Lockland Man Dies As Car Rams Pole
Fred Cheek a 21 year old resident of Lockland died instantly when the car he was riding in skidded off a curve on U S 25 near West Chester and struck a utility pole. Archie G Weiner 18 of Sharonville drove the car. Ralph Hamilton 17 of Beacon Ohio was injured. Weiner and Hamilton were hospitalized in fair condition with chest injuries possible skull fracture and shock. The crash occurred 25 yards from a previous fatal wreck and marks the third traffic death in Butler County that year. Residents pulled the victims from the flames and Mason fire department doused the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cheek
Lockland
U. S. 25
West Chester
Sheriff's Deputies
Cherk
Butler
Archie G. Weiner
Sharonville
Pole
Ralph Hamilton
Beacon
Ohio
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Weiner
Mason Fire Department
Cheek
Shotgun Blast Kills Six Year Old Girl
Evelyn Jane Mills six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Mills died at home near Boatclub off Reigart Road when a shotgun fell from a closet while her brother Leroy 12 ran through the kitchen. The 16 gauge gun struck her neck jaw and mouth. Evelyn was a Fairfield Township School first grader and attended Oneida Church of God Sunday School. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Sebeery Love of Corbin also present. Funeral services set for 7 30 pm at Griesmer Grim Funeral Home with Rev Herbert Allen officiating. Burial at Oaks Cemetery Corbin Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Evelyn Jane Mills
William Mills
Reigart Road
Leroy
al Mahatha
Garret J. Boone
Sternal
Sebeery Love
Corbin
Griesmer - Grim Funeral Home
Herbert Allen
Oneida Church of God
Oaks Cemetery
Surviving Relatives Named in Corbin Ky Notice
Surviving besides her parents are three brothers Willie C Ray and Larry William, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs William Mills of Corbin Ky, and her ma
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy
Willie C
Ray
Larry William
William Mills
Corbin, Ky
Missing Husband Back From Trip Reported Safe
Joseph C. Ingram, 38, of West Middletown, reported missing for two weeks, returned home early yesterday apparently none the worse for his experience. His wife said he had been out west and appeared to have blacked out. Last seen in a Newport cafe on January 7. His mother said he withdrew $1000 from his savings before he left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Ingram
West Middletown
Taft To Hear Of School Finances
An open discussion on The Financial Condition of Middletown Schools will be conducted by the Taft School Assn at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the school auditorium. John Owen will be moderator with panelists Robert S. Gruver of the Board of Education D. E. Reichelderfer chairing the Middletown and Lemon Township study and Butler serving as clerk of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Taft School Assn
John Owen
Robert S. Gruver
Board of Education
D. E. Reichelderfer
Lemon Township
Butler
Uninvited Guest Detected In Thomp son Home
Mr and Mrs Clarence Thomp son of Washington Jackson Township Road found a prowler in a downstairs closet after church. The intruder fled but a posse led by Sheriff Floyd Spitier tracked him to railroad tracks searching for Jennings Bay 36 of Lancaster Ky. He is held pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Clarence Thompson
Washington - Jackson Township
Floyd Spitier
Robbery Suspect Confesses After Crash in Hamilton
The injured suspect Robert Pearl Settle Jr. admitted to the robbery after a Sunday crash at C and Franklin, claiming a woman named Iona McNally lured Orville Anderson into an alley where he beat and robbed him. Settle, 29, also said he kept a ring and $40 from the theft, paid the woman $18, and discarded the ring. He suffered rib fractures at Mercy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Miamisburg
Mercy Hospital
Robert Pearl Settle Jr
Timberman Ave
C and
Franklin Sts
Settle
Wilma Williams
S. C St
Orville Anderson
S. Main St
Iona McNally
Anderson
Steele
Servicemen News Highlights Local Army Families
Pvt William E Hart son of Frank G Hart joins 25th Infantry Division in Korea as it conducts post truce training. Lt Col James O Hara receives Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for aiding and supporting forces in Korea. Kenneth Kellis Jr fireman sails aboard USS Newport News for five month Mediterranean cruise with Sixth Fleet. Corporal Carlos Stamper promoted in Korea with 2nd Infantry Division Indianhead unit, holder of CIB and Korean Service Ribbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Hart
Frank G. Hart
Franklin Rt. 2
25Th Infantry Division
Koroea
25Th
Pvt
Hart
Army
Campbett
James O'Hara
Elinore
Park Ave
Franklin
Republic of Korea
Kenneth E. Kellis Jr
Kenneth E. Kellis
USS
Newport News
Norfolk
Mediterranean Sea
Midway
Res
Carlos Stamper
Vivian
E. Silver St
Lebanon
Korea
Heartbreak Ridge
Old Baldy
Cpl. Stamper
Larkin Stamper
Vada
9Th Regiment
Rites For Jerome Inwood Tuesday
Jerome Inwood's final rites are set for Tuesday with private interment at Woodsides Cemetery and a public memorial service at First Methodist Church. The Middletown Hospital Community Guild and Cancer Fund memorials are requested in lieu of flowers, with pallbearers named from medical and civic circles. He was born in 1918 in Rockford and led Office Outfitters Inc before a wartime service and leadership roles in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Louis R. Walter
Sidney C. McCammon
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
John I
First Baptist Church
Community Guild of Middletown Hospital
Cancer Fund
Riggs
John L. Bauer
Edward Blair
Cleveland
Ray W. Brown
Charles Buchert
William Crawford
Maj
Clyde Davis
Santa Ana
Calif
Paul Day
John C. Dillon
Allan Fanning
David Gerber
Robert Holly
Robert Q. Millan
Robert Orwick
Dalton
Ohio
John Perkins
Richard L. Sisgel
Jack Siegfried
Richard Wilmer
Jerome Inwood
Rockford, N
J. N. Inwood
Shafer St
Middletown
Lincoln School
Roosevelt Junior High
Middletown High School
MHS
Ohio University At
Athens
Office Outfitters, Inc
St. Jerome
Australia
New Guinea
Philippines
Japan
Jerome
Industrial Coun
Two Youthful Horse Thieves Are Captured
Two boys aged 10 and 12 ended a year long crime spree by crawling through a basement window at Schlosser Metal Co and surrendering to police. They confessed to more than a dozen thefts including a horse owned by Binks Bargainan on Dixie Highway, looting an airplane cockpit, break ins at Pilgrim Baptist Church A and W Root Beer Stand Butler News Agency a Mercy Hospital robbery and various auto burglaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Schlosser Metal Co
Binks Bargainan
Dixie Highway
Pilgrim Baptist Church
A & W Root Beer
Butler News Agency
Mercy Hospital
False Alarm Calls Out 15 Policemen
Baltimore police rushed a bar after a report that three armed men held up the place. Fifteen officers stormed the front and back doors, then regrouped to learn the alert was a false alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Queen Juliana Thanks Eisenhower for Flood Aid
Washington cables Queen Juliana of the Netherlands expresses heartfelt thanks for American help after February floods. She notes the last gap in dykes has been closed and acknowledges the relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Juliana
The
Netherlands
Eisenhower
Starting Date Set for Turnpike Extension Work
Harrisburg Gov John D Fine of Pennsylvania seeks actual construction on the northeastern extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike to begin by the end of February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Two Pedestrians Injured In Hit and Run. One Driver Cited
Police investigated five auto incidents over the weekend in Middletown. Mrs Cattie Clemons, 61, was struck on Central Ave and N Clinton St at 7 15 PM yesterday by a car driven by William M McFarland Jr who fled after stopping to yield to a pedestrian and was cited for failure to yield. Clemons treated and released. William Lockard, 74, was hit on Yankee Rd and Curtis St at 6 45 PM yesterday by Pearl McIntosh and admitted for observation with forehead lacerations. Melvin E Cottmeyer, 49, was arrested for drunken driving after rear ending Sam Cornett at Tytus Ave and Verity Pkwy and fleeing. Cornett’s car $25 damage. A parked car owned by Frank Wilson Jr was damaged by S C Lewis in the 1800 block of Central Ave. No injuries. Walter Reese backed into a vehicle in Middletown Hospital lot. no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletonian
Central Avenue
N. Clinton Street
Cattie Clemons
Hill Ave
Middletown Hospital
William M. McFarland Jr
Waynesville
Central
William Lockard
Yankee Rd
Yankee Road
Curtis Street
Pearl McIntosh
West Middletown
Nue
Verity Parkway
Sam Cornett
Farmersville
Cottmeyer
Cornett Auto
Cornett
Frank Wilson, Jr
Germantown
Walter Reese
el Paso Ave
Fox Drive Nets 2 At Ridgeville
Ralph Johnson of the Warren County Bears Club reported two foxes were netted by a fox drive near Ridgeville on Saturday. Several drives are planned next Saturday at 9 a.m. Ernest Arnold of Lebanon Route 2 contributed a fox, with proceeds benefiting Ridgeville Church. Johnson said more foxes are promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville
Ralph Johnson
Warren County Bears Club
Ohnson
Ernest Arnold
Lebanon Rt. 2
Johnson
Deserters Swap Sides From Chinese Nationalist Forces
RANGOON Burma reports say 400 Chinese Nationalist guerrillas along the China Burma border near Kengtung deserted to the Red forces. The deserters include the 279th Regiment of the 93rd Division and the 481st Regiment of the 1611th Division. Commanders Colonels Yu Min and Su reportedly led the switch to Peiping's forces in Yunnan province earlier this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burma
China-Burma
Kengtung
Yu Min
Peiping
Yunnan
Minor Damage From Iron Fire At Bessie Gray Home
An overheated electric iron plugged in by children at Mrs. Bessie Gray’s home on 701 19th Ave caused a small blaze with $35 in damage. Fire crews also responded to James Kemp’s auto at 1206 Young St, with $5 damage due to the emergency brake, and James Whaley’s 1412 Young St home where a stopped-up flue caused no damage after the firemen intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Gray
19Th Ave
James Kemp
Young St
James Whaley
Kemp
Whaley
Police Briefs Reported Arrests and a Bar Incident
Police arrested Edward Gory, 27, of 1508 Heffner Street on intoxication and carrying a concealed weapon at his home. He faced an open knife. Phillip Barker, 44, of 4214 Grand Avenue, was taken on a bench warrant and jailed for fine repayment on an intoxication charge. Juanita Thomas, Dayton, was found with a cut lip after a bar dispute with a waitress involved with a married man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gregory
Heffner St
Phillip Barker
Grand Ave
Butler County
Juanita Thomas
Dayton
W. Central Avenue
Youths nabbed in church cloakroom thefts and auto joyrides
Three youths aged 15, 14 and 12 were arrested after solving a church cloakroom theft at First Methodist Church on S Broad and 2nd Ave. They admitted stealing gloves and sunglasses from a car owned by Paul Gribbons and operating four cars, abandoning each when gas ran low. Hydrocortisone vials were also stolen from Dick Lewis’s coat and discarded in a fish pond. The boys will be referred to juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
John Fitzgerald
First Methodist Church
S. Broad Street
2Nd Avenue
Fitzgerald
Dick Lewis
The
Lewis Drug Co
Gladys Shepherd
West Middletown Rt. 2
Charles Richardson
Franklin Rt. 1
Ae Buick Co
N. Main Street
Don
Shepherd
Richardson
Jake Seibold
Pair Injured When Vehicle Misses Curve
Two Middletown men were injured when the car failed to negotiate a sharp curve on Jefferson Road just east of Middletown and overturned at 4 am yesterday. Driver Eugene Sta ley, 29, fractured left wrist and suffered severe cuts to chin and lip. passenger Dale Fordyce, 22, of Yankee Road, had a small nose laceration. They were taken to Middletown Hospital by Riggs ambulance. Vehicle suffered extensive damage. Deputy Frank South led the investigation with Sgt. Harold Gray and Patrolman Jack Combs assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Jefferson Road
Frank South
Eugene Jack Staley
Mary Etta St
Dale Fordyce
Yankee Rd
Staley
Fordyce
Middletown Hospital
Riggs
South
Harold Gray
Jack Combs
Four Servicemen Slated To Arrive
A Middletown soldier and an other from Lebanon were due in Seattle today aboard the Gen. Simon B. Buckner carrying 1,633 passengers from the Far East. They are Sgt. Richard E. Kinder, 603 Charles St., Middletown, and Pfc. James V. Bunnell, Lebanon. Two Hamilton Marines are expected to return to San Francisco tomorrow aboard the transport Gen. W. H. Gordon. They are Cpl. Louis R. Duemer, 1357 East Ave., and Cpl. Robert L. Durbin, 6th and High St., both of Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Lebanon
Seattle
Simon B. Buckner
Far East
Richard E. Kinder
Charles St
James V. Bunnell
Hamilton
San Francisco
W. H. Gordon
Cpl
Louis R. Duemer
East Ave
Robert L. Durbin
6Th
High St
Incorrect Age Listed For Local Accident Victim
The Journal mislisted the age of 21 year old Rose Tomilson of 119 Baltimore Street in an auto accident account. The report stated she was 26, which is incorrect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Tomilson
Baltimore St
Check-Passer Confesses to Forged Checks in Lebanon Case
Robert Eugene Warren of Dayton pled guilty to cashing more than $1,000 in forged checks during a Midwestern tour through Middletown Hamilton Lebanon and Springfield. He admitted stealing a check writing machine and 50 checks in a Warren County Welding Co burglary on December 31 and cashed multiple checks at bars hotels and shops in several cities before being arrested in Hamilton. He is held on $5,000 bond and bound over to the grand jury on burglary night theft and fraudulent checks charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Robert Eugene Warren
S. Dixie Dr
Dayton
Middletown
Hamilton
Springfield
Warren
Horseshoe Bar
William Fraser
Warren County Welding Co
Sohio
Renner’s Cafe
Stones Grill
150 Club
Morris Loan Office
Erle Wein
Walter Stephens Jr
James Welch
Phil Baker
Montgomery County
Cheerful Letters Urged for Servicemen Overseas
Dallas Methodist Bishop William C. Martin urged upbeat correspondence for soldiers abroad at First Methodist Church. Martin, president of the National Council of Churches, highlighted mail call as a soldier’s daily big event and urged letters that uplift rather than distress or waste time. He had just returned from a visit to Korea and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
William C. Martin
First Methodist Church
Martin
National Council of Churches
Korea
Japan
Warns Of Attempt To Kidnap POWs
The Central Daily News in Formosa urged the U N Command in Korea to beware of any Communist attempt to kidnap unrepatriated war prisoners. It warned such an act would be a renewal of hostilities and would trigger retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
China
Central Daily News Today
U. N
Korea
UNC
Middletown 32 Club Plans Dinner at Masonic Temple
The annual election and mid winter dinner of the Middletown 32 Club, Scottish Rite Masons, is set for 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Masonic Temple. The event invites members for fellowship and the club’s year’s plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown 32 Club
Masonic Temple
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Lockland Man
Taft
Chuck Roast
Wieners
Dillman’s
DIAL
Pres. Syngman Rhee
Col. O'Hara
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
W. H. Cowles
Reservoir Rd
N.W
Washington, DC
Mediterranean
France
Italy
Spain
Greece
Turkey
Africa
Jerry
Middletown Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Florida
Jerry Inwood
Woodside Cemetery
Cil
Stewards
American Legion Post 218
Barbara Hawkes
Jeffrey Jerome
Jennifer
Jon
Dudley
Office Outfitters
Shell
ICE & Coal CO
Curtis ST
Melvin E. Cottmeyer
Wilbraham Rd
Tytus Ave
Fox Drive
Nets
Chiang
Paul Gribbons
Monroe St
Saintone Dry Cleaning
Masons
First National
Stanback
Teeey
Avorovis Thewece
Erle Hanson
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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