Middletown OKs Yingling Bros circus July 22
City Commission gave unanimous approval for Yingling Bros Barnum and Bailey circus to exhibit July 22 on land across from the National Armory on S Main Street. Contracting agent Al Butler said 11 acres are available with arrangements for extra parking for the 80 car circus. John Ringling North aims to bring the big show to smaller cities. Sponsorship by the South Middletown Fire Department was withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yingling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Tircus
S. Main Street
al Butler
B. F P. Sawyer & Son
Butler
John Ringling North
Middletown
South Middletown
City plans to collect garbage in North Middletown
North Middletown expands sanitation as 45 applications pour in for area four square miles. City Manager Charles W. Thompson charts a switch from private collector, arranging a 10 day notice and new packer truck, with two operators named for the transfer. Officials seek press cooperation to inform residents of the changeover date amid traffic concerns at North Avenue Sutphin Street. Thompson also maps congestion, promised a thorough study after Sutphin extension and Shafer Neibar underpass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Middletown
Charles W. Thompson
Yesteray
Thompson
Wnitation
Collecion
North Middletown
William W. Donham
North Avenue
Sutphin Street
Donham
Shafer-Neibar
Kunz Avenue
Ortman - Stewart Transportation Co
Lakeside
Fenwick Boosters Honor Leaving Coaches and New Principal
The Fenwick Boosters Club and the Fenwick Welfare Assn held a covered dish dinner at the Middletown Kanee Club to honor Coach Barney Otten and Assistant Coach John Vukelich as they leave Fenwick. They welcomed Fenwick's new principal, Rev. Lawrence Krusling, and presented gifts to both coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenwick Boosters Club
Fenwick Welfare Assn
Middletown
Burglary at Blumberg and Cohen Inc Damages Machines
Thieves broke into Blumberg and Cohen Inc at Walnut Street and Calumet Avenue last night. Entry was gained by forcing the office door. Cash boxes were not described as missing though vending machines for candy soft drinks and cigarettes were damaged. Det James Howerton noted forced entry. The report mentions a unrelated note about whale dentition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blumberg & Cohen, Inc
Walnut Street
Calumet Avenue
James Howerton
Three Hurt In Area Auto Crashes Near Middletown
Three people were seriously hurt in two separate traffic crashes near Middletown. William Woolum, 18, of Hamilton, suffered jaw and rib fractures, a brain concussion, facial and leg cuts after his northbound car went off Wayne Madison Road and hit a culvert. he was taken to Middletown Hospital. In the second crash on Ohio 73 and 48 between Springboro and Waynesville, Donald Chronister, 4, Mansfield, and Richard Weidberg, 64, Cincinnati, sustained multiple injuries. Chronister was reported to have possible skull fracture. Both drivers were cited in a truck car collision, with vehicles heavily damaged, and injured were transported by Stubbs ambulance to Miami Valley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
William Woolum
Vanda St
Hamilton
Middletown Hospital
Woolum
Wayne-Madison Road
Rt. 73
McCoy-Leffler
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Ohio
Springboro
Waynesville
Donald Chronister
Mansfield
Richard Weidberg
Cincinnati
Chronister
Weidberg
Stubbs
Sitdown Strike Abandoned by Mrs Emmett Grainer
Mrs Emmett Grainer of Creek View Ad abandoned a week long sitdown protest at Ottis Johnson Sons paint store after a week of vigils in the store and her car. She said the protest showed property owners can publicly point out a contractor’s failure and she hopes her actions did some good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Grainer
Creek View
Mayfield
Franklin girl hit by car on Coles Road
A 16 year old Franklin girl named Diana Shope, daughter of Marion Shope of 154 North River Street, was struck by a car on Coles Road and taken by Riggs ambulance to Middletown Hospital. Hospital staff said the extent of injuries would be revealed after X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Coles Road
Diana Shope
Marion Shope
N. River St
Riggs Ambulance
Woman slashes hand while cleaning window
Mrs. Frank Dalton, 35, Franklin Rt. 2, required minor surgery for cuts to her right index and little finger and a deep palm wound after her hand went through window glass she was cleaning. She was released from Middletown Hospital. The Vatican Sistine chapel was named for founder Pope Pius Sextus IV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dalton
Franklin Rt. 2
Vatican Sistine Chapel
Pope Pius Sextus IV
Verity Tytus intersection to be closed for sewer work
The Verity Parkway and Tytus Avenue intersection will close at 6 a.m. tomorrow for about three weeks to allow Lakeside relief sewer work. Traffic will detour via Columbia Avenue and Clark Street for northbound and eastbound routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verity Parkway
Tytus Avenue
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Boeke
Lakeside
Columbia Avenue
Clark Street
Tytus
Best Drivers Still Scarce in Safety Week Contest
Middletown reported two more courteous drivers yesterday, bringing the contest total to five for Safety Week. Myrtle Sloan of 3107 Mohawk St. won an Armbruster Florist Orchid, a free lubrication at Sebastian's Service Station, and two Paramount Theater passes for clearing Vail Avenue and the Clinton Street intersection. Vernon Collier of 5 N Clinton St. earned two movie passes for clearing Canal Street at Central Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Arnold Ferguson
Myrtle Sloan
Mohawk St
Vail Avenue
Clinton Street
Armbruster Florist
Sebastian
Paramount Theater
Vernon Collier
Clinton St
Canal Street
Central Avenue
City Surveying Traffic Signs In New Areas
Lt James Combs heads a two day survey in the newly annexed North Middletown area to locate signs needing straightening standardizing replacing old no parking signs and erecting speed limit signs. He also checks need for street lining such as stop bars and will forward the report to Police Chief Joseph Blackmore for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Middletown
James Combs
Traffic Bureau
Combs
Joseph Blackmore
Akron man 78 dies in ladder fall while painting home
Steve Bender, 78, a retired B. F. Goodrich Co. worker, was killed Wednesday when he fell 20 feet from a ladder onto a sidewalk while painting his house. A futurity race is defined as a race where horses are entered before birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Steve Bender
B. F. Goodrich Co
More Aeronca Workers On Stand In NLRB Hearing
Third day of a public NLRB hearing featured Aeronca workers detailing actions by company officers and supervisors from December 28 to January 18. The UAW CIO seeks another representation election, citing misconduct by Aeronca and the Independent Union before the January 18 vote that the independent union won 705 to 457.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeronca Manufactureing Corp
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Washington
United Auto Workers, Uvaw-Cio
Aeronca Independent Union
Aeronca
Uaw-Cio
Independent Union
Otho Wisman
Germantown Road
Wisman
Common Pleas
Don DeFrates
AIU
Arene DeFrates
Union
DéFrates
Sol Soodman
Cincinnati
Auw-Cio
Soolidge Corp
Herbert Silberman
George Wilken
UAW
Lowell Goerlich
Vandals Blamed for $1,750 Fire at Dix Road Home
Firefighters reported a 4:37 p.m. blaze in the closet at Fred Boehm’s house, causing $500 in building damage and $1,250 to contents after intruders allegedly gained entry by removing a window screen. Police cited Boehm’s account of juveniles entering, ransacking, and smearing lipstick before lighting the closet fire. The cause remained undetermined. A separate washer fire at Ed Land’s home caused no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dix
Fred Boehm
Boehm
Company 4
Ed Land
Milton Rd
Company 2
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lorillard
Sutphin
Ings
Fart Henry
Shafer St
Arlington Knolls
L. A. Waldner
City Commission
U. S
Ae Robinson
Yankee Rd
Department of Public Utilities
The
West Co
Newport
Burton and Gideon
G. HL. Shartzer
Bc Uc Re
Stuaoyy
Fes
General Electric
Meu Ee Ri
Central Ave
Fenwick Boosters
Verity-Tytus
LAD and Lassie Shop
CIO
Freeman's
Benrus - Elgin - Gruen
Reg
Benrus
Elgin
Biyoty
Lee
Gruen Cosmopolitan
Jiazhao
Zeriaa
Sone
Mary Chess
Freeman's Jewelry
Trimble’s
Trimble
Baltimore
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!