Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Middletown Journal in Middletown, Ohio

We have 16,378,606 pages in Ohio

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1957

Page

3

Sheriff Declines Aid From Rangers in Butler County

Sheriff Paul Pell rejects civilian aid from the Butler County Rangers a 300 member group formed to supplement the sheriff and state patrol. Prosecutor Robert Marr says vigilance groups lack authority to arrest or regulate traffic without warrants and cites the Horse Theft Act. The Rangers meet monthly in New Miami wear uniforms and patches with no firearms authority beyond normal citizens.

Hamilton Paul Pell Rangers Butler County Butler County Rangers Herman J. Broxterman Broxterman Sheriff's Department State Highway Patrol Robert Marr Vigilance Corporation New Miami Improvement Assn

Standard Oil Files Charge In Strikes

Cleveland based Sohio charged the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union with unfair labor practices in a dispute over plant by plant bargaining. The company says the union seeks company wide agreements and violated federal labor law by demanding non negotiable contract changes.

Cleveland Standard Oil Co Ohio National Labor Relations Board Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Sohio NLRB

Rocket Fired In Study Of Sun's Flares

On San Nicolas Island California scientists fire the IGY 14 rocket program to study solar flares and ionospheric electrification. The first launch reached 75 miles, with data relayed from a nose detector as the Deacon and Nike booster stages separated and the spent rocket splashed into the Pacific.

San Nicolas Island Calif IGY Nike Navy Air Missile Test Center Point Mugu Los Angeles

Schoolboy Signed By Redlegs

Cincinnati signs 18 year old Claude Osteen who pitched Reading High School to the Ohio Class A title. He will wear the Redlegs uniform tomorrow night against Milwaukee at Crosley Field. Osteen posted a 16 0 record with a .441 batting average and 221 strikeouts in 103 innings. He threw a no hitter with 20 strikeouts in 21 batters faced and won two games in one day in regionals as Reading captured the Class A crown. He fills the roster vacancy after Warren Hacker was sold to Philadelphia.

Cincinnati Claude Osteen Reading High School Cincinnati Redlegs Osteen Redlegs Milwaukee Crosley Field Reading Columbus Redieg Warren Hacker Philadelphia

JP Clings To Money Faces Suit In May Court Action

Lucas County Prosecutor Harry Friberg plans to sue Justice of the Peace R. O. Stevens who refuses to turn over May court costs amounting to 1003 dollars. Stevens withholds the funds in protest of an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that ends fixed salaries for justices of the peace for the year. Similar funds in Mahoning Columbiana Belmont and Trumbull counties are held in escrow pending resolution.

Toledo Ohio Harry Friberg Justice of the Peace Lucas County R. 0. Stevens Ohio Supreme Court Justices of the Peace Supreme Court Mahoning Columbiana Belmont Trumbull Friiberg

First National Gets Award For Annual Report

First National Bank of Middletown receives the Merit Award of Financial World for the 1956 annual report to shareholders. The award, called the Oscar of Industry Award, recognizes distinguished achievement in annual reporting among 5,000 reports reviewed in 1957 for content typography and format.

First National Bank of Middletown Financial World American Investment and Business Magazine First National

No ham actor is Meggs O Day at Rutgers hen exhibit

A leghorn hen named Meggs O Day laid an egg daily for over 200 days at Rutgers University New Jersey. College officials rejected a bid to feature her in a television show.

Meggs O'Day Rutgers University New Jersey

Ten year old induced by mother to shoot father case

Brookhaven Miss Mrs Theresa Daisy 32 faces accessory before the fact murder charges in the death of her husband Alex Daisy 41. Prosecutor says she bought bullets for her 10 year old son Leo who fired the shot after she lured him to the act with the rifle. Leo is charged with murder and held with no bond. The shooting occurred at the Crystal Springs home last Wednesday night.

Brookhaven Miss Theresa Daisy Mike Carr Crystal Springs Alex Daisy Leo Daisy Carr Crysal Springs

Memorial Services for William Henry Anderson Held Today

The Hamilton IOOF Lodge to conduct memorial services for William Henry Anderson 79 of Lewisburg Rt 1 who died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital Day ton. Visitation 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m today. Services at 2 p m tomorrow at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Harley Brown officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery.

William Anderson Hamilton Ioof Lodge P. m McCoy-Leffler William Henry Anderson Lewisburg Rt. 1 Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton White IOOF Middletown Hamilton Harley ‘Brown Woodside Cemetery

Mrs. Maude Walls 79 of New Vienna dies

Mrs Maude Walls aged 79 of New Vienna died at Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington at 11 p m Sunday Her daughter Mrs Marie Fay Montgomery formerly of Middletown now of New Vienna is widow of Edmund C Fay cafe owner who died about five years ago Services will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Smith Funeral Home New Vienna with burial at Lees Creek Cemetery Friends may call today and tomorrow

Maude Walls New Vienna Marie Fay Montgomery Middletown

Funeral services for Lawrence White

Lawrence White 84 of 1413 Garfield St died yesterday morning after collapsing on Garfield Street. Funeral services will be held Sunday in Jefferson Ga. Body to be taken to the White residence after 6 p.m. Friends may visit. it will be shipped to Jefferson Thursday. White retired from McGraw Construction Co and lived in Middletown 14 years. Local arrangements by Bailey Funeral Home.

Lawrence ‘White Garfield St Middletown Hospital Garfield Street Jefferson, Ga

Charles F. Smith Services Planned at 10 A.M.

Charles F. Smith, 81, of 2040 Logan Street, is to be honored with funeral services at 10 a.m. at a local church. The arrangements were announced by his family and reflect a life devoted to community service.

Charles F. Smith Logan St

Notable Obituaries Across Cities Highlight Early Aviation and Journalism

Shreveport Journal president Doug Las Attaway 79 died yesterday after a long tenure since 1901. New York portrait painter DeWitt M. Lockman 86 founder of the National Association of Portrait Painters also died yesterday. Winchester England Maj Walter Gordon Wilson 83 credited by Britain for tank invention in WWI died Sunday. Feldberg Germany August Euler 88 aviation pioneer first German pilot's license in 1909 and Germany's first aircraft manufacturer died yesterday.

Shreveport Douglas Attaway Shreveport Journal New York DeWitt M. Lockman National Assn Winchester England Walter Gordon Wilson Feldberg Germany August Euler

Barge Traffic Soars On Ohio River Up 1956 Volumes

Cincinnati reports a record 76.66 million tons of barge cargo moved on the Ohio River in 1956, up nearly five million tons from 1955. Ton mileage hit 15.999 billion ton miles, versus 14.901 billion in 1955, Col. R. E. Smyser Jr. notes that the rise nearly doubles Ohio River commercial traffic in a decade.

Cincinnati Ohio River R. E. Smyser, Jr Army

Mexico Named After Aztec War God Mexitli

A historical note explains that the name Mexico derives from the Nahuatl term for the Aztec war god Mexitli, reflecting ancient religious and cultural influences.

Mexico

Also Mentioned on This Page

Adams Brown Clermont Clinton Warren Highland Lawrence Standard Oil Laates Vance Russell By Dick Bieser Logan Ave Middletown’s Ivory Soap Laundry Kathy Gabriel Long Beach Fairview Park Jean Frank Central Ave East End Morrow, Zettler Funeral Home Frank Fair Laurel Ave Cahill Funeral Home Ambrose Prentner Puthoff Webb Funeral Home Wilson Robinson N. 6Th St Griesmer-Grim Funeral Home Louis Rudolph Heinrich Hanover St Brown-Dawson Funeral Home Mrs. Maude Walls Lawrence White THE Associated Press Lepricons Ross’ Shoe Dept.—Main Flodr Ross’ Sportswear Dept Ross’ Coat Dept Jrs Ross H.P Robertson H. P Ross’ Power Mowers
Search Courier

Search the Middletown Journal Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Middletown Journal?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication