Church Plans $245000 Addition At Ascension Church
Church of the Ascension on McGee Avenue and McKnight Drive plans a $245,000 addition with remodeling to expand facilities for 460 members. Construction mid next year will add wings, a children's chapel, nursery, classrooms, a scouting center, a choir space, a dining social room and upgraded offices to relieve overcrowding and support youth programs.
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Church of the Ascension
McGee Avenue
McKnight Drive
D. G. Driscoll
Building Fund Committee
Driscoll
Scouting
Episcopal
David Briggs Maxfield
Radio Taken From Table In Home Here
A portable radio valued at 29.95 was taken from Ed Gehm’s apartment at 1634 Central Ave after an unlocked door entry. Additional losses include 320 dollars in money and checks reported by Mrs. Walter Miner of 1635 Baltimore St, with 60 dollar and other checks in a hose bag, around 11 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Gehm
Central Ave
Ralph Bauer
Walter Miner
Baltimore St
Miner
John Ryan
McGraw Construction Company
Unlucky Cab Driver Has Third Tangle
Forrest Gomia a 29 year old taxi driver of 1137 Lafayette Ave backed into a light pole at 1120 p.m. Saturday and at 625 p.m. Sunday his car collided with a vehicle driven by R W Blevins 38 of 1900 Arlington Ave. Police estimated 40 dollars damage. Gomia said he tried to avoid the crash. Mrs Rita Mandzak 35 of 2220 Yankee Rd suffered rear damage when an Oxford Bus Lines bus struck her car at a traffic light. The bus sustained no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest G. Gomia
Lafayette Ave
Gomia
Taki
R. W. Blevins
Arlington Ave
Panama Street
Rita Mandzak
Yankee Rd
Oxford Bus Lines
Art Saylor
Scout Council Meets In Mound Builders Area
The executive board of the Mound Builders Area Boy Scout Council will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the council office. President C B Stiles will preside. Routine business is expected to be transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound Builders Area Boy Scout Council
C. B. Stiles
Columbia Crest Named Peak at Mount Rainier
Columbia Crest long thought to be the United States highest point on Mount Rainier was designated during a period of reverence for the mountain. The naming reflected then prevailing beliefs about peak heights and regional significance.
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Columbia Crest
Mount Rainier
United States
Farewell for Starick Arrives From Middleton Tonight
About 125 Middletonians are expected at a farewell party in the Manchester Hotel cafeteria for City Manager H. W. Starick who leaves tomorrow to become city manager of Dayton. N. J. Lawler will pay tribute, Earl Grant will present, and a dinner at 7 p.m. follows cocktails at 6 p.m. Invitations went to various organizations and dinner committeemen are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Starick
Dayton
Manchester
N. J. Lawler
Earl Grant
Crystal Tissue Company
Hugh Wright
R. L. Siegel
Francis Carmody
Grant
John Aull, Jr
A. C. Neff
James H. Martindale
Roy L. Patterson
Farm Substation May Be Set Up In Brown County
The Ohio Senate approved a $125 000 allotment to finance a new agricultural substation. If approved by the House, the facility likely would be in Brown County and focus on experiments with tobacco and swine. Senator Edward H. Dell proposed the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
Ohio
State Senate
Edward H. Dell
Middletown
House
Dell
Police Briefs Reported Arrests Involving Rickels And Hill
Clyde Rickels, 50, of 768 William Ave, Hamilton, charged with operating a car while intoxicated. another companion arrested on intoxication charge in the 100 block of Garfield Street. Forgery charges filed against Alena Hill, 20, for forging a National Cash Register check for 54.93. Two seven and eight year old boys found inside Douglas Pool before opening hour, returned home with a promise not to repeat the incident.
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Clyde Rickels
William Ave
Hamilton
Garfield Street
Alena Hill
West Middletown
James Proffitt
Douglas Pool
Church plans forward move with new addition
The Church of the Ascension enlarges facilities to handle rising attendance. An upper floor will house classrooms and storage. The Rev. S. C. McCammon calls the plan a great forward step and notes strong member enthusiasm backing a fundraising campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. McCammon
Church of the Ascension
Woman Fatally Wounds Self After Expressing Tired Of Living
A 32-caliber revolver incident left a 31-year-old Fairmount Avenue woman seriously wounded at Middletown Hospital. Detective Fouts said the gun was found beside the bed and she told attendants she was tired of living. Her husband discovered the injury when he returned home at 12:30 p.m. yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmount Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Paul Fouts
Fouts
Cave-In On Sutphin Strikes Water Line Repair Crews Work
A pavement section near 521 South Sutphin Street caved in this morning after a water service broke. Water covered the area as crews, including at 620 Wikoff Street, worked to restore service. Police blocked the area at 7 14 am while investigators determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutphin St
Bob Mettler
Mettler
Wikoff St
Sutphin Street
City Court fines and suspensions in multiple cases
Amy Kendrick 39 of 22 South Broad St was fined 100 dollars and costs suspended for assault and battery after appearing before Judge Alton H Combs on a warrant filed by Lucille Miller. Ed Banks 38 of West Middletown Route 1 had charges dismissed. Ernett Wilkerson 36 of 1413 Sycamore St and Mammy Howell 46 of 1401 Sycamore St each fined 10 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. Ruth Sarah Bradley 29 of 4820 South High St Columbus received a 30 day jail term for vagrancy suspended upon leaving the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Kendrick
South Broad St
Alton H. Combs
Lucille Miller
Inland Container Corporation
Ed Banks
West Middletown
Foreman
Ernett Wilkerson
Sycamore St
Mammy Howell
Sycamore
Ruth Sarah Bradley
South High St
Columbus
Dismissals End Two Local Non-Support Cases
Two cases were dismissed at the request of those who filed the charges. Non-support charges were dropped against Paul Dunn, 19, of Trenton, and Henry Meses Jr., 32, of 2211 Pearl Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Dunn
Trenton
Henry Meses, Jr
Pearl St
Wheels Of Mercy Too Late For Polio Child
Two year old Christine Hendricks of Hamilton died after an emergency transport to Dayton’s Miami Valley Hospital failed to reach Mercy Hospital in time for a special Emerson lung. The incident came as Butler County reported nine polio cases for the year with two more children admitted to Mercy Hospital’s polio ward.
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Mercy
Hamilton
Dayton
Miami Valley Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Christine Hendricks
J. W. Hendricks
South Front St
Butler County
Clara Marie Estridge
Hendricks
Estridge
Emerson
Charles
Reuthe
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Harold Michael
Wheels of Mercy
Boy Tumbles From Window In Middletown, Injured
Three year old Luther Buddy Shrout of 1219 Reynolds Ave fell from a second story window in his home onto Clinton Street sidewalk. He was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with possible skull fracture as doctors reviewed X rays after emergency treatment at 4 p.m.
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Luther
Buddy"’ Shrout
Elzie Shrout
Reynolds Ave
Middletown Hospital
Clinton Street
Baker Ambulance
Armco Credit Union Opens Enlarged Middletown Offices
Armco Em ployes Credit Union will hold an open house for members on Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. President W. E. Cribbs notes the event welcomes all visitors. Directors will greet guests at Armco East Works offices after recent remodeling. Established 1934 the union serves 4900 workers with assets over 2.3 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Armco Employes Credit Union
W. E. Cribbs
Woodsdale Man Fined for Speeding and Resisting Arrest
A Woodsdale man, James M. Devine, 58, was fined 40 dollars and costs by Squire Lewis Bolser in New Miami after resisting a state patrolman on a speeding charge. Devine allegedly refused to stop, became belligerent, and faced fines of 15 dollars plus costs for speeding and 25 dollars plus costs for resisting arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodsdale
Squire Lewis Bolser
New Miami
James M. Devine
Squire Bolser
Devine
Mitchell fined for speeding by Squire Bailey
Donald Mitchell aged 28 of 4703 Van nest Street was fined $15 plus costs by Squire Lammie Bailey after a speeding charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Mitchell
Vannest St
Squire Lammie Bailey
Butts Condition Still Said Poor
Cecil Butts, 52, collapsed Sunday from a heart attack after speaking at the Hamilton Eagles Lodge Hall. He remained in Mercy Hospital in poor condition as of today. Butts is district vice president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Butts
Erie Ave
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton Butts
Order of Eagles
Hamilton Eagles
Passes Optometric Exam In Hamilton
James E. Cloyd of 542 Haldimand Ave Hamilton passed the optometric examination last month according to J B Hutchinson secretary of the State Optometery Board and announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Cloyd
Haldimand Ave
Hamilton
J. B. Hutchinson
State
Optometery Board
Derailment Spills Cars Near Eaton
Eighteen freight cars derailed when a New York Central train hit a split rail at West Alexandria six miles east of Eaton in Preble County. The 5 30 a m accident damaged most cars, mostly empty, with no injuries reported. Wrecking crews worked to clear the line, with ballast removal expected to take about a day and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
New York Central
West Alexandria
Preble County
Cincinnati
Jackson
Mich
Junior RC Leaders Open Miami U Parley
Junior Red Cross leaders from 11 Eastern states opened their 20th annual conference at Miami University in Oxford. A pictorial history feature highlighted the first morning session as discussions planned on responsibilities volunteer workers health and armed forces services and project mechanics. The convention includes 145 teen leaders 28 adult chairmen and two Canadian reps with delegates from Ohio Massachusetts New York New Jersey Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland Michigan Kentucky Indiana and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Red Cross
Miami University
Ohio
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Michigan
Kentucky
Indiana
Kansas
At The Movies showings for Tuesday and Wednesday
Paramount presents Battle Circus and Jeopardy with showings at 1 30 4 20 7 15 10 00 p m. Strand screens Luxury Girls and Caribbean with 1 30 4 50 8 15 p m and 3 15 6 35 10 00 p m respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Tax Bureau Approves Settlement For Two Numbers Racket Pickups
The Internal Revenue Bureau approved offers from Otis Mack and Clenard Henderson, former Middletown pick-up men for a Xenia area numbers racket. Mack paid 2332 to settle taxes and penalties on 1946 to 1951 income. Henderson offered 1500 on 4120 due. Both offers had been rejected locally but cleared by the Cleveland district office amid questions on liability and collectibility. Mack had underreported about 18000 in racket income. Henderson earned about 33000 from gambling and claimed poverty and fear of arrest as reasons for not filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Bureau
Middletown
Xenia
Otis Mack
Grove St
Fannie
Clenard Henderson
Frenald Atomic Energy Plant
Cincinnati
Bureau
Mack
Armco Steel Corporation
Henderson
Doggy Tossed From Car Window Sparks Probe
Patrolmen Bailey and Combs report a man threw a puppy from a car near 2000 block Sherman Avenue at 9 55 p m. The puppy appeared to have a broken left hind leg and was taken home by Bailey for treatment. A separate note recalls Thomas Ewing as the first U S secretary of the interior under President Zachary Taylor in 1849.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bailey
Jack Combs
Sherman Avenue
Bailey
Thomas Ewing
Ohio
U. S
Interior
Zachary Taylor
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H. D. Neill
R. A. Dadisman
Ernest Graff
J. H. Martindale
R. Q. Millan
R. W. Thomas
Colin Gardner
Q Millan
G. W. Breiel
Gruver
Maxfield
Holy Trinity
Church of the Good Shepherd
Athens
Christ Church
Scout Council Meets
Rome
Lewis Drugs Inc
Central
Ib Central
Oglesby-B. Tee Bank & Trust CO
I Middletown, Pap
ER Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Starick
State Area
Ross Motors, Inc
Armco Credit Union
McCoy-Leffler
Walter N. Ingo
Hone
Junior RC Leaders Open
Miami
U. Parley
Tax Bureau
Doggy
Frigidaire
Mae
General Merchandise
Studebaker
Chearand Fo
Fashion Academy Award
Fashion Academy
New York School of Fashion Design
McConn Motors
Charles ST. Middletown
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