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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
9
Butler County Grand Jury completes questioning after reviewing 70 cases. The jury will report findings to Judge Fred B. Cramer of common pleas court after a recess through Tuesday morning.
Weather notes describe March entering with wind rain and cold at midnight then turning sunny and calm in the morning. Temperatures ranged from a 31 degree low to 42 by 9 am and a high around 52. Ohio forecasts call for mostly cloudy and colder conditions with showers east and north, highs 45 to 50. Snow flurries near the lake possible tonight, with fair but cold conditions tomorrow.
Two truck drivers were fined for overloads on roads under 25 percent load limits due to winter wear. Dean R. Grubbs of Bedford Pennsylvania paid 377 dollars and costs for 17 590 pounds. James R. Crowell of Imperial Pennsylvania paid 78 dollars for 5 300 pounds. Both were arrested on Route 73 east of Franklin and appeared before Squire Warren Young. Portable scales were used to check loads and highway director T J Kaper ordered the reductions to protect highways until repairs.
Lineman Clarence E. Taylor Jr. and Bernard L. Copeland of the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Middletown Division were last week credited with possibly saving Lorene Joseph, a Trenton Road student, from drowning after she stepped from a school bus near Engle's Corner and slipped toward a water edge. Taylor pulled her from the water after stopping behind the bus as it pulled away.
John A. Owen of Sorg Paper Company attends the sixth annual Technical Conference and Exhibit of the Reinforced Plastics Division in Chicago at Edgewater Beach Hotel. He served as recording secretary for a Government Agency Forum on plastics in Army and Navy ordnance. Peak Alaskan gold production reached 1940 with 26,458,951 dollars.
Oxford officials reject state charges that the village pollutes the Miami River via Four Mile Creek. They note Oxford contributes little to regional pollution and explain the sewage plant expansion, funded by $200,000 local share, awaits university and state funding approvals.
Damage estimated at 125 dollars occurred yesterday afternoon when a car driven by 16 year old Charles McFarland of Wells Rd. sideswiped Virginia Krebs 46 of Ardmore Dr. McFarland attempted to pass, veered off sidewalk, and struck lots at 2901 and 2903 Central Ave according to police.
Mrs. Catherine Griest will be in the Middletown tax office on the second floor of the City Building from March 5 to 31 to help taxpayers file personal property tax. County Auditor R. H. Smith announced. Griest will work 8:30 to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. on weekdays and 8:30 to noon Saturdays.
Gilbert Egelston, 21, Cincinnati College of Music student and son of Mr and Mrs Charles Egelston, auditions on WLW Aria Auditions for a chance at a Cincinnati Summer Opera contract. Five contestants perform, with eight selected for a concert, two winners to join the summer opera for its thirtieth anniversary season. Other contestants include Sadie McCollum Cecilia Ward Roberta Segal and Thomas Maurer.
The Leaders Association of the Middletown Girl Scout Council held a regular meeting with about 48 women in attendance. George Hill spoke on Understanding Children and a film showcased the duties of a troop committee in the Girl Scout organization.
Police said Robert G. Tirey of 331 Charles St. was charged with failure to have a driver’s license after arrest at Grimes St. and Central Ave. An attempted break-in at Calvary Methodist Church at 11 S Broad St was probed early today with marks on a door a forced window and a handbag found nearby.
Robert Walker of 1203 Grove Street reported the theft of a wheel from his car while parked, noting the unnamed crime occurred in a residential area and remains under police observation.
Charles R. Hook chairman of the National Board sponsors a luncheon tomorrow at the Queen City Club Cincinnati for citizens in terested in expanding JA activities Joe Francomano of New York vice president National Junior Achievement will pres ent for the meeting in Cincinnati
In the Aeronca lot on Germantown Road a wheel and tire were valued at 25 dollars. The item’s owner indicated the value during a local report of a property incident on Germantown Road.
Covington Kentucky Milton H. McClean 84 a corporate lawyer was found dead on the Licking River bank after a missing period. Coroner Mrs Tressa Riffe ruled accidental death saying he apparently fell down a steep embankment near Covington.
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