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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1957
Page
2
Sunset Park’s outdoor tennis courts were flooded and opened as an ice rink yesterday. By 9:30 p.m. more than 125 skaters had tried the new rink as temperatures stayed below freezing and officials planned daily hours from 3 to 9 30 p.m.
Hamilton Special grand jury returns 68 indictments involving 61 defendants at the January term. Included are three second degree manslaughter counts for cases surrounding a fatal Middletown crash. Indictments name Robert Esber niston and other local defendants across Middletown and Lemon Township with charges ranging from embezzlement and burglary to sexual assault and weapons-related counts. The arraignment for defendants is set for Friday at 10 a.m. with the new prosecutor Robert L. Marts handling the case.
Supplies for the January 31 Mothers March for Polio were given to 15 ward captains. Record cards will track immunization dates during home visits. R A Dauber aided the distribution for the National Polio Foundation. Donations support both the national foundation and Middletown polio programs in schools.
Grand Lodge Trustee Hubert Wilson and Deputy Fred Johnson of the Knights of Pythias will speak Thursday evening. Lafayette Lodge 37 of Poe entertains Butler. The 8 pm meeting will precede the local meeting at 7:15 p.m. A social will follow both meetings to complete the night.
City Manager Charles W. Thompson will address the Order of Ahepa at a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting at the Nelva Center 9 S Canal St. Gus Lazares, president, said guests from Springfield and Dayton were invited. John Pankel will be meeting chairman.
A blaze caused by sparks from a boiler set fire to coal dust but caused no damage at the Armco East Works plant last night. Firemen from Companies 2 and 3 the ladder company and the emergency squad answered the alarm at 9 25 p m.
Armco Steel Corp ties the Iron Man safety trophy to Middletown Works for the third year. Safety Group I, including the Middletown blast furnace and coke plant, posted only two lost time accidents in 1956 over 3 million man hours. The bronze statue will be presented Jan 17 at the Manchester Hotel by Vice President J C H Murray to G D Tranter.
Prisoners at the Butler County jail will use white soap after green soap was found to help conceal sawed bars. Sheriff Paul A. Pell said inmates used the green soap to camouflage progress as they worked on jail bars while unobserved.
An 11 year old boy Kenneth Mahon son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Mahon of 107 Hendrick Rd was injured while sledding on a Creekview hill. The steering on his sled slipped and he struck a bush, suffering a broken right arm. He received treatment at Middletown Hospital and was released.
Police investigated a mystery after two Fenwick High School girls found a set of lower false teeth in the school yard and questioned a local woman who reported missing teeth last Saturday. The teeth were not hers.
A public zoning hearing is set for 7 30 p m tomorrow in the City Building regarding a 560 acre tract annexed to Middletown on May 25 1985. The area lies east of Breiel Boulevard and south of Manchester Road with several subdivisions and an WPFB radio station site among the parcels. Opposition from residents and a group of 60 petitioners accompanies the plan for B 1 neighborhood business zoning on the southeast corner of Marshall Road and E Central Avenue. Grand Central Shopping Center property is not included.
John Pantel was re elected president of the consul of the Sts. Constantine and Eleni Greek Orthodox Church. Secretary George N. Revelos was also re elected to a two year term along with other officers Gus Valen Pete Laras Crist Pap pas Crist Pallas Gus Christy Gus Mardas and Stan Tsakeris serving two year terms. Auditing committee members named were Paul Mathews Otis Tsekakis and Chris Hagias.
Oxford Special A week's drill and planning vanished as Miami University's Marching Band canceled plans to attend Governor C William O Neill's inauguration in Columbus. Four chartered buses were canceled and band members endured a Monday loss after Director A D Lekvold and band officers judged highways too treacherous at 6 30 a m for the Oxford departure.
Franklin police logged a single vehicle accident from yesterday on icy streets. Denzil Brewer of Ellenridge Drive lost control at the Anderson Street and 7th Street intersection, causing about $250 in damages to his car.
A loaded steel truck crashed into the northwest corner of a house at 4314 Tytus Ave causing about 1200 dollars in damage. Four occupants escaped injury as the living room was struck after the truck sideswiped two other Michigan Motor Freight vehicles nearby. Police noted three trailers were involved and one sign was knocked down.
Two break-ins reported to Midlothian police netted a small loot amount. Thieves entered Beckett Heating Co through a back door and stole a coin box from a soft drink machine. A church on Clayton and Plain streets was also broken into but nothing missing.
Three Middleton residents were injured in two separate crashes on local highways yesterday. Ronald Coldiron, 20, was treated for abrasions after his car overturned four times on Franklin Madison Road and left the center line. Marvin Blankenship Jr., 23, suffered head and arm injuries and was released after treatment. Willie Bankston, 44, faced no serious injuries and the car sustained heavy damage as it rolled over on Ohio 4. Coldiron was cited for driving left of center.
Airman Harry Morgan from Wright Patterson Air Force Base will describe Holland relief efforts after the 1953 floods. He served as a student volunteer during rehabilitation and will speak at Jefferson School PTA Thursday night.
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