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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1956
Page
2
Journal team scouts downtown finds snow shovels scarce in Middletown with few sleds available and tire chains hard to locate by size. Rubbers and galoshes appear in good supply while windshield scrapers abound in plastic colors, often free at filling stations. Local merchants note last big snow emptied stocks.
Middletown firefighters faced a wood form fire in the Miami River near German Town Road. A gas heater heated concrete caused the blaze. high winds and distant hydrants hindered hoses. A crane with a water-filled bucket doused the flames, saving the pier forms.
Middletown received a 13 month extension on its permit to dump sewage into the Great Miami River from the Ohio Department of Health. Acting City Manager Charles W. Thompson called the extension the longest on record and tied to progress in the 8 million dollar sewerage and treatment program. The extension requires starting the Lakeside relief sewer and Section B interceptor sewer and securing easements as plans proceed toward a spring 1957 treatment plant start. One more extension may be needed before the plant is in service.
Oxford special report states Miami University trustees authorize construction of a fine arts building costing 1,000,000 and a stores and service building of 400,000 funded by a 1,740,617 state appropriation. The plan includes an elevator for McGuffey Hall and campus improvements with more business school plans to follow after 1957.
Hamilton files a 1048.99 suit against minor Benjamin Ligon of 412 Curtis St for damages to a city fire truck after a Feb 13 1954 collision at Sycamore and 5th streets while the truck was responding to a fire with siren, bell and flashing lights operating.
A heavy safe containing 312 dollars in sash and 807 dollars in non negotiable checks and company records was stolen from Borden Co Ice Cream Division at 310 North Main Street in an overnight break in. Police report a prior break in at Borden Dairy at 10 Bellomonte Street with pried north door and ransacked drawers but no missing items. Detectives Barrett Combs Guynn Young and Frazier Fouts Bauer investigated records and lock and door tampering.
Middletown has been granted a charter in the 37th Division Veterans Association. Officers sworn in include E. H. Hobbs as president and E. N. Steinbrecher as vice president. National officers present included Frank Walker from Dayton and John McSweeney of Wooster. Next meeting is Feb 25 at the VFW Post.
A Navy guided missile crashed into an orange grove six miles south of Porterville California missing houses about 200 yards away on both sides. The non explosive warhead missile left a crater 20 feet wide and 12 feet deep with no injuries or property damage. It was launched from the Mojave Desert where Navy and Air Force bases test missiles.
Louis Rossi a municipal court probation officer will address the Middletown Chapter of Bnai Brith at the Meadows Restaurant Thursday night. A social hour at 6 30 p m precedes dinner and a regular business meeting will be held.
Two men Luther White Jr. and Darrell F Smith indicted for first degree murder in the death of Mary Ellen Barger face 30 day examinations at Lima State Hospital. If sane they return for trial. if insane they are to be confined.
Larry Osborne, fire chief of Aeronca Manufacturing Corp, leads a newly formed Middletown volunteer firemen club aimed at teaching fire prevention to wives children and residents. Officers include James Graham vice president John Young secretary Art Stultz treasurer with committees headed by William Lawson William Drake and Kenneth Gabbard. February projects focus on city children and a club name contest is planned.
Sue Wagers was re elected last night to the presidential post for Priscilla Crafters Junior Achievement company. Other officers chosen include Sharon Mason treasurer Deanna Shoupe secretary Joyce Morrison vice president and personnel manager Rebecca Yarber sales manager Phyllis McGaha personnel manager.
Paramount lists Tuesday screenings including Terror at 1 35 4 55 and 8 25 plus Second Greatest Sex at 3 05 6 30 9 50 and A Man Alone at 1 20 4 40 8 15. Strand features Far Horizons and Strategic Air Command with Desert Rats and Purple Mask on Wednesday. Colonial and Dixie offer Simba Two Gun Lady Master Plan Yellow Neck with multiple showings.
Eight city traffic mishaps yesterday caused damage totaling 2875 dollars and one minor injury while a motorist faced a court citation. The largest claim involved a three car collision at S.Main St and Lafayette Ave with 1300 dollars in damage.
Ground will be broken tomorrow for the first major building in downtown Cleveland in 25 years. The 22 story Iluminating Building will rise on Public Square at a cost of 17 million dollars.
Seventh and eighth graders from Holy Trinity will sing at a High Mass at 10 30 a m tomorrow at St Joseph Church in Hamilton The chant Mass is an annual event for Middletown and Hamilton area parochial schools according to Sister Alma Mary principal.
Lebanon school bus driver Everett Irons 40 earned praise for warning nine year old Elaine Weber as a high tension line fell across a metal mailbox. He used an ax to clear the road and prevented contact with the live line until a Cincinnati Gas and Electric crew arrived. The Weber parents expressed gratitude to authorities for recognizing the act.
Former Midway skaters return home with nine trophies from the Para gon Roller Skating Championships at Wooster Skateland. Now at Chautauqua Rink with instructor Sary Houck they earned top honors in free style, juvenile and junior divisions, with trophies to Andy Graham Ricky Houck Patty McCoy Dickey McCoy Sharon Wells Roby Buckingham Joy Sheley. A formal trophy presentation is planned for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Chautauqua Rink.
In 1955 First National Bank of Middletown posted deposits of 40.97 million, up from 34.39 million in 1954, the highest gain in its 90 year history. Loans rose to 18.71 million, stock increased by 4,000 shares, capital up 100 thousand, and surplus 60,200. Earnings were 6.02 per share, with 2.50 per share in dividends. The annual report also features a color cover of the new banking room and a Middletown industries section naming 33 local firms including Coolidge Corp. and Magnode Products Inc. Directory updates included reelection of directors and appointments among bank officers.
Richard Holder, convict in a mansion giver case last Friday, was dismissed from the Middle town Division of Fire. Acting City Manager Charles W. Thompson announced the dismissal letter was sent yesterday. Holder, now a prisoner in Mansfield Reformatory, had been suspended as firefighter on November 11, four days after his wife’s fatal shooting. He had been appointed firefighter late in the summer of 1984.
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