North Carolina Woman Killed In Wreck At Princeton
A 75 year old Banner Elk woman, Mary Moore, died after a two car crash at Ohio 747 and 129 near Princeton. Three other victims, Otis L. Phipps, Calvin C. Walters, and Miss Anna Russell Moore, were hospitalized in poor condition with multiple injuries. The Butler County toll rose to 23 traffic deaths for 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Butler County
Princeton
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Ohio
Mary Moore
Banner Elk
N. C
Anna Russell Moore
Otis L. Phipps
Detroit
Mich
Calvin C. Walters
Gray Ky
Moore
Garret Jne
Stae
Miss Moore
Phipps
Walters
Michigan
Boone
Moores
Troy
Cincinnati
Sixth Man Joins Race for City Commission
Samuel Redding, 42, of 1106 Lafayette Ave, heating contractor, announced he will seek office, picking up petitions from the Board of Elections to circulate. He is Middletown resident for 35 years, married with three children, and will make his first bid for public office. Arthur Sanderson, 918 Beech Sr, assistant traffic manager at Armco East Side, has filed petitions bearing 43 names. Others circulating petitions include Lloyd Miller, Britt Kendrick, Reuben Doty, and William Denham. petitions require 544 signatures and must be filed 60 days before the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Redding
Lafayette Ave
Redding
Board of Elections
Middletown
Arthur Sanderson
Beech Sr
Armco East Side
Lloyd Miller
Britt Kendrick
Reuben Doty
William Denham
Crowded Highways End Memorial Day Weekend With 24 Auto Mishaps
State patrolmen investigated 24 auto mishaps over the Memorial Day weekend ending with three injuries, two serious, and three arrests. Notable incidents: a Princeton crash fatally injuring a woman. Thomas Vance Robbins of Dayton in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with multiple injuries. Irene Davis and Clifford Davis involved in a Hamilton collision with a semi truck. multiple other one car and two car wrecks across Middletown, West Middletown, Springboro, and nearby routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Middletown Hospital
Thomas Vance Robbins
Dayton
U. S. 25
Monroe
Robbins
Clifford Davis
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Irene Davis
Russell Gross
Lima
Schools Will Close Friday For Summer
Elementary school boys and girls will have their final lunches at noon Tuesday and review the closing pages of 1952 texts Wednesday morning. Public school pupils gain Wednesday noon to Friday afternoon off and return for summer vacation after Friday. Grade cards with Promoted or Not Promoted will be handed out at the final meeting.
Korean Vet Returns With 1404 Veterans in Seattle Arrival
A Navy transport, Gen. William H. Gordon, docks in Seattle with 1404 Korean service veterans aboard including Pfc. Robert C. Cox of 1904 Wins ton Street and Sgt. David Evans of Ham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Cox
Winston St
Seattle
Navy
William H. Gordon
David Evans
Ham
Weekend of minor Middletown crashes yields one injury
Middletown motorists avoided serious injuries over the holiday weekend but logged sixteen minor crashes. Katherine Williams, 1108 Girard Ave, suffered minor injuries and was treated at Middletown Hospital after a 10 45 p m crash at Yankee Road and Fourth Avenue. Arthur Craft, 38, Curtis Street, backed into Williams while both cars were parked at the curb. Police reported additional non serious damage to several vehicles, including a cruiser and two other cars, with one driver leaving the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Katherine Williams
Girard Ave
Middletown Hospital
Yankee Road
Fourth Avenue
Arthur Craft
Curtis St
Tg Williams
Two Youths To Be Arraigned For Auto Theft In Franklin
Two youths face arraignment in Franklin Municipal Court on auto larceny charges after a Franklin resident’s car was stolen. James Wolfe, 22, of Dayton, and his brother John Wolfe, 19, of Oregonia, were arrested by state troopers and Franklin police after the early morning theft on U S 25 near Blue Ball. The older Wolfe was captured with a .44 revolver after a brief pursuit. the younger Wolfe was arrested at his home later the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dennis
Ellen
Walter Sallee
South Broad St
Oxford State Rd
Middletown
Sallee
Donna Kay
Jankee Rd
Leo Turner
Home Ave
Dayton
Central Avenue
Marcia L. McClain
Florence St
Franklin Municipal
Franklin
Carl Brown
James Wolfe
Helena St
Middletown City
Warren County Sheriff's Department
Wolfe
John
Orego
Nia
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Donald Carpenter
U. S. 25
Blue Ball
Brown
Oe City
Butler County Sheriff's
Franklin Ice
Jefferson Road
Oregonia
Cage Practice Starts Early
Police halted a 4:27 am basketball game at Gardner Park after four ex Middie players now at University of Cincinnati were found playing on the new court. Officers Amburgey and Combs said the spontaneous game began when they spotted the players riding by with a ball and turned on the lights. The officers ordered the game stopped due to darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Gardner Park
Marvin Amburgey
Jack Combs
University of Cincinnati
Soldier Returns From Far East
Sgt. Charles F. Elam, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orman M. Elam of 1709 Webber Ave., arrived in Seattle from the Far East Command. He said in a telephone call he would fly to Camp Stoneman, California, for discharge and to be home soon. In Korea he served as chief clerk in the personnel section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Elam
Orman M. Elam
Webber Ave
Seattle
Wash
Far East Command
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Korea
Elam
Musicians Entertain Rotary at Manchester Hotel Meeting
Rotary Club members will hear a noon program at the Manchester Hotel featuring Becky Roof a vocalist Joyce Parr an instrumentalist and Helen Wienberger with her Middletown High School triple trio. The event follows a Business and Professional Women contest won by Roof and Parr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Manchester
Becky Roof
Joyce Parr
Helen Wienberger
Middletown High School
California to Challenge New York as Most Populous State
If current trends persist California will overtake New York and become the United States' most populous state by around 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New York
United States
Weather lifts Real Hot Thumb
The weatherman forecast cooler mid-70s replacing Sunday's 96 degree peak. Morning temps started at 63 versus 75 yesterday, with generally fair conditions expected tonight and tomorrow. Clouds foretell possible showers but a cool night with mid-50s is anticipated.
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount screens By the Light of the Silvery Moon at 2 30 5 35 and 8 40 p m The Prince of Pirates plays at 1 15 4 15 7 20 and 10 25 p m Strand presents Woman They Almost Lynched at 1 25 3 55 6 30 and 9 00 p m Loose in London plays at 2 45 5 15 7 50 and 10 20 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Strand
London
Neighbors Help Sick Farmer Plow Seaman’s Creek Road Acres
Joseph Seaman lying ill for four weeks on Creek Road seven miles from Middletown watched 30 acres prepared for corn planting as eight neighbors spent 12 hours on Sunday. Paul Shank Charles Emrick Homer Flinstad Orville Moyer George Koogle Bob Hale Harold Emrick Lloyd Cleasy coordinated six tractors and a caterpillar tractor with six plows. wives provided a covered dish dinner. Mrs Seaman expects son Joseph Jr. 25 to assist during his father’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Seaman
Creek Road
Middletown
Seaman
Paul Shank
Charles
Bob) Emrick
Homer Flinstad
Orville Moyer
George Koogle
Bob Hale
Harold Emrick
Lloyd Cleasy
Joseph, Jr
Holy Trinity Musicians Stage Spring Recital
Music pupils of Holy Trinity presented their spring recital yesterday at the school. The program included marches traditional tunes folk songs opera hymns dances polonaise and serenades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity
Franklin Veteran Home Receives Arriving Service Members
Franklin resident Stc. Leonard J. Smith of 158 North River Street arrived today from the Far East aboard the Navy transport Marine Adder. He was among 1,884 Army enlisted men and 127 Army officers docking at Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stc
Leonard J. Smith
North River St
Franklin
Far East
Navy
Marine Adder
Seattle
Western College Plans Global Education Emphasis
Western College for Women in Oxford plans to become the first American women’s school to stress international education. The program starts fall 1954, expanding over five years with foreign students and external consultants, led by Dr. Herrick B. Young and Dr. Benjamin Fine. The graduation included 48 degrees and a doctor of humane letters to Dr. Susan Wade Peabody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western College For Women
Oxford
Board of Trustees
Herrick B. Young
New York
International House Association
Western College Board
Benjamin Fine
United States
New York Times
Edmund H. Kase, Jr
Susan Wade Peabody
Officials Seek More Money for Cities at Ohio Meeting
Middletown and Hamilton officials attend a Columbus session of the Ohio Municipal League to push House Bill 313, the local government fund bill, aiming to restore or increase funds that currently constitute about 40 percent of cities general revenue. League backs passage as leaders seek to protect or raise allocations in the current General Assembly session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Hamilton
Ohio Municipal League
Columbus
H. W. Starick
Sai
Ohio General Assembly
Boy Uses Ruse To Take Funds Of Swimmers
Three swimmers at Eastview pool had left money with cashier Peggy Stitsinger and returned to find a younger boy claimed their cash by identifying the envelope name. Victims Arthur Fields Calvin Felts and Eddie Bryant reported losses totaling 44 93 and 57 dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Eastview Swimming Pool
Peggy Stitsinger
N. East Street
Phil Baker
Arthur D. Fields
Calvin Felts
Eddie Bryant
Southview Drive
Fields
Felts
Bryant
Civitan Club to Hear SSA Official at Luncheon
Thomas A. Fahy, Hamilton district SSA supervisor, will address the Civitan Club at its noon luncheon tomorrow in the Manchester Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Fahy
Hamilton
Social Security Administration
Civitan Club
Manchester
Liquid Petroleum Description From Ground
A fragment describes liquid petroleum as it comes from the ground being thick and sticky like syrup at times and sometimes light and volatile like gasoline, indicating variation in its physical state.
New Plans Due Monday On Two Fire Stations
Revised plans and specifications for two new firehouses will be ready next Monday with readvertisement for bids. Bids possible by late June, construction to begin this summer after bids were rejected for being over estimates. One station at Jackson Street and Tytus Avenue in Lakeside. the other at Clinton Street and Verity Parkway housing the former Number 1 station on Broad Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Starick
Starick
Jackson Street
Tytus Avenue
Lakeside
Clinton Street
Verity Pkwy
Broad Street
Harry Newlin
Rty
Canal Suoes
First Avenue
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Davis
James McClan
Yankee Rd
West Middletown
Franklin - Trenton
McClain
Squire Lammie Bailey
Clinton Morris
Waynesville
Albert Walter
Springboro
Ohio 4
Cornelius Bowman
Ike Morgan
Bowman
Corley Road
Accients
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Harry Benadum
Central Ave
Earl Whitt
South Main St
Crawford Street
Whitt
Howard Watson
Seventeenth Ave
Edgar Cole
Clarendon Ave
Cole
South Verity Parkway
Anthony J. Tenore
Lopane Ave
Central
First Avenues
Tenore
Maytag Melampy
Lausche
Congress
Frank J. Lausche
Martin A. Lingler
Butler County Historical Society
Western College
Boy
Hamiltonian
Stern
Barnitz Trust Fund
Butler Dry Cleaners
South Clinton
B. Il
Dawson & CO
First National Bank OF Middletown
First National Bank Loan
First National
National Bank OF Middletown
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sutphin Park Place
Armco East
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