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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1954

Page

2

Armco Outing Expected to Attract Up to 34000 Attendees

Armco families from Middletown and Hamilton anticipate a record turnout for the annual Armco outing at LeSourdsville Lake. A 50 member committee hopes for better weather to top last year’s 33 828 attendees. The day features rides, games, a 20 p.m show by Herb and Kay Adams, puppet performances, a Stan Kramer troupe show, a band concert, free movies, prize drawings, dancing and a grand fireworks finale with transportation provided by special trains and chartered buses for riders and park concession tokens for each family.

Armco Middletown Hamilton LeSourdsville Lake Art Sanderson Herb Kay Adams Stan Kramer Earl Men Genhall 1St Avenue

Be Careful Warning To Fire Builders In Middleton

Fire inspector Howard Gall warns Middleton residents that dry weather makes rubbish burning dangerous and grass fires spread quickly. He reminds rubbish may be burned from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. under city ordinance and cautions against dropping cigarettes or lighting any fire in dry grass.

Howard Gall

Boys Charged In Priest Of Change At Wallace's Grocery

Several boys reportedly taking change from under the counter at Wallace's Grocery 1415 Jacoby Ave were ordered to appear before juvenile authorities. Roy Crout reported missing coins after catching the boys in the store last week.

Wallace's Jacoby Ave Roy Crout Ray Wallace

Fire prevention films shown at Wayne Township meeting

Fire department members and their wives invited to Jacksonburg for a monthly Wayne Township Fire Department meeting where movies on fire prevention will be exhibited next Wednesday. Chief Whitman announced the event and attendance.

Wayne Township Jacksonburg Whitman

Park Visit Schedule Offer With Treats for Children

The announcement lists ride times starting at noon and continuing at 2 4 6 10 and 11 p.m. A special inducement offers kids a treat on the journey to the park.

Monolithic pavement blows its top on Ohio Route 73

State Highway Department engineer J Paxton reports a pavement explosion on Ohio Route 73 in the Miami Valley the first of the season. He explains brick and mortar bases with limited expansion joints cause monolithic road blow ups when heat makes slabs swell.

Route 73 State Highway Journal Bill Weith State Highway Department J. &. Paxton Ee Division Miami Valley Division Ohio Paxton

Must Have Licenses Chief Warns Motorbike Operators

Middletown police Chief Joseph Blackmore warns officers to seize unlicensed motorbike operators. He says youths under 18 will be cited into juvenile court and older offenders face no operator license charges. Licenses are issued by the state motor vehicles registrar at 1836 Central Ave. Kick start bikes require registration and licensing like motorcycles. pedal start bikes require bicycle registration.

Middletown Joseph Blackmore Onder Blackmore State Registrar of Motor Vehicles Bureau of Motor Vehicles Central Ave

Company D Heads Home Tomorrow After Training

Members of Company D 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment near Indian Town Gap Pa. end two weeks of annual training aimed at combat and emergency readiness. About 3400 part time soldiers trained since July 5 and paraded before state and military leaders before heading home to Middletown.

107Th Armored Cavalry Regiment Indiantown Gap Middletown ONG Indiantown Gap Military Reservation Albert E. Henderson Frank Lausche Leo M. Kreber Ohio Kenneth Cooper Assiatant

Two polio cases reported in Warren County

Warren County reports two more polio cases this week. Sandra Evans of Morrow and Thomas Nadler of Mazon are under treatment at General Hospital in Cincinnati. The county had its first case earlier this season.

Lebanon Warren County General Hospital Cincinnati Sandra Evans Morrow Thomas Nadler Mazon

Family Fight Ends In Arrests

A man was injured and two arrests were made after a family fight at a Middletown home. William Hester, 36, was treated for a superficial laceration and discharged. Nellie Hester, 30, was arrested on a cutting with intent to wound warrant, while officers later arrested William on an assault and battery warrant.

William Hester Vanderveer Sr Middletown Nellie Hester Hester

Woman Accused Of Abandoning Baby Arraigned

Mrs Bessie Griffin 37 of Morrow was arraigned on assault with intent to kill for allegedly abandoning a newborn girl in an outside toilet July 5. She pleaded not guilty before Squire Clarence Banker and is held to the Warren County grand jury under $1500 bond. The infant was rescued by South Lebanon Police Chief Willard Spicer and taken to Marietta town Hospital in good condition.

M Drletown Hospital Griffin Kentucky

Piece of metal removed from six year old eye

A small fragment of metal was removed from the right eye of six year old Daniel Lawson of Middletown. Doctors report the boy is in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital and recovery will be assessed in a few days. The injury occurred while he played with a hammer near his home.

Middletown Hospital Daniel Lawson Dorsey Lawson Clayton Ave

Poasttown Juveniles Win Contests at Grange Meeting

Winners in five contests were announced by Dale Ledford Jr at Poasttown Juvenile Grange. Billy Davis won the five to nine age group in posters, Robert Arthur led 10 to 14, Roger Arthur and Dale Lacy won soap carving, Kent Selby earned hole in one, Peggy Jo Hammond and Vondra Yoho won doll dress and blouse making entries. Winning entries advance to county Grange judging on July 17.

Poasttown Dale Ledford Jr County Grange

Rosamund Hime Bound to Jury on Manslaughter Charge

Rosamund Hime of West Middletown was bound to the county grand jury under 500 bond after arraignment before Judge Frank Wessel in Hamilton municipal court on second degree manslaughter and failure to yield right of way. The charges arise from the June 24 crash at Kyley Station Road and Ohio 74 that killed three people. Miss Hime drove a car in which Mrs. Ruby B. Profitt, 42, of Grand Ave., was a passenger who died. A second car occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Earl Ross of Cincinnati, were injured fatally in the crash.

Rosemunde Hime West Middletown Thomas Earl Ross Cincinnati

Greatest Opportunity in Sales for Ford Demonstrator

An advertisement invites applicants to join a sales team selling a new Ford model with guaranteed salary and benefits. It promises pay, vacation with pay, a Ford demonstrator, hospitalization, and family perks for persistent workers who can meet sales goals. Interviews offered to qualified applicants.

Ford

Firefighters tackle three calls with no damage reported

Firemen answered three alarms yesterday all for fires causing no property loss. A stove fire at Minnie Delaney’s 1009 14th Ave involved a meat pot burned after boiling. Burning wires on S Verity Parkway were checked. wires owned by Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. feed the Castel Building. Rubbish fire ignited a vacant lot on Henry Ave 1700 block. Flames controlled on August Schmidt property.

Minnie Delaney 14Th Ave S. Verity Parkway Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co Castel Henry Ave August Schmidt

Woman Hurt Slightly In Intersection Crash

A Middletown woman suffered minor injuries in a series of city crashes. Margaret Curtis, 50, was treated at Middletown Hospital for rib contusions after a collision at Woodlawn Avenue and Garfield Street while riding with her husband Lafayette Curtis. Police cited witness statements and light signals as factors in the 5 55 p.m. crash. Total damages cited across incidents include $600 for Curtis’s car and $400 for Montgomery’s vehicle.

Middletown Woodlawn Avenue Garfield Street Margaret Curtis Forest Ave Lafayette Paul Montgomery Spencer Sa Montgomery Curtis Lela Petry Sherman Ave Shirley J. Wilmoth Dayton Tytus Avenue Elwood Street Auto Fleet Leasing Co

Movie schedules for Paramount and Strand theaters

Paramount shows The Living Desert at 1 15 3 25 5 45 8 05 10 25 p m Stormy at 2 40 5 00 7 20 9 40 p m Strand presents Savage Drums at 1 15 4 20 7 25 10 20 p m Siege at Red River at 2 45 5 50 8 55 p m Siege at Red River at 1 30 5 05 8 40 p m Savage Drums at 3 05 6 40 10 15 p m

Red River

Police Briefs Shut Down Warrants and AWOL Charge

Detective John Fitzgerald and Patrolman Larry Kite arrested Weldon Madden 29 Chicago Illinois yesterday at Cook County Jail on a warrant charging failure to provide. Clarence Thomas Jr 18 1610 Sycamore St was turned over yesterday to military authorities after he was arrested at 1605 Hudson Ave on an AWOL charge. The soldier had been shissing from Ft. Knox Kentucky police said.

John Fitzgerald Larry Kite Weldon Madden Chicago Cook County Clarence Thomas Jr Sycamore St Hudson Ave Ft. Knox

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