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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1951
Page
2
The sustained cold front from Canada brings freezing rain and snow chill across the area. Ice fall injuries total 28 with elderly victims prominent as highways stay dangerous and schools prepare to resume while police report few traffic crashes.
Middletonians awoke to a 14 degree low, not zero as forecast, with 16 by 9 am and a high near 74 later. Snow or sleet was forecast for parts of Ohio, with milder rain expected Thursday as colder air moves south.
At the annual meeting held Tuesday the shareholders elected the 1951 board directors and reelected all officers. Named directors include R O Brosius George Brown D G Driscoll Carleton Eldridge E T Gardner R S Gruver C B Stiles H M Tullis Calvin Verity and others. Officers for 1951 were also reelected including Calvin Verity as president Carleton Eldridge as executive vice president R H Snyder J F Muligan E W Barker and Carl S Nicklas among the assistant cashiers.
Mrs Ella Kaylor of 436 South River Street reports her son Sgt Robert J Bunnell missing in action in Korea. He enlisted in 1940, served 34 months in World War II South Pacific, was discharged in 1945 and re enlisted in 1946. He has served with the 21st Infantry of the 24th Division in Japan and Korea since last August.
With snow still flying the city police department calls for ball players. A blotter note says a meeting at 3 p m on February 6 invites anyone interested in playing on the team next summer.
Paramount presents Walk Softly Stranger with showtimes 1 40 3 15 4 45 6 25 8 06 and 9 30 p m Wednesday and Thursday at the theater listing.
The Strand schedules Sultan's Daughter at 2:20, 4:40, 7 and 9:20 pm. Lure of the Island screens 1:15, 3:35, 5:55, 8:15 and 10:35 pm. Hamlet runs Wednesday and Thursday at 1:15, 3:50, 6:30 and 9:10 pm.
Hamilton special report states Cornelius Stewart, 32, a paper worker of 427 North Erie Highway, is in Mercy Hospital Hamilton in fair condition after his car skidded into a tree on Ohio 129 east of Hamilton. He suffered compound fractures in one leg and a simple fracture in the other, with the amputation of one toe and possible further surgery. Stewart was found in the wreck by a passing motorist. crash occurred around 8:20 p.m. after leaving home at 7:55 p.m. Deputy Fritz noted loss of control with skid on smooth road.
Springfield AP reporting that Dr Richard Comeau of Mercy Hospital, rushing to treat an emergency after slipping on ice, injured his back and returned to the hospital for treatment.
Walter H. Brown was unavailable for duty after injuring his knee and ribs while delivering mail on a frozen weekend. Postmaster Hilbert H. Martin urged residents to clear and salt sidewalks and steps and lightened mail loads to prevent more injuries.
Junior Achievement Companies will prepare inventories and profit and loss statements as the first half of the work year ends. Robert McDade executive director notes books will close before next week’s meetings and an audit by February 15 will review records.
The City Building introduces new lines to channel calls through select offices for faster handling. Deputy county treasurer Carl Wedekind notes the office now has a private line at 21672, still listed under the City of Middletown County Treasurer's office.
The body of Capt Don Gentile World War II ace killed in a jet trainer crash near Washington arrives in Columbus. An honor guard from Wright Patterson Air Force Base escorts him with friend Spiros Pissanos present. Gentile shot down 26 German planes in RAF and US service. burial planned in Columbus at St Joseph Cemetery with services at St John the Baptist Church.
City officials plan a wage study survey to consider raises for all city employees. An outside firm may conduct the survey for a flat fee after emergency funds were set aside totaling 47 500. The study, expected to take about 90 days, follows months of requests from fire and police.
Vital statistics record two births. Mr. and Mrs. William Begoon of Germantown Route 1 welcomed a boy yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Emery of 13 Bellemonte Street welcomed a boy yesterday.
On again off again moves over a gas station at Main St and First Ave prompt Orville Carson to say plans are active once more. E E Best of Indianap olis indicates approvals for curb cuts and government filings may follow after February 15, with a February 12 planning commission session set.
Frankie Baird aged 42 of 2409 Christel Ave awaits a hearing before the Butler County Grand Jury on Juvenile Court charges. He was arrested January 23 at the police station, not at his home garage as previously reported. Bond was set at 50 dollars when he appeared before Judge Oscar R. Leiser in Juvenile Court.
Clare L McWilliams is charged with attempted criminal assault. The case was continued for one week in Municipal Court at the request of the prosecutor as the 48 year old alleged victim remains in hospital. McWilliams was released on a $10 000 property bond. Police officers Trimble and Withrow filed the charges after responding to a call at the victim’s home.
Donald Scheibert 22 a mill clerk of Tren ton and Anna Blake 21 a clerk of Hamilton obtain a license. Dale E Butler 21 a student of Oxford Route 2 and Marjorie A Durbin 22 an office clerk. Robert K Purcell 24 a teacher and Helen Gwendolyn Wardwell 22 a student, both of Oxford, listed for licenses.
The item lists multiple households from Jewel Street Eugene Fowles Yankee Road Middletown Route North Clinton Street Young Street Mid dletown Route 1 South Avenue Jacoby Street Buena Avenue Pear Street and families such as Mr and Mrs William Sparks Mr and Mrs Frank Staples and others. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was founded in 1938 by Franklin D Roosevelt.
The passage notes how ancient Indian trails influenced modern transport through the eastern United States, highlighting their efficiency and lasting impact on current road and rail networks across the region.
In The Hospital Mrs. James Wray of Tytus Ave surgical. Jack Linzie of Franklin Route 1 medical. Mrs. William Dyehouse of Middletown Route 3 medical. Mrs. Robert Dennis of Fifteenth Ave surgical. William Moon of Grand Ave. Mrs. Robert Salter of Central Mrs. William McLean of Trenton Route 1 medical. Mrs. William Shera of Franklin James Hendricks III son of Mr and Mrs James Hendricks II medical. Walter Squier of Franklin medical. DISMISSED at Lawrence Booker of Hill Mes. Lamon Fleming of Eighth Ave. Walter Hackney of Veteran's Village. Barbara Addison daughter of
An old advertisement notes that over a million dollars yearly goes to remedies for piles. It promotes Peterson's Ointment as fast relief, available in 40c boxes or 70c tubes, with a money back guarantee.
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