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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1958
Page
2
The Middletown council adopted a 17 page income tax ordinance after real estate levies failed. A city tax department will be created with a director appointed by the city manager and eight staffers planned. The move follows a call to tax options as the only remaining revenue path for 1958.
Ralph Trimble, 33, chosen Patrolman of the Year after a unanimous judge decision at the fourth annual Fraternal Order of Police Associates dinner in the Elks Temple. Trimble, a Middletown native with 12 years on the force, received a plaque and a $50 savings bond. He and his fellow officers were recognized for community service and duty. Trimble attends with his wife Allene and sons Paul and Don at 2802 Inland Dr.
City Manager Charles W. Thompson announced that free police escorts to private enterprises will end March 1. In 1957, 1,998 escorts to stores banks restaurants and other entities used about 115 man days. Escorts will be limited to public agencies and emergency cases to protect public safety.
Middletown High School senior Mike Aronoff son of Mr and Mrs Harry J Aronoff 901 Ellen Dr has received a personal invitation from Governor C William O Neill to attend a luncheon at the governor s mansion on Saturday Feb 8 The honor follows Aronoff s winning a safety essay contest held by the Moundbuilders Area Council Middletown and surrounding area and based on character and scout record He will address the Middletown Safety Council on Tuesday Feb 11 and the March 4 Regional Safety Council meeting The governor will be accompanied by William Statenroth president of the Middletown Scout Council
Local science teachers are invited to the Rose Room of the Manchester Hotel at 4:30 p.m. today for a premier showing of Bell System Science Film The Unchained Goddess. After the movie a dinner will be served at 6. The fourth film in a Bell System series explains weather and how wind clouds rain snow hail and lightning form and how scientists study and forecast weather.
Middletown High votes Friday on eight girls and six boys for All-America honors. Voters include Susan Clark Phyllis Cox Lynn Danner Libby Gould Rosalie Maffett Ruthie Mendenhall Mary Ann Morgan Judy Whitt Mike Aronoff Dennis Block David Danner Steve Geckeler Jerry Lucas and Tom Tenforde with results announced during Portsmouth Middletown game.
The fellowship cultivation program at the First Church of God begins tonight at 7 p.m. and runs through Sunday. Rev. R. Eugene Sterner of Anderson Ind will be guest speaker at all meetings with afternoon visitations and reports preceding Sunday's closing service.
A man entered the Mc Coy Oil Service station at 1st Avenue and S Clinton Street and took five ten dollar bills from the cash register. Eugene Hom, manager, chased the thief but he escaped. description noted as a 5 foot 9 inch, 150 pound Negro man in a gray tweed topcoat and dark hat. Police responded at 4 p.m. with Det. Harold Gray and others but made no arrest.
Hamilton special report says David Urmston of 4870 Princeton Place Liberty Township filed a nominating petition with the Butler County Board of Elections as a Democratic candidate for Butler County commissioner in the May 6 primary. He was an unsuccessful candidate for commissioner in 1954.
Chalmer Wheeler, 38, of Grand Avenue, was admitted to Middletown Hospital with forehead cuts and a knee injury after his eastbound car collided with a tractor-trailer driven by Donald Murphy at 6 05 p m near a trucking terminal. Damage was about 1200 to Wheeler’s 1954 auto and 10 to the truck.
Early today an auto left Ohio 122 west of Blue Ball, overturned, injuring driver Herbert Bell and passenger Mrs. Kathleen Lewis. Bell, 30, suffered leg abrasions and right shoulder contusions. Lewis, 19, leg abrasions and right shoulder contusions. Both treated at Middletown Hospital and dismissed. Patrol says Bell lost control on a slippery highway. accident at 2:17 a.m. remains under investigation.
A New York Central switch engine collided with Albert Roberts's car on 6th Street between Main and River in Franklin. The car suffered $150 damage but the motorist, 61, was not injured. The engine stopped after the impact and the incident occurred this morning.
Specific action on the city's urban renewal program was urged at a Mayor's Committee on Urban Renewal meeting at 4 p.m. today in the City Building. Thomas W. Baird, president of the Middletown Real Estate Board and committee member, said the realtor group seeks progress on improving blighted and substandard areas.
Middletown area mothers march for polio this evening while restaurants support with a coffee day tomorrow. School board members hear bids for a planned Amanda Junior High School likely in June.
The Roy Eugene Nickell Fund total rose to 2921.96 after major gifts from Arm co department workers a lodge and a Sunday School class plus several large personal checks. Donations slowed by mail as organizers paused to assess if funds suffice for the boy’s needs. The fund, overseen by the Lions Club and Middletown ACS chapter, drew support from Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton and even Fostoria. Three year old Roy Nickell of Amanda heads to New York City for a tumor specialist consultation regarding a tumor pressing on his right eye.
A health note promotes breathing through the nose to improve wellbeing and reduce risk by keeping the mouth closed.
Mr and Mrs Vivian Broughton hosted a birthday party recently in honor of Mrs Cleveland Smith. Guests included Mr and Mrs Cleveland Smith, Mr and Mrs Mae Watson, Mr and Mrs Bob Grimes, and Mr and Mrs Vivian Broughton.
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