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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1952
Page
2
A Middletown grocery operator Archie Owens reports a morning robbery at the Max Rader store. A man with his hand in his pocket demanded cash, ripped the money from the billfold, and fled on foot. Police searched the area but made no immediate arrests.
Lawrence Glenn 28 of Franklin was reported in good condition at Middletown Hospital after a car crash into a pole in Carlisle Saturday. He suffered head and shoulder injuries and multiple cuts and abrasions.
H. W. Starick city manager was released from Middletown hospital yesterday and taken to his home on Hampton Drive. He had been ill since the holidays with a severe cold that developed into pneumonia.
Paramount screens Westward The Women at 1 55 3 55 5 50 7 45 and 9 40 pm Monday and Tuesday. Strand presents Flight To Mars at 1 15 4 00 6 35 and 9 10 pm plus Unknown World at 2 30 5 15 7 50 and 10 25 pm.
Snow flurries may reach Southwestern Ohio tonight with temperatures in the mid to upper 20s. Winds pick up tomorrow with 8 a.m. readings around 25 at Armeco and a noon high near 32. Sunday saw a high of 38 and a night low around 26 as colder air returned.
Police reported three separate weekend altercations with unknown assailants. Ray Elam, 25, was injured at Clayton's Grill and treated for jaw fracture and dental loss. two others were cut in a Lunsford Cafe fight. Lankford and Chandler sustained shoulder and thumb wounds. condition of Elam listed as good.
Three fire companies were sent to Capper Furniture Company at 33 North Main Street at 8 20 a m when an employee found the showroom full of smoke. No fire was found after a half hour of searching as smoke was vented by a smoke ejector. Fire Chief William Fishbaugh Assistant Chief Robert Lukens and Fire Inspector Howard Gall led the search.
Vital statistics record several births with parents and addresses. The list notes girls born to Mr. and Mrs. James Carson, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Reffitt, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blevins, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roe, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rhodus, plus boys born to Mr. and Mrs. William Long and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tewart, all on specified days.
Marriage licenses issued include Joseph Willis Brockman 20 Air Force enlistee and Geraldine Rose 17 of Hamilton. Wilke C. McCoy 20 laborer and Kathleen Young 20 of Middletown. Robert W. Schalk 24 and Ruth M. Roseler 24 of Hamilton. Billie Lee Widmeyer 20 farmer and Juanita Powers 21 of Hamilton route 7. George A. Gill 23 Huntington Ind and Elizabeth Ann Baker 2 of Hamilton. Paul V. Federle 29 and Alla Madden 26 both of Hamilton.
The hospital lists patients including Bobby Mayweather son of Mr and Mrs Irving Mayweather of Ninth Ave medical care. Mrs Norman Lambert of Florence St scheduled for medical treatment. Mrs William Bailey of Manchester Ave listed for surgical care. Marcia Chenoweth daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester Chenoweth of Oxford St undergoing surgical. Sam Runnells of Andrews St receiving medical care. Danny Williamson son of Mr and Mrs Harold Williamson of South Main St undergoing medical. Mrs Robert Mullins of Frank...
Sam McAdow, commander of American Legion Post 218, was in fair condition a day after suffering a heart attack in Cincinnati. He was at a Fourth District winter conference in Norwood when he felt dizzy and left Middletown for hospital care, arriving by ambulance and admitted at 2 p.m. He works as a right of way negotiator for the State Highway Department.
Elizabeth Ann Morris of West Middletown filed in Common Pleas Court for 11000 against Equitable Life Assurance Armco Steel Corporation and Pearl Morris widow of Gordon Morris who died in a traffic crash on Howe Road January 8. She seeks double the policy face value under a double liability clause and contends Gordon Morris's mother Pearl Morris was named as beneficiary.
A lengthy hospital roll shows many patients from Franklin Middletown and surrounding towns listed as surgical or medical cases. Names include Jess Short Donna Richardson Simon Brooks and Elam with patients dispersed across multiple streets and routes. Several entries note out of town or dismissed statuses and numerous family relations are provided.
Eaton voters in the exempted village district go to the polls in a special election to approve a 295000 bond to finish a high school improvement program. The district already has 327000 from prior bonds and plans a new gymnasium and shop as the current facilities are moved from a grade school slated for demolition.
Eighteen companies of Middletown Junior Achievement Inc will receive charters this week from the national headquarters. Charters will be presented to groups now on temporary charters by Robert J. McDade executive director of Middletown Junior Achievement. Regular business practices must be completed before a company can operate.
Members of the Senior Planning Board of the Middletown Council of Girl Scouts will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Girl Scout club rooms in the Civic Association for a study of textile painting. The session, led by Mrs. Sam Ingwersen and advised by Mrs. Carl Minch, will train the group to help Intermediate and Brownie troop leaders teach the craft.
A ton of coal was stolen from a shed at Ogla Lovett’s Walnut Street home leading detectives to seek a man with calloused hands. In a separate incident Mildred Branch reported clothing a briefcase and other valuables worth 137 dollars stolen from her car.
Warren County officials investigate a second body of a premature baby found in a cardboard carton on a country road near Lebanon. Deputy Satterthwaite and Cincinnati detectives review an address on the box while Coroner H. M. Williams notes the infant was sufficiently developed to possibly live with care and was born near the discovery site.
Shartle Brothers announces a three percent wage increase averaging five cents an hour for 460 employees across plant, shop, and office. The raise, effective after January 15, follows a Bureau of Labor Statistics index and is the first since 1951. The plan bases hikes on a 1 percent rise per 1.71 index points, with quarterly reviews of living costs.
Gerald D. Cole, 22, of Morristown Pennsylvania, faces driving while drunk charges after his car struck the rear of Earl C. Brown’s vehicle at the East Ave Hanover St intersection in Hamilton A. A two year old boy, Kenneth Brown, suffered a cheek cut when thrown against the windshield. Brown’s car was stopped for a traffic light.
A village attorney in New Miami, Martin A. Coyle, was ousted after three weeks in office by a 42 vote of the council. Lester W. Koehler of Hamilton was named to replace him amid complaints that Coyle sent an associate to handle work instead of doing it himself.
Charles Harmeyer of Hamilton was elected president of the Butler County branch of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children at the annual luncheon at the Anthony Wayne Hotel. Others elected were Frederick Burk, vice president. Sheldon Burns, treasurer. and Miss Mary Hopkins, secretary. Major Norman Imrie of Columbus was guest speaker. Walter B. Underwood spoke on the society's history and work. About 10 members and guests attended. Burk and Fred Black were named chairmen of the Hamilton and Middletown Easter Seal campaigns.
Lebanon A 23 year old man, Robert McGill, was arrested Sunday while trying to enter the Negro Elks Lodge. He confessed to 10 larcenies at sites including Lebanon Grade School and local businesses, with losses ranging from 36 cents to 8.50. He had been released on parole from Mansfield Reformatory last October and was held to the Warren County Grand Jury after a hearing.
A car stolen from Franklin at 12 30 a m was recovered two hours later on the Franklin Trenton Road. State patrolmen reported the vehicle crashed into a utility pole with extensive damage to the right side. The owner is Robert Franklin.
The Rev. Truman Kenworthy, 88, longtime pastor in Eastern Indiana Friends churches, died Sunday after a long illness. He served before retirement in the Richmond area and remained a notable figure in the Quaker community.
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