Public cautioned as misty conditions cause minor injuries
Several people treated and released at Middletown Hospital for minor injuries after hazardous road conditions last night. One ice accident reported. Notable cases include Mrs. Clarence Creech who cut her eyebrow, Richie Davis with finger lacerations, Joseph Ploeger with a compound finger fracture, 13 year old Joe Ditmyer with a fractured forearm, and 2 year old Trebbie Nadine Blount with first and second degree burns from a hot iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Clarence Creech
Franklin Rt. 1
Richie Davis
North Ave
First National Bank
Joseph Ploeger
Parkview Dr
Cincinnati
Ploeger
Sheehan Pipe Contractors
Reading Road
Joe Ditmyer
Francis Ditmyer
14Th St
Holy Trinity School
Trebbie Nadine Blount
George Blount
Burton Rd
Marriages Decline in Preble County for 1954
The Preble County probate office reports 117 marriage licenses issued in 1954, down from 144 in 1953. June led with 19 licenses. March had only three. The year saw 84 wills probated, 79 executors appointed, eight administrators, two with will annexed, one de bonis non, and various guardianships, licenses, and births recorded.
Sheriff Returns Two Suspects in Strong-Arm Robbery Case
Warren County Sheriff Richard Satterthwaite left for El Paso Texas to return two Miamisburg men Gene Bowlinng 27 and Donald Boyce 29 charged with strong-arm robbery. They allegedly took 90 dollars from a man on Pennyroyal Hill near Franklin last November. El Paso sheriff notified he had apprehended the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Warren County
Richard Satterthwaite
el Paso
Texas
Miamisburg
Gene Bowlinng
Donald Boyce
Pennyroyal Hill
Franklin
Satterthwaite
Widdie Fans Cautious As Slippery Highways Slow Traffic
State Patrol reports no accidents on U S 25 Rt 747 or 4 as Middletown Middie and Hamilton Big Blue fans traveled to Cincinnati Garden. Sleet and icing made spots slippery but highway crews salted problem areas and no traffic tie ups were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Middie
Hamilton Big Blue
Cincinnati Garden
State Highway Patrol
Post 9
Middletown
Ohio 4
U. S. 25
Queen City
Armco Group to Elect Officers at Annual Dinner Meeting
Armco Colored Association members meet at the Manchester Hotel Tuesday at 6 30 p m for its annual dinner and to elect officers and install new directors. Current leaders include James Cottrell as president Frank Latimer vice president and Mark Walke secretary treasurer. Segasta Wilson and Trollie Culbreath win district director seats in votes held the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Colored Association
Manchester
G. D. Tranter
Middletown
Assn
James Cottrell
Frank Latimer
Mark Walke
Alma Evans
Oliver Smith
Murdis Milton
Segasta Wilson
Henry Million Sr
William D. Payne Foreman Nixon
David Mitchell
W. E. Cribbs
la Verne Yauch
Charles E. Stutenroth
Harold Plagg
Ray Young
Hugh Parker
Armco Colored Assn
Selma McKeller
Henry Million
Million
Two Hurt In Crash Near Eaton In Preble County
A two car collision on Highway 503 two miles north of West Alexandria left two people injured. Edwin R. McAdams of Lewisburg and Edna Shiverdecker of Lewisburg Rt. 1 were involved. Shiverdecker sustained a knee laceration and Georg Collins of Lewisburg Rt. 2 suffered a forehead and left eye injury. They were taken to Goog Samaritan Hospital in Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goog Samaritan Hospital
Dayton
Edwards
McAdams
Shiverdecker Auto
Liquor Hearing For Local Resident Scheduled In Columbus
Anna J. Taylor of Wonder Bar Cafe 19 Canal St faces a liquor board hearing in Columbus on Wednesday for Sunday sales and conviction on the charge. Three Hamilton cases hear Thursday include Stephen Obrinski Village Gardens 1179 Central Ave unlawful possession and conviction. Pasquale Accorinti Patsy's Spaghetti House 524 Sycamore St Sunday sale and conviction. Russell E. Dily Wheel Nite Club 254 Millville Ave sales after legal closing hours and conviction.
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Anna J. Taylor
Wonder Bar
Canal St
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Columbus
Hamilton
Stephen J. Obrinski
Village Gardens
Central Ave
Pasquale Accorinti
Patsy
Wheel Nite Club
Millville Ave
Honesty Troublesome in Carlisle Religious Picture Sale
Rev Walter C Rache of Carlisle faced a mix up after delivering religious pictures he failed to record one family’s name and address for two orders. He asks the intended recipients or the Franklin Police Department to come forward to prevent payment for undelivered pictures. The note adds a remark about aged people and color perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Walter C. Rache
Carlisle
Rache
Franklin Police Department
City Eskers Free Of Accidents From Icing
City streets iced by last night's sleet storm. no injuries reported after 5 p.m. Three earlier accidents occurred. Denny Mitoff's truck left the road at S Verity Parkway hitting a light pole. $505 total damage. A chain reaction at 1904 Tytus Ave caused $505 damage across three cars. A Fleming Road and Franklin Street collision involved two cars with $800 total damage. Police noted minor crashes and vehicle damages across several locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny Mitoff
Lindwood Road
Franklin Rt. 1
S. Verity Parkway
Lafayette Avenue
Mitoff
Tytus Ave
Clarence Taylor
Malvern St
Taylor
Denver Howland
Helen Swim
Riverview Dr
Howard
Ormond Marstein
Fleming Rd
Garnet Combs
Cincinnati
Fleming Road
Franklin Street
Optimists Hold Charter Party In Middletown
Lee Idle of Knoxville, vice president of Optimist International, to speak at the official Charter Party for Middletown Evening Optimist Club tonight at 6 30 at the Manchester Hotel. Charles E Read is president. 25 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Idle
Knoxville
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Hawaii
Optimist International
Ihle
Optimist Organization
Houston
Tex
Driver leaps from truck as brakes fail on icy Rockdale Road
Cincinnati man Ross Studt, 27, suffered a skinned knee and injuries after leaping from a ton and a half truck that slid off the road into a ditch on Rockdale Road at 1 10 p m. He said brakes failed while descending a hill and a curve. The truck was demolished. State patrol also noted five minor property damage accidents in Built Warren and several more were reported between midnight and mid morning due to icy roads.
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Cincinnati
Rockdale Road
Ross Studt
Ebenezer Rd
Studt
Built- Warren
Police Briefs Include Lost Wallet Report and Bench Warrant Arrest
Howard R. Tindall of 1210 Curtis St reports losing a brown billfold with $3 and papers Thursday night. Benjamin K. Little, 33 of 5859 Millikin Rd, was arrested at police HQ on a bench warrant for failure to appear in Municipal Court and on charges of assault and battery, disorderly conduct, destruction of property and menace and threat. He posted $2,000 bond to appear in court next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard R. Tindall
Curtis St
Benjamin K. Little
Millikin Rd
Middletown Fire Crews Answer Two Minor Calls
Firefighters from Company 3 responded to a street blaze on Baltimore Street at 5 30 p m and found the fire had been extinguished with no damage. At 9 11 p m they aided 7 month old Barbara Ann Mullins at 1504 Columbia Ave and transported her to Middletown Hospital with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Baltimore Street
Michigan Avenue
Barbara Ann Mullins
Columbia Ave
Middletown Hospital
Movie listings for Paramount Strand weekend showings
Paramount presents Human Desire at 1 15, 4 05, 7 00 and 9 55 p m Bullet Is Waiting at 2 40, 5 35 and 8 20 p m Sunday Vera Cruz at 1 15, 4 00, 7 00 and 9 50 p m Race for Life at 2 50, 5 45 and 7 40 p m Strand shows Jesse James Women at 2 00, 5 40 and 8 50 p m Riding Shotgun at 3 30, 7 10 and 10 10 p m Sunday The Command at 1 15, 4 05, 7 00 and 9 50 p m Bowery to Bagdad at 2 50, 5 45 and 8 40 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Human Desire
Bullet
Vera Cruz
Race For Life
Jesse James
Bowery
Bagdad
Driving Rights Suspended For Reckless Operation
Franklin special court actions list driving penalties in Middletown and nearby towns. Ernest Webb had driving rights suspended 15 days plus a $25 fine for reckless operation. Augusta Long and Chester Douglas, both of Middletown, were fined $25 and costs for contributing to delinquency of a minor, Long’s fine suspended. Other cases include Genevieve Golden $10 no costs no operator’s license, Paul Conley $15 for passing halted school bus, Francis Wendel $15 bond for et,yellow line violation, Hugh Ashwell $15 forfeit yellow line violation, and Fredrick Stoeckicht $15 forfeit no operators license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franixklin
Ernest Webb
Middletown
Agusta Lucille Long
Chester Douglas
Long
Genevieve Golden
Franklin
Paul Conley
Cincinnati
Veteran Journalist and Girl Scout Leader Rachel Crane Dies
Rachel Crane 66 a Middletown resident and longtime Journal correspondent and Girl Scout leader died at Middletown Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. She organized Middletown’s first Negro Girl Scout troop and earned a 30 year service pin in 1953. The Rachel Crane Memorial Fund will honor her memory with contributions welcome at the Girl Scout office. Burial at Woodside Cemetery follows services at Bethel AME Church. Survivors include sister Lulu Canada and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
William F. Johnston
Girl Scout
Civic Association
Bethe; Ame
Arkillas Greene 79 Dies After Illness at Home
Arkillas Greene 79 died at 3 50 p m yesterday at his son Thomas Greens home 2016 Hill Ave where he had lived for years He was a retired Oc ca Manufacturing employee and formerly with Sallie by the P Lorillard Co He belonged to the Holiness Free Pentecostal Church Survivors include two sons Thomas Middletown and William Duquesne Pa four daughters Sally Robinson Della Mayer Hattie Spencer and Margaret McKee Thirty grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren Funeral services Monday at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home with Rev Ed Lawson officiating Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home today 7 9 p m and Sunday 2 5 and 7 10 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Kinney Ave
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Newton
Newton Brothers
Mabel Waters Newton
Robert Fisher
Arlington
Wayne E. Newton
Chicago
Ill
Otto Lutz
Hamilton
Della Matteoli
Norwood
Earl Newton
Hodapp
Carthage
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glendale
Arkillas Greene
Thomas Greene
Hill Ave
R. Greene
Jackson
Occa Manufacturing
Greene
P. Lorillard Co
Holiness Free Pentecostal Church
Thomas
William Greene
Duquesne
Sally Robinson
Della Mayer
Cleveland
Hattie Spencer
Margaret McKee
Los Angeles
Calif
Joseph R. Baker and Sons
Ed Lawson
Woodside Cemetery
Sun.y
Robert F. Newton, 75, Cincinnati Fruit Wholesaler, Dies
Robert F. Newton, 75, of Cincinnati, a retired wholesale fruit dealer, died after a brief illness. He organized sales operations and served in local trade groups. Survived by a daughter and a son. Funeral services will be held Thursday at St. Mary’s Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Robert F. Newton
Franklin barber Alfred Wolfe dies at 88
Alfred Paulie Wolfe 88 of 25 W St Franklin died at 6:30 a m at Middletown Hospital after four months ill health. He was a Franklin barber for 62 years. Survived by five daughters, 10 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p m at Anglesby Funeral Home with Rev H S Gessner of First Baptist Church presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Alfred (Paulie) Wolfe
W. St. St
Middletown Hospital
Wolfe
Florence Morris
Kalamazoo
Mich
Edna Zellers
Dayton
Edith Lahman
Springboro
LaVerne Rowlett
Mabel Barnhart
Anglesby
H. S. Gessner
The
First Baptist
Thieves Smash Glass at Sunoco Station Steal $60
Thieves smashed a glass at the Sunoco Station on Central Avenue and Sutphin Street and took $60 from a hiding place. Police, led by Sgt. Ed Poling and Patrolman Melvin Barker, investigated at 2:50 a.m. Foster Lickliter owns the filling station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunoco
Central Avenue
Sutphin Street
Ed Poling
Melvin Barker
Foster Lickliter
Taft School Parents To Meet Wednesday
Taft School Association meeting will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Taft School auditorium. A film titled Skippy and the Three R's will be shown. Miss Celia Long will discuss the film and answer questions about the Reading Program. Refreshments will follow and a room prize will be awarded to the class with the most parent attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft School Association
Taft School
Skippy
Celia Long
Armco Man To Speak At Cincinnati Meeting
Arthur P Woods Jr an Armco research engineer was slated to speak at a noon luncheon in the University of Cincinnati student union. He would discuss a technical paper on applying mathematics to improve steel plant operations for instructors and others interested in mathematical science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P Woods Jr
Armco
University of Cincinnati Student Union
Woods
Church to Officiate Funeral Service at Woodhill Cemetery
Burial will take place at Woodhill Cemetery. Home hours are 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday.
Seven month old Terry Moore dies in Clarksville home
Terry Moore, seven month old son of Mr and Mrs George Moore of Clarksville Route 1, died in his bed yesterday morning likely from heart failure. He is survived by his parents and a brother Garey Lee. Services set for 10:30 am Monday at Yale Funeral Home Morrow, with burial in Morrow Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Terry Moore
George Moore
Clarksville Rt. 1
Garey Lee
Yale Funeral Home
Morrow
Morrow Cemetery
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Preble County
Lodge Hall
Wayne Hill Nursery
Hamilton, Ohio
Howard Sears
Home Makers Bible Class
Grace Baptist Church
Wilbraham and
Wilmore
WPFB
Armco Group
William Fleenor
Jewel Hall
Edgar Smith
Anderson, Ind
Jewell Hall
Africa
Egypt
Perry Printing CO
Yankee Road
Verity
Rachel Crane
Ninth Ave
Mae. Crane
Eaton
Mrs
Rick
Rick's Radio & TV
Alfred
Paulie) Wolfe
R. Minge
Dohn Hardware
Woodhill Cemetery
Weassere
Albert Pick
Leomato Hicks
Lllam
Eures
Generel Reneger
Dr. Caudill
R. C. Caudill
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