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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1958
Page
2
A retrospective on Groundhog Day predictions and weather outcomes from Middletown. The piece notes how shadows, sun, and temperatures influenced spring arrivals from 1951 to 1956 and contrasts official forecasts with folklore.
Middletown Mayor's Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal asks City Commission to push ahead with a master plan for the area east of Yankee Road north of McCurry Avenue south of Calumet Street and west of the New York Central tracks. The group urges immediate action to secure federal aid and align plans with the All-America City Award, stressing land use study and traffic considerations including the Baltimore & Ohio spur removal and new arterial routes.
Robbers broke into the Calvin Verity residence at 218 Main St and took a 300 pound wall safe containing 11220 in jewelry. The haul included a diamond and sapphire bracket with 18 diamonds. Detectives note two suspects entered during dinner, left tire and shoe marks, and no loot has been recovered.
The Middletown Auto Show opens at the National Guard Armory on S Main Street. Sponsored by the Middletown Optimist Club and Middletown New Car Dealers Assn, with hours 4 to 10 30 p m Friday 1 to 10 30 p m Saturday and Sunday 6 to 10 30 p m Monday. Admission 35 cents adults 25 cents children. Prizes include mink scarfs and a mink stole valued at $1000. Proceeds go to youth activities. Special events feature a Mechanical Man and display of Ohio National Guard motorized equipment.
Thefts reported included rear wheels from Gus Mehl's car on Ellen Drive two wheels and tires from Bill Cornett's auto on Baltimore Street and a hubcap from Robert Spensel's car on Wayne Avenue. John Combs and Donald Porter recovered a stolen car. Lonnie Bailey Jr. was arrested on careless driving on Ohio 122. Glenn Edwards was arrested on Central Avenue for careless driving and resisting arrest and admitted to Middletown Hospital after head injuries.
Contributions to the Roy Eugene Nickell Fund totaled 3207.43 by midweek with 285.47 turning in yesterday afternoon. Roy Eugene Nickell, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Nickell of Amanda, will travel with his mother to New York for a Monday eye tumor examination at the Eye Institute.
Public sale of 2.50 tickets at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Manchester Hotel shows strong demand for the All-America City award banquet next Wednesday. Middletown will receive its certificate and flag at the Manchester Hotel ballroom with Look Magazine and the National Municipal League sponsors present. Dayton attorney Phil Ebeling will be the principal speaker.
A 13 month old child suffered facial burns from hot grease and was listed in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital. Johnny Keith, son of James Keith, was the patient. James Curry Jr., 18, from Grand Avenue, was admitted after a car crash thirty four miles north of Dayton. Fred Clark, 45, from Minnesota Street, was treated for skull and back injuries and released after X rays.
More than 200 mothers marched through rain and snow to raise 5908 for the polio drive. Organizers included Mrs Fenton Hall Butler County chairwoman and local co chairs Gene Goecke John Fitzgerald and Martin Thomas. Previous year total exceeded 7468 with gifts still arriving as Oxford and area drives expected. Proceeds fund national and local polio programs and the March of Dimes medical aid fund.
Ptl. Delman Whitt of the division of police was elected president of the Middletown City Employees Federal Credit Union at the annual meeting. He succeeds retiring president Louis A. Rossi. New officers include Capt Howard Gall vice president Janet Davis secretary Wilma Houser treasurer and directors Robert Holida Kenny Young and Charles Walters.
In Waurika Oklahoma Mary Snider could not start her car as a dozen onlookers offered advice. A garage mechanic failed to start it but a passerby suggested placing the gear in neutral and the engine kicked off.
Firemen from Companies 1 and 2 and the ladder company answered a 3:30 a.m. false alarm at Central Avenue and Canal Street.
Mrs. Howard Harville Franklin chair of the Mothers March on Polio said the porch light canvass last night raised 523 dollars. She noted the Phi Beta Psi sorority kettle campaign on downtown streets this week brought in 83 dollars and that Franklin schools would turn in their collections late today to conclude the 1958 polio drive.
City Manager John Heintz told the Franklin council he will seek approval to inspect overhaul test and replace water meters in the system. The plan uses existing staff and parts only and includes new spruce green uniforms for the three meter readers.
An 84 year old retired minister, Rev. John D. Nisewonder of Otterbein Home, faced charges for leaving the scene after a crash at S Verity Parkway and Yankee Road causing damage. He was released on own recognizance to appear in Municipal Court.
A collision yesterday morning in the 500 block of Gideon Road involved a parked truck owned by George Kuhn of 3800 Tytus Ave and a hit-skip vehicle. Damages were estimated at 75 dollars.
In Buenos Aires the Bank Workers Union orders 60,000 striking members back to work as the government studies demands for a $20 monthly raise to end a week of bank paralysis. The move ends a prolonged banking shutdown amid pressure from authorities.
Central School selects two All-America pupils a fourth grader and a sixth grader Jennie Byrd and Timmy Baker named from Woodlawn Ave and Curtis Ave names include a boy and a girl from Woodlawn Ave 1516 and Curtis Ave 122 as listed in the yearbook report.
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