Ex Middie Herb Davis to Prepare Park Plans in Middletown
Former Middletown athlete Herb Davis now with Cincinnati Parks Department authorized to prepare development plans for extension of ankee Road park the Smith farm area and the Goldman Park undeveloped portion. Davis an all time great at Xavier University will be paid 50 dollars per area or 150 total. Model airplane flying field may be added at Goldman Park. City manager H W Starick said Park Board and Development Committee recommended the project and noted future area additions.
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Middletown
Cincinnati Department of Parks
Ankee Road
Smith Farm
Goldman Park
Herb Davis
Zavier University
H. W. Starick
Park Board
Davis
Starick
Wisconduct Alleged Man Convicted In Hit Skip Death Seeks New Trial
Dewey G. Brooks 30 of Asheville was convicted last week of second degree manslaughter in the hit and run death of Dayton boy Kenneth Joe Schell 16. He filed for a new trial in Butler County Common Pleas Court alleging jury misconduct and other legal technicalities. A ruling by Judge P P Boll is pending. Brooks faces one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary. The May 16 crash on U S 25 near Gano left Schell dead and a companion Sammy Blackburn seriously injured. Brooks admitted knowledge of striking a cyclist. He had been traveling from Detroit and was arrested in Asheville two days later on another charge. Mrs Irene Penland, a passenger, was held as a material witness.
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Dewey G. Brooks
Asheville
N.C
Dayton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Brooks
Dorothy Illespie
Hamilton
Pee Zimmerman
Jackson Bosch
Ohio
Kenneth Joe Schell
U.S.25
Gano
Sammy Blackburn
Detroit
Irene Penland
Butler County
Paper Workers Election Set For Weekend
Members of Local 112 United Paper Workers CIO will elect officers and a negotiations and agreement committee from 2 to 11 p m Saturday and Sunday at the Nelva Center. Nominated officers include Aar on Fields president Sam Richardson Brooks Wright vice president Roger Stewart trustee Price Fletcher recording secretary John Eichorn financial secretary and George Pergram sergeant at arms. Committee nominees are John Melton Asa Ratliff James Hines James Lewis Nash Wise Bill Fryman James Isabell Le Theodore Orville Colman Sam Richardson and Lester Wallace. The committee will have five members.
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United Paper Workers, Cio
Nelva Center
Aaron Fields
Sam Richardson
Brooks Wright
Roger Stewart
Price Fletcher
John Eichorn
George Pergram
John Melton
Asa Ratliff
James Hines
James Lewis
Nash Wise
Bill Fryrman
James Isabell
le Theodore
Orville Colman
Lester Wallace
Fine Against Driver Sees Squire Levy $100
A Micietown woman, Alta H. Miller, 2232 South Main St, was fined 100 dollars and costs by Squire Lammie Bailey for leaving the scene of an accident on Wa neta Street. Patrolman Louis Cornthwaite reported Miller’s backing into a parked car owned by Myrtle Stewart. Miller claimed only bumper contact. Minor damage occurred. Other area court fines included Shefton Adams 43 of Dayton 100 and costs with a 60 day license suspension for drunken driving, Billy Long 24 of Hamilton 25 and costs with 10 day suspension for reckless operation, Paul Hendrickson 26 of Franklin Route 1 20 and costs for speeding, Harold Gene Webb 18 of Oxford Route 2 10 and costs for passing without the assured clear distance, and John Roy Jr. 21 of Russell Springs Ky for passing over a yellow line with bond forfeiture.
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Micietown
Waneta Street
Alta H. Miller
South Main St
Squire Lammie Bailey
Louis Cornthwaite
Myrtle Stewart
Hamilton
Shefton Adams
Dayton
Frank Wessel
Billy Long
Wessel
Paul Hendrickson
Franklin
Thomas Linn
Monroe
Harold Gene Webb
Oxford
Squire Bailey
Rex Weaver
Miamisburg
John Roy, Jr
Russell Springs
Jake Lawson
Riley
William Carpenter
Cincinnati
Maurice Henry
Lawrence Loudermilk
Rolly Williams
Middletown
Dewey Reed
A. R. Maupin, Jr
Lawrence McNeil Dayton
Clyde Hale, Jr
Harmon Salmons
Clarence Hinton
Detroit
Thomas Brown
Slippery Rock
George Maz
Sherwood to Speak at Women Republican Group Meeting
Roger Sherwood founder of Protect America League will address the Women Republican Committee meeting at 8 PM at Mrs H Rish residence 2902 En Ave. The event highlights discussants and local civic participation.
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Roger Sherwood
Protect America League
Women Republican Committee
H. Rish
En Ave
Police Rouse Sleepy Traveler At Big Four Depot
Patrolmen Bob Walton and Jack Combs were called at 12:15 a.m. to the Big Four depot where a passenger slept so soundly he could not be awakened. The man had four minutes to catch his train and was last seen running down the tracks in pursuit of the Tennessee ch o o choo.
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Bob Walton
Jack Combs
Big Four
Tennessee
Choo - Choo
Legion Ballots Due By 6 P.M. Thursday in Pa. 218 Vote
The 1953 American Legion Pa. 218 election requires ballots mailed to the Legion Home by 8 p.m. Thursday Adjutant Ed Ports mouth announced. Candidates for post commander include Thorn Thorn, Ronald Lane, and Roger Dillman with other posts led by Thomas H. Csss, Robert D. Barnard, Fred L. Ross, Cecil W Runyan, William H. Withey, and Harold Gillespie. Three to be elected as vice commanders are Ed Ports mouth, William Rains, and Paul Curry. Finance officer nominees include the Rev. Paul Golembiewski and Carl Martin. Chaplain candidates are Ray Sloan, Ed Sherman, Russell Stevens Jr., Robert Nelson, Carl L. Frye Jr., and William J. Kent, with three to be elected to the executive committee.
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American Legion Pa
Legion
Ed Portsmouth
Temp Thorn
Ronald Lane
Roger Dillman
Thomas H. C Sss
Robert D. Barnard
Fred L. Ross
Cecil W Runyan
William H. Withey
Harold Gillespie
William Rains
Paul Curry
Paul Golembiewski
Carl Martin
Ray Sloan
Ed Sherman
Russel Stevens, Jr
Robert Nelson
Carl L. Frye Jr
William J. Kent
New York Central Settles Death Claim for 2500
Germantown report states the New York Central Railroad settled a $10,000 damage suit over the death of 74 year old John Glander of Germantown Route 2. Glander died June 7 1950 after being injured by a roller that struck a ditch dug by the railroad along his right of way. The suit was filed by his widow Rebecca.
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Germantown
New York Central Railroad
John Glander
Glander
Rebecca
Two Youths Injured in Route 48 Crash Near Lebanon
A two car collision on Route 48 three miles south of Lebanon left Denver Swafford 16 and Ernest Hubbard 23 of South Lebanon injured. Swafford faced possible fracture of the upper left arm and multiple head and facial wounds while Hubbard had knee lacerations and left elbow abrasions. Both were taken to Middletown Hospital with details pending.
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Lebanon
Middletown Hospital
Denver Swafford
Ernest Hubbard
South Lebanon
Swafford
Hubbard
Camp cooler weather expected after hot spell
After a high of 86 today, cooler air with showers is forecast to drop temperatures to 65 tonight and reach a peak of 78 tomorrow. Today and tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a slight shower risk. Thermometers topped at 91 yesterday afternoon, then fell to a 66 overnight. This morning at 9 30 the reading was 74.
Burglar Draws Five to Thirty Year Term
Lonnie Love, 38, Cincinnati, was sentenced in Common Pleas Court by Judge P. P. Boll to five to 30 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after his burglary conviction. His appeal failed and mercy from the jury kept him from a life term. the crime involved breaking into William Rose’s inhabited dwelling in February with a companion, during which Rose fired at the fleeing men and the burglars fled with a diamond ring and valuables.
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Hamilton
Rose
Xavier ROTC Student Heads to Fort Sill for Training
Paul F Margerum a junior at Xavier University assigned with 95 ROTC students to six weeks of Army summer camps reports to the Army Artillery Center Fort Sill Oklahoma on June 22 He is a Lemon Monroe High School graduate majoring in economics and will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the U S Army Reserve after completing college next year.
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Paul F. Margerum
Oberon Dr
Xavier University
Xavier Rotc
Army Artillery Center
Fort Sill
Okla
Lemon- Monroe High School
Paul E. Margerum
U. S. Army Reserve
Longview Social Service League Plans July Picnic
The Longview Social Service League will replace its next monthly meeting with a picnic on July 15. Board members met at Mrs. Harry Montgomery’s home on Elev enth Avenue. Vice president Mrs. Fred Garver announced 10 new memberships. Also announced were hostesses for a Saturday ward party at Longview Hospital on June 20 by the Pythian Sisters Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and the Omicron chapter.
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Longview Social Service League
Harry Montgomery
Eleventh Avenue
Fred Garver
Pythian Sisters
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Omicron
Longview Hospital
Manslaughter Charge Faces Youthful Driver
Lebanon special report declares 18 year old Harlan Sexton of Middletown to face manslaughter charges at 1 30 p m arraignment in Lebanon Mayor Fraser s court after an early yesterday crash killed 19 year old Gerald Collinsworth of Gratis Sexton driving a stolen 1949 car was detained near Lebanon High School and treated for minor injuries before being jailed in Warren County Police say the car struck a tree at West and Silver Streets.
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Lebanon
Harlan Sexton
Morgan St
Middletown
Willaim Fraser
Tom Johnson
Gerald B. Collinsworth
Gratis
Sexton
John Mills
Elwood St
Warren County
Johnson
Don Epping
Lebanon High School
Williams Clinic
West
Silver Streets
Eight Franklinites Fined On Unruly Conduct And Assault
Municipal Judge J T Riley fined eight Franklinites arrested by sheriff s deputies on assault intoxication and disorderly conduct charges. Pennington and White faced various fines with suspensions, others paid for intoxication or weaponless offenses while several were found guilty of traffic or license violations and bond forfeitures.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
Driver Cited After Three City Accidents Damage Estimates
Damage estimated at more than 500 dollars from three yesterday city accidents with two drivers cited. Charles T. Staggs 69 failed to stop at a stop sign on Leibee Street causing a collision with Clara Mae Long 47. damages to Long’s car about 200 official said.
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Manchester Avenue
Leibee Street
Charles T. Staggs
Baltimore St
Clara Mae Long
Central Ave
Staggs
Wounded Man Still Serious After Eighteenth Avenue Shooting
John Moore Jr. 28 of 1334 Sycamore St. remained in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after a man fired on him on Eighteenth Avenue. Captain Ralph Bauer said the investigation continues. Moore was shot in the abdomen as he left Beatrice Weathersby’s home at 820 Eighteenth Ave following a confrontation.
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John Moore, Jr
Sycamore St
Eighteenth Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Ralph Bauer
Moore
Beatrice Weathersby
Eighteenth Ave
Two Cars Recovered in Franklin and Edison Incident
Police reported two cars stolen earlier were found. Franklin police located a 558 MG parked on the Logan Long Paper Company lot. Edison Hughes of 409 Baltimore St. said his car was taken last Thursday. A Ray Wood vehicle from 27108 Arlington Ave. was recovered on South Broad Street after being stolen from a Manchester Avenue parking place.
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Franklin
Logan Long Paper Company
Edison Hughes
Baltimore St
Ray Wood
Arlington Ave
South Broad Street
Wood
Manchester Avenue
Broad
Young Driver's Father Fined After Smash-Up
A two car crash on U S 25 three miles north of Monroe at 10 30 a m yesterday left both drivers with minor injuries and heavy vehicle damage. Ralph Reynolds 24 of Dayton was fined 25 and costs for failure to stop with proper distance. The father of the 14 year old Middletown boy was fined 25 and costs for permitting a minor to drive.
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U. S. 25
Monroe
Ralph Reynolds
Dayton
Middletown Area
Thomas Linn
Reynolds
Lee Whiteted
Middletown
Linn
Clevelander Boys' State Governor Wins But Party Controls Legislature
Buckeye Boys' State elected Jerry Messerman as governor with a Federalist sweep but the Nationalists secured a four vote majority in both chambers. 915 boys voted, a 100 percent turnout record for the state. Russell Wermaster was elected state treasurer, with Keith Williams as Chief Justice and other officers named. Warren, a Nationalist, serves as auditor.
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Mack Maffett
Jerry Messerman
Cleveland
Buckeye Boys’ State
Camp Perry
Senate
House
Russell Wermaster
Hamilton
Keith Williams
Steubenville
James Whelpey
Cincinnati
Sargent Karch
Shaker Heights
David Warren
Mount Vernon
Robert Schoenberger
Dayton
Warren
Charles Zimmerman
Ohio Supreme Court
Messerman
Williams
Buckeye Bay youths vent on camp meals
Exclusive interview with Camp Perry attendees covers food quality for nearly a thousand daily meals. Ten boys from Middletown share mixed views praising taste overall yet criticizing freshness of vegetables and the heavy reliance on potatoes with calls for more and better desserts. Some express concern over insufficient servings and variable egg quality.
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Buckeye Bay State
Camp Perry
Tuck
Middletown
Mack Maffet
Don
Tom
Jim Michel
Bob Schoenberger
Vernon Wittenberg
Philip Johnston
Middletonians Named In Ohio Claims Bill Hails $745500
Two residents of Middletown appear in a Ohio House claims bill to authorize payment of 745 500 dollars in state claims. James Paige seeks 347.50 and J W Conyer 354.86 for injuries from a collision with a state highway department tractor on August 5, 1949. The measure also orders a 71 acre deed in Reily Township Butler County to Mr and Mrs Robert C Miller of Oxford Route 2 to settle damages from abandoned Pater Lake construction.
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Ohio
Columbus
State of
Miami Valley
James Paige
J. W. Conyer
Paige
State Highway Department
Reily Township
Butler County
Robert C. Miller
Oxford
Pater Lake
Three UC Cadets Named For Camps
Three University of Cincinnati ROTC cadets will attend summer camps. Col. George E. Young announced assignments to Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland for June 22 to July 31: George P. Kavouras of 319 Crawford Street Middletown and H Diehl of Mason Route 1. Also Stuart E. Langdoc of Morrow Route 1 will attend the Fort Bliss Texas camp on the same dates.
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University of Cincinnati Reserve Officers' Training Corps
George E. Young
UCU
Aberdeen Proving Ground
George P. Kavouras
Crawford St
Middletown
A H., Diehl
Mason Route
Fort Bliss
Tex
Stuart E. Langdoc
Morrow
Franklin Council Lacks Quorum for Meeting
Only three city council members attended last night so no meeting was held. The absence prevented official actions and approvals at Franklin's session.
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Franklin
Jury Group To Consider Constitution In Butler County
Former Butler County grand jurors form a new organization and meet at 8 p m in Common Pleas Court to discuss a drafted constitution. Arthur Graf Jr of Seven Mile serves as temporary chairman as officers are picked for a November election. The group aims to back recommendations from past grand juries including a new jail and a juvenile detention home. Members eligible are previous grand jurors. judges Cramer Boll and prosecutor Bosch advise. Constitution committee includes Helen Burnett, Thomas Ejibel, D W Jacot, Jennie Suel, and Clem Imfeld Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Arthur Graf, Jr
Seven Mile
Cramer
P. P. Boll
Jackson Bosch
Helen Burnett
Hamilton
Thomas Ejibel
Hanover Township
D. W. Jacot
Middletown
Jennie Suel
Oxford
Clem Imfeld, Jr
At The Movies Showings Tonight and Tomorrow
Paramount presents Top ic Zone at 1 15 4 50 and 8 25 p m Scared Stiff at 2 45 6 20 and 10 00 p m Strand shows Tor pedo Alley at 1 30 4 20 7 15 and 10 10 p m Hiawatha screens at 2 50 5 45 and 8 40 p m
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Paramount
Topic
Scared Stiff
Torpedo Alley
Hiawatha
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