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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1953
Page
2
Four Hamilton youths including a 17 year old high school athlete were held for questioning after a hit and run on Tytus Avenue. Patrolman Arnold Ferguson found their abandoned Buick near Elwood Street and Panama Avenue, four blocks from the scene. Damage totaled about 400 dollars.
Ten highway accidents over the weekend left six injured and two cited in court. Notable incidents include David E. Blanton hurt in a one car crash near Jacksonburg after reportedly dozing at the wheel and a tractor trailer rear ending a car near Hamilton. One truck-train collision near Monroe caused no injuries but damaged the locomotive area and led to a fine for unsafe operation.
Goebel Banks and Roy Anderson were involved in a two vehicle crash one mile south of Middletown on Route 4 at 3 10 p m. Minor damage occurred. John W Roark was arrested for crossing a yellow line after a two car collision at Routes 4 and 747 at 10 50 p m Saturday. The Roark vehicle struck Russell Nance's car in Cincinnati.
Traffic violations cost six motorists a total of $350 in area courts over the weekend. State patrolmen made the arrests. The heaviest fines of $150 and costs each were levied against Elmer Birch of Dayton and William Richardson of 1601 Garfield St. by Mayor Harry Stretcher in Trenton for driving while intoxicated. Darden Stanley of 833 Eighteenth Ave. was fined $20 and costs for no driver's license. Three men, Clarence Detwiler, Julius Steel, and Oe L. Britton, were each fined $10 and costs by Mayor Thomas Linn in Monroe for yellow line violations.
A historical note states training an African elephant cost between 750 and 1000 dollars, with elephants subsequently yielding dividends on Congo plantations for the Belgian government.
Building permits approved for Fire Station Four at 2600 Tytus Ave costing 66 242 brick structure with tower and heater room. Alterations at First Methodist Church on South Broad St costing 18 000 add west wall rest rooms and partitions. Three houses moved from South Canal St to Eighteenth Ave with foundations 2 000 each. New homes issued to several builders in area with costs ranging 7 500 to 9 000.
Maur ice J. Wessell, a first time trusty at the Lebanon prison farm, disappeared after being sent to London Prison Farm to return a truck. He left London at 9 15 a m and did not reach Lebanon. the 1951 green Ford truck with a stock rack and canvas top is missing. Wessell, serving about 20 years for second degree murder in Hamilton County, had never before strayed from duty.
Police logged multiple minor crashes. Kenny Manns, 43, struck James Roberts, 37, at Eight Avenue and Yankee Road causing $85 damage. Betty Helton, 18, had front damage when John Evans hit her at Verity Parkway and Tytus Avenue. Raymond Stephens, 20, reported a curb strike damaging his car for $50 at Central Avenue and Clark Street. John D. Wolner, 39, hit Carroll Deardorf at Tytus Avenue and Auburn Street, $50 damage.
Rep. Paul F. Schenck a Republican from Ohio had an emergency appendectomy at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland yesterday afternoon. His condition was reported as good and he was expected to stay in the hospital at least two weeks. His wife Mrs. Schenck rushed from Dayton after he fell ill following a late session of Congress.
Eight Butler and Warren County paper firms receive notices with October 8 deadline for permit applications to the Ohio Water Pollution Control Board. Entities include Crystal Tissue Paper Company Gardiner Board and Carton Company Harding Jones Company Sorg Paper Company Wrenn Paper Company Middletown Howard Paper Mills Franklin Champion Paper and Fiber Company Salt Mountain Company Hamilton. Fines up to 500 dollars daily and possible imprisonment apply for discharges without permits. Notices went to 35 Miami Valley companies.
Fire department emergency unit responded at 2 23 p m to 921 Malvern Street to aid Louise Brandon aged 70 an asthma victim Oxygen was administered by the firefighters in attendance.
Three more residents join the Mercy Hospital polio ward in Hamilton raising Butler County 1953 total to 11. New patients include George Whitehill Jr. and Joseph McIntosh of Hamilton and Albert Messer of Glendale. Seven patients remain, including a four year old girl in an iron lung. Deaths total two.
Two Butler County soldiers will arrive in Seattle Tuesday aboard the USNS Gen. C. C. Ballou. They are among 2,679 passengers on board from the Far East. Included are Cpl. Charles E. Lewis of 103 Burton Rd., Middletown, and Sgt. Donald E. Lovell, 263 Lockwood Ave., Hamilton.
Paramount presents Fort Ti in 3 D with showings at 1 50 p m 3 50 p m 5 50 p m 7 50 p m and 9 50 p m Strand films Tropic Zone at 1 15 p m 4 15 p m 7 15 p m and 10 p m Sword of Venus at 2 45 p m 5 45 p m and 8 45 p m
At the Jamboree site in Jamboree City Irvin Ranch California scouts from Cincinnati and other towns labor to set up camp. They haul baggage dig trenches level ground and drive tent pegs into hard sandy soil as they prepare for a busy program including a planned swim in the Blue Pacific and a large campfire.
Frank Williams of Roanoke, Va. shaved 15 scouts at the national jamboree camp to Mohawk style with a single hair lock down the middle. He says the look reflects the Westward theme the scouts chose for the event.
Oxford Coach Line trims its Oxford to Dayton service due to low summer patronage. The Middletown shuttle from Oxford departs 10 minutes earlier at 5:30 a.m. Changes go into effect yesterday. Eliminated trips include 5:05 a.m. weekday, 10:15 a.m. daily, and 2:10 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. weekend and holiday runs. The 8:25 p.m. weekday trip moves to 7:50 p.m.
Mayfield firemen quickly checked a blaze at an oil dump in the new Armco plant on Jefferson Road at 4 30 p m yesterday. Ten firemen responded under the command of Forrest Bolander. No damage estimate was available.
Buddhist rites for more than 100 Boy Scouts were held during the national jamboree. Buddhist participants included Nisei Japanese from California and Hawaii and Issei from Hawaii. Vice President Richard M. Nixon attended the ceremony as a witness.
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