Wae Accidents injure a youngster and a driver
Police report four city accidents since Saturday 6 p m with minor injuries to a seven year old girl Reuben Rigg and a motorist. Rigg 31 of 823 16th Ave was treated for forehead abrasions and charged with careless operation after his car hit a parked vehicle on 16th Ave Main Street. The seven year old Arnett Johnson of 1209 Michigan Ave suffered abrasions to feet and knees after darting between cars. Other crashes involved Roger Crawford Herman Campbell Edna Roman and Alice Hunter with minor vehicle damage and no severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Reuben Rigg
16Th Ave
Arnett Johnson
Michigan Ave
Rigg
16Th Avenue
S. Main Street
Rigg Alto
Robert Markert
S. Main St
Markert
Johnson
Roger Crawford
Grove St
Michigan Avenue
Yankee Road
Edna Roman
Middletown
Alice Hunter
Lincoln Sr
11Th Avenue
Minnesota Street
29 Drivers Arrested In Speed Cases
Twenty nine motorists including three juveniles were cited into court on speeding charges by patrolmen using radar over the weekend. Five were given warnings. Speeds ranged from 36 to 56. Ten stopped at Yankee Road and Askew Street, ten at Bellomonte Street and North Avenue, nine at 18th Avenue and S Verity Parkway, five at 440 N Verity Parkway, and one at Tytus and Nelbar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Ferguson
Robert Trimbie
Yankee Road
Askew Street
Bellomonte Street
North Avenue
18Th Avenue
S. Verity Parkway
N. Verity Parkway
Tytus
Nelbar
Bill Snider Injured As Lamp Explodes
W. T. Bill Snider head of Snider and Son Insurance suffered third degree burns to his hands and arms when a gasoline lantern exploded as he turned it off after a picnic. His wife Bluebell daughter Travis and mother were nearby in his car. Snider rolled on the grass to extinguish flames saving himself. He is at Middletown Hospital as doctors watch for infection. Mr and Mrs Ted Leslie and their young son attended the picnic on Fleming Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T
Bill” Snider
Snider and Son Insurance Agency
Pickwick Building
S Main Street
Snider
Bluebell
Travis
D. W. Snider
Middletown
Snigers
Ted Leslie
Fleming Road
Explosion Victim Improves After Home Gas Heater Blast
Clyde Barker of 1616 Pershing Ave was injured when a gas heater exploded at his home Saturday. He was reported in slightly improved condition at Middletown Hospital after earlier being listed as satisfactory and later as improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Barker
Pershing Ave
Middletown Hospital
Break-in at Meadow Gold Dairy Causes No Loss
Detectives Bauer and Fouts with patrolmen Pelfrey and Nunamaker investigated a 3:35 a.m. break-in at Mead ow Gold Dairy on Atco Avenue and Nelbar Street. Entry was gained by removing a rear door, with thieves netting nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Gold Dairy
Atco Avenue
Nelbar Street
Ralph Bauer
Paul Fouts
Dan Pelfrey
Robert Nunamaker
Man Loses Money and Teeth in Early Morning Scuffle
Harvey Lovelace reports two youths grabbed him on Hill Avenue and stole his billfold containing $2. He says his trousers were torn and his false teeth were knocked out but later recovered. Police filed the report at 1 10 a.m. with no suspect descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Lovelace
Hill Ave
Lovelace
Lebanon Jaycees Install Tonight at Shadow Lake
The Lebanon Junior Chamber of Commerce will install new officers at a Shadow Lake picnic. William B. Rowe Jr. becomes president, succeeding Joseph R. Gray who moves to a state director post. Other officers include Horace Thompson vice president Don Runner secretary Ted Ottesen treasurer and directors H. E Tommy Thompson J L Clark Paul Hasselbring and Keith Hawk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Army Enlists John J. Brooks From Main Street
John J. Brooks, son of Mrs Ethel M. Brooks of 709 S Main St, has enlisted in the Army. Local recruiting officer Marvin R Hedrick announced this morning. Brooks was sent to Ft Knox Kentucky to begin a three year enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Brooks
Ethel M. Brooks
S. Main St
Marvin R Hedrick
Brooks
Ft. Knox
Hamiltonians Photo Judged Best At Lake
Von Stein of 757 Ross Ave Hamilton won first place in Le Sourdsville Lake Camera Day with a photo of two models at the lake Fun House. Robert Wettengel II of Cincinnati won under 18 top honors and placed second in adults. Barbara Byerline won under 18 second and Lummis, Utzinger, and Lummis also placed in adults. Honorable mentions went to Middletown area residents Manford Brewer Thelma Byerline Lummis and Al Rupp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Stein
Ross Ave
Hamilton
LeSourdsville Lake
Don Carey
the Lake Fun House
Robert Wettengel II
Cincinnati
Wettengel
Barbara Byerline
William F. Utzinger
Dayton
Tom Lummis
WPFB
Middletown
Manford Brewer
South Lebanon
Thelma Byerline
Lummis
al Rupp
S. Sutphin St
Flowers on Lancaster grave spark family mystery
Mrs. Mil dred Miller of Lancaster and her half brother John Aldrich of Hamilton hope a bouquet left on their mother Elizabeth Ann Hower Brumfield’s grave in Cedarville Greene County may be from Frances Brumfield, a missing sister. Frances has been absent 21 years. Virginia one sister recalled only faintly. The 1924 death left six children. two sisters Frances and Virginia remain missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Ohio
Mildred Miller
John Aldrich
Hamilton
Elizabeth Ann Hower Brumfield
Cedarville
Greene County
Seven Arrested On Assault Warrants In Local Bust
Police carried out arrests late Saturday and Sunday on assault and battery warrants. The group includes Agatha Richardson and Thomas Richardson of 900 Central Ave, Augustus Maloney and Mary Maloney of Newport, Sam Hester, Joseph Duerr, and Thomas Moore, plus Ralph Bradford of Butler. A hubcap valued at 7.50 was stolen from Bradford’s car during Saturdays game. Claudette Whitner was bitten by a dog on the knee. James Rose faced carrying a concealed weapon. Ralph Adams was arrested on a failure to provide warrant. Odell Riley had a two inch knife wound at Middletown Hospital from a recent altercation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agatha Richardson
Thomas Richardson
Central Ave
Augustus Maloney
Mary Maloney
Newport
Sam Hester
Vanderveer
Joseph Duerr
Church St
Thomas Moore
N. Verity Parkway
Ralph Bradford
Butler
James Rose
Linden Ave
Ralph Adams
Hill Ave
Middletown Hospital
Odell Riley
Paramount and Strand Showings This Week
Paramount screens Marciano Charles pictures at 1 15 3 15 5 15 7 25 and 9 30 p m Men of the Fighting Lady at 1 30 3 30 5 30 7 40 and 10 p m Strand presents Royal African Rifles at 1 15 4 10 7 10 and 10 10 p m Jack Slade at 2 35 5 30 and 8 30 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marciano Charles Pictures
Royal African Rifles
Jack Slade
Rotary Growing Rapidly Along Iron Curtain
Rotary International, barred in the Soviet bloc, grows along the Iron Curtain. West Germany’s 66th Rotary Club gains its Marburg charter as postwar renewal of international friendship proceeds. Rotary, introduced in 1927, was banned by Hitler in 1934 and reemerged after 1949 with German membership over 2,200 and several new clubs each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marburg
Germany
Rotary International
Soviet Union
West Germany
66Th
Rotary Club
Adolf Hitler
Rotary
Ack
Gebhart Elected to Sigma Xi at Cornell
Benjamin Gebhart son of Mrs L M Gebhart of 1021 Auburn St an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at Cornell University has been elected to membership in Cornell chapter of Sigma Xi national honorary society He earned his doctoral degree this month and is one of 29 faculty named to this honor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Gebhart
L. M. Gebhart
Auburn St
Cornell University
Cornell
Sigma Xi
Gebhart
Franklin man faces stabbing charge after city brawl
Ralph Smith 37 of 825 Union Rd was to appear in Municipal Court on a charge of cutting with intent to wound after a Saturday night brawl at 705 S Main St. He stabbed James Haney 28 of 721 S Main St in the abdomen and chest. Haney's condition was fair. Oakley Smith 28, also involved, was treated for a bitten tongue and released before readmission. Officers Harbach and Carpenter handled the arrest. no witnesses to the altercation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
J. T. Riley
O. E. Chamberlain
Ralph Smith
Union Rd
James Haney
S. Main St
Smith
Oakley
Union Road
Haney
Oakley Smith
Middletown Hospital
Charles Harbach
Wilbert Carpenter
Chief Chamberlain
Tot Pulls Cord Spills Coffee Burns Girl
Mary Sullivan 18 month old of Franklin suffered first and second degree burns from steam after she pulled a percolator cord at home. Norma Bush 13 fell and fractured her right wrist on a grapevine swing. Robert Lancaster 3 from Franklin suffered abrasions and a punctured cheek after falling from a moving car near Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sullivan
Earnest Sullivan
Olive Ave
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Norma Bush
Everett Bush
Sheridan Ave
Robert Lancaster
Box 325
Monroe
Clel Lancaster
City Receives 11155 From Liquor Permit Fees
Ohio cities receive liquor permit fee distributions for the final quarter of 1953 54 totaling 11755 for Middletown and 20190 for Hamilton. The statewide total is 1783628 with 7508657 returned to local governments in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ohio
Hamilton
Toledo Educator Heads Ohio AAA
Edward L. Bowser, Toledo's superintendent of schools, elected president of the Ohio State Automobile Association. He succeeds D. J. Towell of Akron. Bowser, a former Toledo Automobile Club president, hails from Cridersville and led Ohio education 1935-37 before taking Toledo post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Edward L. Bowser
Toledo
Ohio State Automobile Assn
Bowsher
D. J. Towell
Akron
Toledo Automobile Club
State
Cridersville
Auglaize County
More School Talks Tonight On Lemon Middletown Merger
Public meetings continue as Lemon Township and Middletown school boards pursue consolidation. Tonight at 8 at Middletown High School marks the fourth session led by N. J. Lawler with both superintendents present. Attendance grows with over 60 at Lemon Monroe and about 30 at Middletown previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemon Township
Middletown
Middletown High School
N. J Lawler
Lemon-Monroe High School
Butler County Divorces Granted
Ruth Clifford of 901 Lafayette Ave. is granted divorce from Harvey Clifford of Middletown for neglect and willful absence before Judge Fred B. Cramer. Jeanne Townley of Hamilton is granted divorce from John Leroy Townley for neglect before Judge P. P. Boll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Clifford
Lafayette Ave
Harvey Clifford
Middletown
Fred B. Cramer
Jeanne Townley
Hamilton
John Leroy Townley
P. P. Boll
Gene Phillips on Staff of Princeton's Camp
Gene M. Phillips son of Mr and Mrs E L Phillips 24 Kenwood Dr joins Princeton University's summer camp staff opening its 41st season in the Kittatinny foothills near Blairstown New Jersey. The camp serves underprivileged teenage boys from congested cities with staff drawn from Princeton students and alumni. Phillips is one of 14 staff members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene M. Phillips
E. L. Phillips
Kenwood Dr
Princeton University
Kittatinny Mountains
Blairstown
N. J
Princeton
Phillips
Haircuts Cheap in Toyokawa Spur Price War
Barbers in Toyokawa, about 20 miles south, trigger a rush as a price war cuts haircut prices from 50 cents to 5 cents, attracting crowds and intense competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Toyokawa
Here
The Clipper Nightclub Opens in Tokyo
A new high priced Tokyo venue named The Clipper targets tourists and American soldiers. The club offers premium beverages and entertainment, signaling a shift in postwar hospitality aimed at international visitors and stationed personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Man faces charges in Middletown drunken incident
Susong 26 of Trenton Road appeared to be intoxicated and charged with aggravated disorderly conduct after he entered Harold Hodge home on Woodlawn Avenue and attempted to bathe. He passed out before filling the tub, was awakened and jailed, and officers retrieved his clothes. Sgt. Harold Gray and Patrolman Robert Tallon led the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Venice
Tennessee
Susong
Hodge
Harold Gray
Robert Tallon
Who's In Pulpit at St. Pauls Defiance Amid Forked Leadership
In Defiance Ohio layman O J Heuss announced a split within St Pauls Methodist Church as former pastor Dr Joseph C Richards and new minister Rev Robert C Weaver both sought control. Richards surrendered credentials and became business manager with no salary for Weaver while church factions backed different leaders. The Ohio Methodist Church said a faction opposed Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Ohio
St. Paul's Methodist Church
O. J. Heuss
Joseph C. Richards
Robert C. Weaver
Heusi
Christ
St. Paul's
Dr. Richards
Nerous
Richards
Hazen G Werner
Weaver
Werner
Ohio Methodist Church Organization
Better Business Expected By Steel Industry
Cleveland steel magazine reports a mid year survey predicting better business in the second half of 1954 with some plants approaching 80 percent capacity. Of 5039 executives surveyed 49 percent foresee growth, 24.5 percent expect a drop, and 27.5 percent forecast no change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Steel Magazine
The
Metalworking Journal
Civitan to hear pilot John Brooks at noon in Manchester Hotel
Civitan Club members will hear Middletown pilot John Brooks discuss his transcontinental flight in the Stinson division. Brooks and Homer Leffler won first from Philadelphia to Palm Springs, California, in a JCChaperoned event sponsored by the national Junior Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
John Brooks
Civitan Club
Manchester
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Brooks
Homer Leffler
Stinson
Philadelphia
Palm Springs
Calif
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Snider
Jaycees
Monroe Lumber & ‘Supply Co
Marcus Eads
Mason
Dave Harmon
LeVonne Bond Bryer
Billie Bischoff
Carl von Stein
Hamiltonians
Claudette Whitner
Sycamore St
Mark Boyd
5Th Ave
S. Clinton Street
Paramount
Ben Gebhart
Mary Louw Stutenroth
Charles E. Stutenroth
West Middletown
Butler County Courts
Gene Phillips
Alexander-Smith
Bob Ranft Furiture
Franklin Sinnieicus
Hanson
Gough-Lamb
Gough-Lamb’s
Gough- Lamb Cleaners
Erle Hanson
Charles ST
Tubber
Kenneth Leary
van Wert
Mr. Weaver
Civitan
America
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