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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1962
Page
19
A 16 year old Osaka boy phoned a widow demanding 20,000 yen for a snapshot he claimed showed her husband leaving a hotel with another woman. Police arrested him after the call.
Ohio saw more highway fatalities and injuries in the first four months compared with the same period in 1961. The Ohio Department of Highway Safety reported 528 deaths and 25,237 injuries in 46,827 crashes, up from 413 killed and 23,202 injured in 44,966 accidents.
Police briefs list several thefts including hubcaps stolen from CHRISTY YEAKLE’s car on Bryant Street, a spare tire jack and lug wrench taken from ELOREN Duncin’s car, and a bicycle stolen from MRS. ROBERT EVANS. A car was reported stolen from Middletown Hospital parking, a tire was slashed on JAMES Salyers’s car, and CLARENCE Blount was assaulted outside a cafe with hospital treatment. Two hubcaps were stolen from Eugene Baker’s car on Central Avenue.
A four vehicle crash on a Pennsylvania Turnpike bridge left two people dead, while Middletown trucker Howard M. Spencer, 46, escaped injury. Alfred Dalesandro, 46, of Youngstown and Margaret L. Colasanto, 44, of Alexandria, Virginia, died at the scene. Three others from Michigan and Toledo were treated at Citizens General Hospital in New Kensington, Pa.
Twenty five members of the Public Relations for Health wing of the Ohio Hospital Association visited Middletown Hospital for their quarterly meeting. A panel discussion on mutual problems of newspapers television and radio and hospital was led by Paul Young of Hospital Care Corp. Panelists included Lee Hornbeck WLWT Robert Cordray WPFB and Dave Regan Middletown Journal with James Elder Middletown Hospital assistant administrator hosting.
A Warren County two car collision yesterday left no injuries. Dor sey H. Henry, 18, of 2009 Van Ave., Middletown, was cited for speeding by state patrolmen. Henry’s southbound car on Martz Poulin Road near the Montgomery County line veered on a curve at about 1:30 p.m., striking Edmond Richardson, 47, of 8752 Sue Ave., Franklin, who was driving northbound.
Franklin fire crews battled an overnight blaze on Vaughn Lane Pennyroyal Hill leveling an empty four room house with an estimated $1000 loss. The fire started about 2 10 am and Fire Chief Edgar Farmer said the cause is undetermined and owners remain unknown. Firemen were on scene for about ninety minutes.
Two groups of Miami Valley Post 3809 Veterans of Foreign Wars visited Dayton's Veterans Hospital last night. The Women's Auxiliary presented a musical program led by Mrs Lillie Dennis with a melody band. Auxiliary members aboard included Mrs Samuel Warmoth Sr Mrs Hazel Hopper Mrs Frank Walner and hospital chairman Mrs Elbert Justice. Members of the Order of Cooties visited Ward 3 and gave gifts to patients, named were Charles Elam Orman Elam Ernest Bratcher Hobart Hopper Frank Wolner John Sparks Jr Steve Tom Strates Demostens Kash Kissick and Robert Armbruster.
A 25 year old Dayton man William C. Baker was killed when his car driven by 24 year old Billy Joe Rose left the road on the northern outskirts of Dayton. Rose suffered facial lacerations and was hospitalized at Good Samaritan. Rose will be cited.
In Louisville a wrecking crew dismantling an abandoned drugstore found 30 pounds of arsenic and large quantities of narcotics. Detectives said the stock was left after the store sold to the State Highway Department for expressway work. Police noted entries by kids were possible until removal by sanitation crews.
James Poling, 11, of West Middletown, suffered a fractured collarbone after falling from a bicycle at his home last night. He received treatment at Middletown Hospital.
Donald L Stewart 20 of Maud scheduled to appear before Common Pleas Judge Fred B Cramer Wednesday at 9 30 AM. He sought to waive grand jury and proceed to the court on four counts of assault in the attempted holdup of a West Chester hardware store last Friday. He is held on bonds totaling 85000 and faces charges of wounding a deputy sheriff and a farmer. The plea at preliminary hearing sent the case to the Butler County grand jury in Fairfield City.
Police investigate theft at Adams Grocery 1415 Jacoby St where a cash register was looted after closing at about 11 p.m. Entry was gained by forcing a door lock and the culprits moved the register to the rear yard before breaking it open, causing more than 100 dollars in damage.
Legal notice states Pfc. Leonard V. Morris of Fort Meyers Arlington Virginia filed for divorce from Carolyn M. Morris in Butler County Common Pleas Court case 6514 on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Defendant must answer by June 30 1962. notice includes court clerk and attorney information and publication dates May 18 to June 22 1962.
Classified notice items include a Hamilton electric wrist watch lost with a reward, a beagle hound found near Levy asking owner to call and pay for ad, a man’s brown leather billfold lost between Monroe and Manchester Machine Co on Route 25 with $25 reward, another reward notice for a missing dog from West Bixton and Gifford Rd, a short haired male mixed hound and curr missing since June 7 with a $, 787-2496, and a black coon hound male three years old lost near Shady Lake Trailer Court, Mason with reward contact SH 6-6893.
Multiple obituaries list Charles Adkins Roy William Clickner Charles Frederick Fletcher Ivan Hose James P Koeppel Clara Eleanor LaPorte William J. LaPorte Rev Dow Smith Cheicie Strait and relatives, detailing ages, addresses, hospitals, wake times, funeral home services, officiants, and interment sites in Middletown Franklin Gardnersville Calvary and other local cemeteries.
The Campbell family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for support after the death of Nora M Campbell grandmother and sister. Special thanks to Rev Carl Abbaugh and floral donors and to Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home. The Tucker family thanks others for support after the death of husband and father Jr Tucker with thanks to Dr Louis Skimming Rev W H Culley Armco Steel and McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
A local ad invites readers to browse MULFORD'S Home of a Million Plants on Route 42 in Lebanon with phone contact. It lists top soil bank run gravel mushroom dirt and a full line of blades and V belts for lawn mowers and garden tractors, with multiple contact numbers.
Multiple listings advertise tomato seeds and plant care products. Armbuster Howe promotes tomato growth with blossom end treatments. Local nurseries offer top soil fill dirt mushroom dirt grave cinders and shrubs annuals plants and garden fertilizers. Sam Beaty and Athchley’s Greenhouse list vegetables flowers bedding plants and insecticides.
Middletown Shopping Center store MYE LTD announces open service in the Tailor Department for men's and children's alterations and reweaving. Contact GA 3.4146 for needed children's clothing and furniture. Be a good Samaritan by supporting local shop and service needs.
The ad section lists remodeling options including aluminum siding doors windows and chimney repairs in Georgia. Ornamental iron columns room dividers porch rails in stock or custom Made from Lebanon Ornamental Iron Works cement work roofing and driveways. McIntosh and Son offer cement masonry carpentry free estimates. Open 9 am to 6 30 pm Monday through Saturday. Bob offers aluminum siding remodeling with 18 years experience and contact 493 5823.
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