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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1952
Page
2
Four Middletown men hospitalised after sewer cleaning incident highlight need to expand Middletown Hospital. The campaign urges local donations to improve emergency facilities, stressing that any resident could need the hospital next.
Middletown Hospital campaign nears halfway with 971 626 raised from Residential Commercial Hospital Family Memorial Tributes and Industrial divisions. Armco led gifts with 567 404 total. wage and hour employees added 1 169. Schools and hospitals show strong participation. victory dinner hoped for June 20.
The City Commission will consider creating a Traffic Bureau with a lieutenant, expanding police patrols, and potentially relocating to add space. Demolition of the Diver Mill on West Central Ave may proceed to create downtown parking for about 50 cars, with a 19-car option if needed. The city also seeks to sell an incinerator site at Calumet Ave and Walnut St and may auction a two acre tract housing the incinerator and dog pound.
An old advertisement touts Bellane tablets as fast acting relief for heartburn gas and similar distress. The copy emphasizes acid indigestion attacks and notes the product priced at 25 cents.
Plans to convert Middletown Girl Scout Council to the association type were discussed by the steering committee at the Civic Association. Widespread preparations for Day Camp and Troop Camp were reviewed. Physical exams were given by Dr Mildred L Snyder and Dr Mildred White Gardiner. Registration for Thursday and Friday Day Camp sessions closed. July session registration remains open with a deadline of July 3.
Two Middletown men enlisted in the Air Force today per M-Set. Al Walters, commander of the local recruiting station at 116 South Main Street, announced enlistees Lawrence Eidson of 3027 Wa Street and Herman Richard Miles of 3217 Ottawa Street. They were sent to Lackland AFB in San Antonio Texas.
Heat cooled from a high of 93 yesterday to 85 today with a 59 at 5 am and 70 at 10 45 am Armco main gate. Forecast calls for slight warming and possible showers with South conditions remaining hot and humid. Dakotas report 30 to 40 mph gusts across the region.
Eighty two members of the YMCA boys division Summer Fun Club and guests toured Middletown Fire Department headquarters on a Tuesday afternoon. Junior Leaders John Walker and Jimmie Eschli man helped guide the group, with firemen Jesse Creech and Jack Clark explaining alarms, equipment, and living quarters. A Thursday Crosley Field trip to see the Reds vs Giants is planned for Y members and Knothole League teams. register by 10 p.m. with a $1 round trip bus fare due at registration.
A Middletown electrical contractor Robert Gray and Sons won electrical work for a $154,000 Massie Township school project. Superintendent R. F. Hatfield noted the plan includes an auditorium, gym and two classrooms. General contract went to Dawson and Evans of Cincinnati, heating to Columbus Heating and Ventilating Company, plumbing to H. S. Saunders. A fireproof structure will replace a frame building at Harveysburg that was destroyed by fire in April last year.
Franklin The resignation of Councilman John Tewell will be presented to the City Council at its regular meeting on Monday night. Tewell has resigned as a teacher in the Franklin school system after being appointed superintendent of Warren County Children's Home at Lebanon. This makes a third council vacancy since the city government organized in January. Mayor James Rossman will propose a successor for confirmation.
Paramount screens Just This Once at 1 15 4 10 7 10 and 10 10 with Love is Better Than Ever at 2 45 5 45 and 8 45 Strand shows When Worlds Collide at 2 30 5 05 7 45 and 10 15 and Lost Planet Airmen at 1 15 3 55 6 30 and 9 10.
Police proposed ordinance would cap Division of Police work at 40 hours weekly, with emergency exceptions, and could trigger petitions and a November ballot if the measure is not adopted. The move mirrors a recent firemen request and reflects rising living costs amid years of a five day city operation.
James R. Nelson of Middletown Route 2 is promoted to Second Lieutenant in Company D 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment Ohio National Guard. Formerly a Sergeant First Class he joined on November 8 1950. He served in World War II in the South Pacific as a Marine Corps Corporal and was discharged in 1946. Nelson works for Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation.
Middletown planners stage a bush league event with a truck parade from Lebanon, a bearded male showcase for Lebanon Ses eee, and a Kangaroo court with the stocks. The parade, led by Bob Peach and escorted by police, travels Route 4 from Hamilton at 7 15 p m and returns downtown for a half hour showing amid music and fanfare.
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