palmer

Two Men Fined for Coin Machine Tampering

Robert Ferrell and P Kirby were fined $100 each plus costs by Municipal Judge J T Lamb for tampering with a coin changer at Barnes Laundromat on Yankee Road and Smith Avenue. Police arrested them at Yankee Road and Ninth Avenue. Coins were confiscated.

J. T. Lamb Robert Ferrell Bethany P. Kirby Exeter Ave Ton Barnes Laundromat Yankee Road Smith Avenue

Girl Scouts Plan 1963 Trip and Projects

Oneida Girl Scout troop at Mrs. Eugene Bartletts home on Yankee Road outlined a 1963 Washington trip funded by a candle and Christmas tag sale earning about 25 dollars. They schedule a paper drive January 20 from 7 to 11 am and invite scrap paper donations via leader Mrs. Finley Allen. The meeting also launched a Red Cross First Aid course taught by Mrs. Esta Cox and Mrs. Jack Stallsmith.

Oneida Eugene Bartlett Yankee Road Washington, D. C Finley Allen Garden 2 Red Cross Esta Cox Jack Stallsmith Monroe

Man Found Asleep Outside Hospitalized

Charles Wilson aged 70 of 1320 Reynolds Ave was found asleep on the ground at Webster and Vine streets early today. He is reported in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with exposure after officers brought him in at 2 47 a m.

Charles Wilson Reynolds Ave Webster and Vine Streets Middletown Hospital Wilson

Losses Mount as Fires Hit Butler and Warren Counties

Fires yesterday destroyed a farm barn and a small home in Butler and Warren counties. A Middle town home at 1704 Glenn Ave suffered total loss from a stove and faulty flue fire, valued around 5,000 with contents about 1,500, while a Mor row dairy barn on Lester Houston’s farm burned, killing two cows and four calves and destroying 4,000 bales of hay and equipment. Houston estimates losses near 20,000. Four firemen were injured. blaze investigated after 11:30 a.m. alarm. South Middletown firemen also fought a 7:45 a.m. flue fire at 2200 Oxford State Road causing minor damage.

Butler Warren Peu Glenn Ave Middletown South James Ketcham Arnold Hiatt Lester Houston Morrow Houston Warren County Howard Assum Herbert Donathan Oxford State Road

Driver suffers jaw fracture in Tylersville Road crash

Betty Ramsey, 40, of Mason, and three others were injured in a two car collision on Rt 127 near Seven Mile. Ramsey suffered a broken jaw and chin lacerations after her car left the road and struck a tree. All victims were treated at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton.

Betty Ramsey S. East St Mason Tylersville Road Rt. 747 Mercy Hospital Hamilton Rt. 127 Henry J.gaines Cincinnati Marvin R. Collins Union City Ind Gaines Collings William Harvey

Bankruptcy Filed in Cincinnati District Court

Bankruptcy cases filed in U S District Court Cincinnati include Haywood Jackson of 223 Mary Fl en St South Lebanon painter with debts listed at 3529 and 3608 dollars. Rabbits breed six to eight times yearly and produce six to ten offspring per litter.

U. S. District Court Cincinnati Haywood Jackson Mary Flen St South Lebanon Painter

Ohio Judge in Critical Condition After Stroke

Judge Thomas J. Herbert of the Ohio Supreme Court remained on the danger list at Grant Hospital in Columbus after suffering a stroke while driving Friday. The 67 year old former governor was taken by police after a chauffeur flagged down a cruiser on a Southeast Side street. he had a prior stroke about ten months earlier.

Columbus, Ohio Thomas J. Herbert Ohio Supreme Court Grant Hospital Herbert

Deaths And Funerals For Accident Victim William B. Lewis

William B. Lewis of 1607 Eaton Ave. Middle town is the year's first traffic fatality. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Riggs Funeral Home, with burial in Georgetown Ky. Graveside services at 2:30 p.m. Monday. Friends may call Riggs tomorrow 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Lewis was killed when his sports car crashed into two trees on Titus Avenue near Browning Street. Reverend Henry Howard will officiate. Burial at Woodside Cemetery. Further calls at the funeral home tomorrow 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.

William B. Lewis Eaton Ave Middletown Riggs Georgetown Lewis Tytus Avenue Browning Street

William Hollon 98 longtime Middletown farmer dies

William Hollon aged 98 died at 4 50 pm at St Elizabeth Hospital after living with nephew Marion Hollon in Miami Shores Dayton for 18 months and previously with granddaughter Onda Gibbs. Born in Wolfe County Kentucky he farmed near Jacksonburg and West Middletown and lived in Middletown 75 years. Survived by daughter Mary Phillips of Miamisburg and one other grandchild. Services set for 2 pm Monday at Joseph R Baker.

William Hollon St. Elizabeth Hospital Marion Hollon Outdoor Road Miami Shores Dayton Onda Gibbs West Alexandria Road Hollon Wolfe County Middletown Jacksonburg West Middletown Melissa Jane Mary Phillips Miamisburg Joseph R. Baker

Civic Leader In Fairfield Dead At 81

Fairfield obituary notes Dr. Arthur Schalk, 81, of 660 Nilles Road, prominent medical researcher and founder of the city. OSU faculty 1930 to 1950, Columbus Board of Health 20 years, first to place windows in a cow’s stomach for nutrition and surgery research. Won 1986 Borden Award from the AVMA. Survived by wife Ethel and a son. services 2:30 p.m. Monday at Webb Funeral Home, Hamilton. Burial Greenwood Cemetery.

Fairfield Arthur Schalk Nilles Road Ohio State University Columbus Board of Health Schalk Borden American Veterinary Medical Association Ethel Webb Funeral Home Hamilton Greenwood Cemetery

Hubert C. Linn dies at 73 in Columbus

Hubert C. Linn 73 native of Monroe died yesterday at Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus He retired after 30 years as probation officer for the Columbus Municipal Court Surviving wife Mary two brothers Thomas Monroe and Robert Kokomo Ind a sister Verna Williamson Columbus Graveside services set for 1 p m Monday at Mound Cemetery Monroe Columbus funeral home handling arrangements

Hubert C. Linn Monroe Riverside Methodist ‘Hospital Columbus Linn Mary Thomas Robert Kokomo Ind Anda Verna Williamson I Mound Cemetery Columbus Funeral Home

Jacob L. Wimmer dies at 79. service at 2 p.m.

Jacob L. Wimmer, age 79, of 2740 River Road, will be remembered at a service at 2 p.m. Monday. Klaus-Weigel officiates as family gathers in reflection of a life well lived.

Jacob L. Wimmer River Road Klaus - Weigel

Man Nabbed At Lebanon In Stolen Auto

Ned C Montgomery 26 of Dayton arrested by Warren County deputies and turned over to federal officers on a charge of interstate transport of a stolen car. Three other Dayton residents were in the car including driver David Yates 18 on parole from Jacksonville Fla. A 17 year old girl, a stripteased dancer, was given to juvenile authorities. Edward Bradley 19 of Kettering was released after stating he did not know the car was stolen. Owner Martin Raines reported the theft November 6 at Mechanicsburg.

Lebanon Ned C. Montgomery Dayton Warren County Sheriff's Aftset David Ralph Yates Jacksonville Fla Montgomery Montgomery County Edward Leon Bradley Kettering Martin Raines Mechanicsburg

Optimists hear WPFB stereo FM basketball claim

Paul F. Braden owner of WPFB spoke at the Optimist Club meeting at the Manchester Motor Inn about stereo FM broadcasting. He said, to the best of his knowledge, WPFB's radio of basketball games is the first in stereo FM.

Paul F. Braden WPFB Manchester Motor Inn

Ambulance Driver Cited After Garfield crash

A funeral director, Homer Lefler, 48, was cited for failure to yield at a red light after an ambulance with siren on collided with Clifford Crawford’s car at Garfield Street and Grand Avenue. Crawford suffered a knee injury. damage totaled about 1200 dollars. Lefler claimed the siren was on but muted. Police noted Crawford did not hear the siren and that light was green for eastbound traffic.

Garfield Street Grand Avenue Homer D. Leffler Arlington Ave Clifford Crawford Kensington St Leffler MclCoy - Leffler Funeral Home Crawford

Negro Girl Returns To Soviet Union

Four year old Huldah Clark from New Jersey returns to Moscow after a Christmas visit with her parents. She hopes her godmother Mrs Khrushchev can aid more American Negroes seeking education in the Soviet Union. Her father William Clark says he is glad she leaves Jim Crow shores.

New York Huldah Clark New Jersey Soviet Union Idlewild Airport Khrushchev Huldah Moscow William Clark

Injured Woman Improves After Two Vehicle Crash

Mrs. Julia Heggs aged 34 of 2212 Winona Drive was moved from serious to fair condition at Middletown Hospital today. She sustained injuries Monday in a two car crash at the N Verity Parkway and Eldora Street.

Julia Heggs Winona Drive Middletown Hospital N. Verity Parkway Eldora Street

Billfold Stolen From Car Near Lee's Café

The report notes a red billfold stolen from a car near Lee's Café on Girard Avenue. It contained $1.90 and papers belonging to Mrs. Della Boyce. Clothing valued at $75 was also reported stolen from Skip Cunningham's vehicle.

Della Boyce Skip Cunningham Lee's Girard Avenue

Male bowerbird builds glittering courtship bower

A male bowerbird constructs a elaborate display bower using hundreds of bright colored or glittering objects to attract a mate. The behavior showcases the bird's courtship strategy and aesthetic selection as part of mating rituals.

Eight Car Collisions Tally Over $4000 In Damages

Police logged eight accidents causing more than $4000 damage. Read details show Bertie Lewis at Moore Road and George Baxter on Central Avenue Heinkel Road, and Fred Roof at Florence Street and Steve Toth Jr. on Highland Grand Avenue, each with yield violations and tens of dollars in damage.

Bertie Lewis Moore Road George Baxter S. Dixie Highway Central Avenue Heinkel Road Fred E. Roof Florence St Steve Toth Jr Lawn Ave Highland Street Grand Avenue

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