Improved Downtown Lights Costing $30,000 a Year
Middletown Chamber of Commerce discussed upgrading downtown street lighting in a luncheon. CG&E officials outlined two new lighting types mercury vapor and fluorescent, with annual costs around 27 800 to 30 000 dollars. Possible funding options included city tax assessments or property owner levies with a compromise plan to share costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Erle A. Hanson
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Middletown
J. Reed Hartman
Cg&e
Oakwood
Hartman
Central Avenue
Sutphin Street
Main
Manchester Avenue
1St Avenue
Canal Street
Verity Parkway
G&e
Ohio
William K. Robinson
Clark Ballard
Middletown Chamber
Roy L. Patterson
Three Small Fires Cause $100 In Damages
Three fires yesterday and today caused $100 in damage. A short circuit under a station wagon hood owned by Earl Flint at 3910 Princeton Ave near 1st Ave and S Broad St triggered a $75 blaze. A gasoline overflow near an oil shed at 1728 Woodlawn Ave caused another small fire. Firefighters from Companies 1 and 3 extinguished both. A third alarm at 709 17th Ave for lint and dust in a hot air register caused no damage.
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Earl Flint
Princeton Ave
1St Avenue
S. Broad Street
Woodlawn Ave
Eloise Bigby
17Th Ave
Man Fractured Thigh In Truck Crash In Middletown
Seven auto mishaps on wet city streets sent two Middletonians to Middletown Hospital for treatment. James Pohlman, 28, fractured right thigh and scalp lacera tion when a truck he rode in crashed near 1507 S Main St. Paul D. Isbell, 41, treated for back and shoulder pain after his southbound truck skidded into a tree. Estimated $800 damage to Goodyear truck. Clyde Robinson cited for following too closely after a three-vehicle crash at Central Ave and McKinley St. Gomin truck rear ended a parked car owned by Harry Hadley. Charles Greene Jr. arrested for failure to yield right of way after Crawford St and 1st Ave crash. Additional minor mishaps reported with under $150 damage each.
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Middletown Hospital
James Pohlman
Tytus Ave
S. Main St
Paul D. Isbell
Columbia Ave
Isbell
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Clyde Robinson
Park St
Central Avenue
McKinley Street
Staton
Forrest Gomin
McKinley
Robinson
Harry Hadley
Parkview Ave
Charles Greene Jr
Franklin Rt
Crawford Street
1St Avenue
Winess
Greene
Josephine Feltner
West Eee Rt. 1
Weather Record Notes Cold Snap and Forecast Improves
The report describes a morning temperature near one degree above zero with a -38 in the Adirondacks and minus 11 in Salem, Ohio. Vandalia forecasters expect a slight rise to 1 degree today and a fall to four tonight, with renewed light snow tonight and tomorrow.
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Mercury
Vandalia
Adirondacks
New York State
Salem
Ohio
Downtown traffic lights freeze in cold spree
Police described the zero weather as making traffic signals malfunction across downtown early today. Lights adopted their own timing as the one way system bogged down. repair crews labored but officers said many controls were frozen and the situation could improve only when weather thaws.
Workshop Idea Producing Better Teachers
Community Resources Workshop in Middletown last summer evaluated its impact on teaching. Local officials and industry representatives praised better classroom practice, democracy in lesson planning, and student project evaluation, with plans for 10 to 12 similar workshops nationwide in 1955 sponsored in part by the American Iron and Steel Institute.
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Manchester
Middletown
John D. Blackford
Miami University
The
University
Bertise. Capehart
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Dr. Capehart
Robert Miles
A. L. Ayers
American Iron and Steel Institute
Pueblo
Colo
Youngstown
Ohio
Iron and Steel Institute
Police Reports Note Missing Persons And Theft Incident
LeRoy Miller reports a spare tire stolen from his car. Two youths reported missing have been located. John Cundiff found in Florida and Gerald Lee Fleming located in Lexington, Kentucky. Sam Turner, 28, of 612 Moore Street, missing since Wednesday night, last seen wearing khaki pants and fatigue jacket. 5 feet 6 inches tall, 130 pounds, brown eyes, black hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cundiff
Florida
Gerald Lee Fleming
Lexington
Sam Turner
Moore St
Turner
Ducks Run High Temperatures Alarm in Waterfowl Health
Reports indicate many ducks show body temperatures exceeding 109 degrees Fahrenheit raising concerns for avian health. Vets note that such readings warrant further testing to rule out heat stress infections or environmental factors affecting core temperatures.
Mothers' March Polio Drive Totals $7597 So Far
Mothers marching for polio last night collected $7557 with additional reports pending. Organizers led by John Fitzgerald expect to reach the $8000 goal, noting that five workers have yet to report and two more reports are due. Delta Chi Sigma polio benefit dance follows at the Manchester Hotel with a queen crowned, table reservations open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fitzgerald
Fenton Hall
Lee Pohlable
Middletown
Wilbur Flo
Youth Faces Court for Delaying Appearance in Noise Charge
Judge Lamb scolds 18 year old Harold Amburgey for missing Traffic Court on an anti-noise violation. Amburgey, who reported late, was fined 50 dollars plus costs and ordered to prove payments to a probation chief. The note cites prior conviction for permitting an unlicensed motorist to operate a vehicle. In other actions, Donald Holder pleaded guilty to auto theft and was bound over to the Butler County Grand Jury on 5000 dollars bond after police traced the car from Park Street to Kentucky. Merrill Lewellyn received 30 days in jail for assault and battery with an additional 16 days for prior fines, with 30 days suspended on intoxication charges if he leaves Middletown after serving the current sentence. Charges against Richard Smith and Herman Wenzel were dismissed after they met probation terms.
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J. T. Lamb
Harold Amburgey
Vannest Ave
Lamb
Amburgey
Donald R. Holder
Waneta
Butler County Grand Jury
Holder
Willard G. Wilson
Middetown
Kentucky
Ohio
Merrill Lewellyn
Central Ave
Butler County
Jai
Lewellyn
Middletown
Richard Smith
1St Ave
Herman G. Wenzel
Yankee Rd
Three Middletown youths nabbed for Jan break-in
Three 15-year-old Middletown area boys admitted a January 15 break-in at Ortman Stewart Transportation Co. bus barns, stealing cash and loot worth 613 dollars. They confessed to stealing a car valued at 75 dollars, leaving Middletown January 16, and traveling to Georgia, Florida, Chicago, and Hillsdale before being captured January 22. They spent 243 dollars in cash and discarded 90 dollars in loot and 280 bus tickets. They attempted to run over a deputy with the truck near capture. A relative returned them to Middletown.
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Middletown Area
Morrison
Ill
Ortman-Stewart Transportation Co
Kenneth Thornton
Park St
Leff Middletown
Tifton
St. Augustine
Fla
Chicago
Hillsdale
Herbert Frazier
Frazier
Ralph Bauer
Georgia
Middletown
Rossman Named Leader in Cincinnati Insurance Agency
Richard Rossman of Franklin representing Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. was named 1954 leader and man of the year in the Cincinnati agency district. He achieved three consecutive months of spotlight production, leading district underwriters in volume and finishing the year atop the standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rossman
Franklin
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
Cincinnati
Rossman
Weather Cancels Early Service at First Evangelical Unit
The Rev E H Hammon reports that due to bad weather the 8:15 a m Sunday worship is canceled. A special youth program will be presented at the 10:30 a m worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Hammon
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
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ED Edmiston
RADIO
WPFB
the Meadowlawn Church
Smith Ave
John J. Williams
Henry Simpson
Baltimore St
Wilbur Egelston
15Th Ave
Yankee Road
Lafayette Avenue
Ruth Cretors
Barbara Buchanan
Trenton Rt
James F. Hinkle
Armco
Donald
Central Church of Christ
First Ave
Bible School
Jesus
Expression
God
Istory
Flight
LeRoy Miller
Solh
Albert Pick
Leonard Wicks
Ming
William Burns
Louis Rossi
EUB
General Insurance Agency
Trucks Farms Motors
John and
Emrie Dobrozsi
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