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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1954
Page
2
The town's restaurants mostly keep coffee at five or ten cents as beans climb for home use. Managers argue a nickel cup draws customers, and few raise to 15 cents. Prices at retail may hit about 1.25 per pound by late February, which could push home per cup to around three cents.
In Middletown area last night about 500 women rang bells for the Mothers March for Polio raising 7443.35. The event covered Middletown Trenton Monroe and surrounding sections with progress over last year though short of polio goals. A single family donated 5 plus 2 from a retired husband and an egg delivery man. The Mid a aere Club booth at Central and Broad added 190.02 bringing to date 2938.42. Armco Employees Federation and MHS band activities continue this week at the drives.
A Miami University co-ed, Sheila Jones 19 of Lakewood Sherman-i erg, was in poor condition after a collision on U S 27 near a bridge south of Oxford. She suffered a skull fracture or concussion and facial cuts and was hospitalized. The driver was Jack Kafer 2, a junior from Som, treated for minor cuts and released. Passengers James Young 19 of 1609 Grand Ave and others were treated and discharged.
Six local life underwriters attended a sales caravan in Hamilton last night as the Middletown and Hamilton Association of Life Underwriters hosted four speakers from Columbus. Attendees included Clifford A. Geshart Edward W. Jones Glenn C. Lane Venus Maupin Grover Sebastian and Clifford A. Weiland.
The Jay-C-Ettes and the Jo-Ba-Lena Garden Club collected 521.53 during the Mothers March on Polio here last night. Twenty eight joined in the drive.
The Interdenominational Youth Rally at Middletown junior high and senior high sessions sets February 7 at United Presbyterian and United Brethren churches. Speakers include Rosalie Mattson, William B. Giles, missions in Africa, and prayer lessons with Rabbi Bennet and Rev. Schulz hosting. Participants also feature Sloan, McDaniels, Geckler, Giiden, Williams, Smith, Redding, Millen, Bobbitt, Campbell, Saunders, Aronoff, Reese, and Wiley.
Harry Helton resigns as acting city street superintendent after a municipal court conviction for driving while intoxicated on December 25. He tendered his resignation to the director of public services and is to be officially accepted by the City Commission. Marwood F. Rupp assumes duties temporarily.
Hamilton special report notes two armed bandits operating in the city within 72 hours. They previously took $88 Monday night at Elmer's Cafe. Earlier a service station at St. Clair and Pleasant avenues was robbed of $55 in cash and $45 in goods.
The Board of Education may delay adopting new textbooks until a curriculum study by Superintendent Earle R. Seidner is completed, possibly into the 1954 55 school year. He stressed textbooks must be right for the course, while replacements for worn books will continue and new copies may not appear in classrooms. The board also reviewed a non teaching staff job evaluation plan, considered a request from United Cerebral Palsy to use an area basement as a treatment center, approved salary adjustments for home instruction teachers and stage hands, and authorized three teachers to attend an Ohio conference at Ohio State University March 25 27.
Ten year old Billy Mallott son of Elmer Mallott of Middletown Rt 1 fell from a barn top yesterday and fractured his right wrist. He received treatment and was discharged from Middletown Hospital.
William H. Pater, vice president of the First National Bank and Trust Co., ends a half century of service today with retirement. He has been a key figure in local banking, guiding the institution through many eras of change.
United Cerebral Palsy of Butler County names Myron Swack as physical therapist and treatment director for palsied children. Swack, from Mansfield, previously led therapy at Harris County center in Houston. He will reside at 3204 Grand Ave Middletown and a local facility is sought. The group asks the Board of Education to consider using Young Street School basement for a treatment unit serving Hamilton and Middletown.
Etta Mai Bosch of 835 Lawn Ave Hamilton files a cross petition in Common Pleas Court against Jackson Bosch Butler County prosecutor alleging neglect and cruelty. She seeks alimony and asset restraint while Bosch had filed a divorce suit last week.
Butler County game warden Vern Bare traced a dark oily deposit along the Miami River from Butler into Montgomery County as thousands of fish died or gasped for oxygen near Cincinnati. Hamilton and Franklin were cleared, while Ohio officials pledged an immediate check.
Dr Harrick B Young, president of Western College for Women, spoke at the Y dinner on the YMCA’s vital global role. He linked Near and Far East issues to Soviet influence, praised the World Service Organization, and urged the audience to persevere in teaching truth. About 175 attended, with awards for long service and Hi Y honors given to two volunteers.
Paramount shows Jack Slade at 1:15 4:10 7:10 and 10:10 p.m. Veils of Bagdad at 2:40 5:45 and 8:45 p.m. Strand screens City Beneath the Sea at 1:45 5:00 and 8:20 p.m. Stand at Apache River at 3:25 6:40 and 9:55 p.m. Saturday City Beneath the Sea at 1:15 5:00 and 8:45 p.m. Stand at Apache River at 2:50 6:35 and 10:10 p.m.
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