Middletown Reports 193 Consecutive Days Without Fatal Traffic Crash
Middletown safety director Paul Wilson notes 193 days without a traffic fatality in the city. The last crash occurred August 31, 1950, the 35th fatality in Butler County that year. A recent two car collision near Hill Ave and Moore St ended in death. The city once held a 487 day record set in 1948–49 amid national safety awards.
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Paul Wilson
Middletown
Butler County
Hill Ave
Moore St
Midletown Hospital
Local Safety Council
Coins and Notes Found in Old Church Cornerstone
The First Presbyterian Church cornerstone at First and Main was opened after Sunday services. Coins placed in 1892 by Nell and William Barnitz, a member notebook, and two 1892 Middletown News-Signal issues were found. Contents will be displayed at Roosevelt Junior High School this week before resealing for placement near the new cornerstone.
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First Presbyterian Church
First and Main
Russell Galloway
Nell Barnitz
William Barnitz
Middletown News - Signal
Congress
Guerney Cole, Sr
Galloway
Roosevelt Junior High School
Central Ave
Cornestone
David Gerber
Middletown Journal
Graduation Thursday for Patrol Auxiliarymen in Middletown
Twenty six World War II members of American Legion Post 218 will graduate from the Ohio Highway Patrol Auxiliary in a ceremony at Kessler Auditorium. Attending are Sgt. Ben Hughes and Sgt. Tom Thomas from Wilmington. the Middletown unit totals 74 trained in first aid and traffic control with Captain Frank Gibbons leading the group.
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American Legion Post 218
Ohio Highway Patrol Auxiliary
Kessler Auditorium
Legion
State Patrol
Columbus
Ben Hughes
Tom Thomas
Wilmington
Patrol Auxiliary
American Legion
John Baker
Ralph Buehl
Alfred Burns
Jesse Creech
Tom Class
William Clark
Charles Cooper
Robert Carpenter
Mack Davis
Roger Dillman
James Dunn
George Greenup
Howard Hartness
Robert Huntzinger
Charles Kennedy
Richard Krebs
Curt Lackens
Roy Longman
Charles Lea
Norman Mack
Paul Mieth
Thomas Nepp
Richard Stanton
Paul Steigerwald
Joseph Stevens
Curtis Thomas
State Highway Patrol Auxiliary
Disas
Ter
Middletown
Ohio
Franklin
Oxford
Frank Gibbons
John Booth
Lebanon
Seven Arrested On Disorderly Conduct Charges
Seven people were charged with disorderly conduct after weekend police activity and were ordered to appear in Municipal Court. Willoughby Cowgill, William Meadows, Gene Waddell, Nellie Whitt, Clyde Benton Hollow, Blanche Reed, and Ralph Faeta were taken into custody at various addresses. Two men faced operating while intoxicated charges, Clarence Richardson and Arthur Reed, with James Manning and Steve Herald charged with physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Willoughby Cowgill
First Ave
Clinton St
William Meadows
Wanetta St
Oneida
Gene Waddell
Omaha St
Beech St
Nellie Whitt
Yankee Rd
Clyde Benton Hollow
Oxford Rd
Blanche Reed
Ralph Faeta
Queen Ave
Clarence Richardson
West Linden St
Miamisburg
Tytus Ave
Arthur
Reed
Trenton
Grimes St
James Manning
South Excede
Steve Herald
Fleming Rd
Weather forecasts miss as rain and sleet fail to appear
Vandalia residents faced a chilly day with light clouds and intermittent sun as forecasters predicted rain and sleet that never arrived. The high rested near 45 degrees with a 29 degree low, while early morning readings showed a 33 degree temperature rising slightly.
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Vandalia
Miami Valley
Birth Announcements Downstate Families Welcome Eleven Babies
Vital Statistics lists several births with parents and addresses. Names include Mr and Mrs John Edgington Waynesville a daughter. Alfred Millard Franklin Route 2 a son. Harold Coldiron 1007 Columbia Ave a son. Lloyd Miller 1107 South Main St a son. Leroy Cavin Franklin Route 2 a daughter. David Click 1110 South Main St a son. Taylor Gilbert Wildwood Rd a daughter. Jonathan Combs 3211 Ottawa St a daughter. Leroy Abercrombie 1506 Smith St a son. William Ruckert 1820 Grand Ave a son. Leo Aleman 2106 Central Ave a daughter. Sunday and Saturday dates noted for births.
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John Edgington
Waynesville
Alfred Millard
Franklin
Harold Coldiron
Columbia Ave
Lloyd Miller
South Main St
Leroy Cavin
Franklin Route 2
David Click
Taylor Gilbert
Wildwood Rd
Jonathan Combs
Ottawa St
Leroy Abercrombie
Smith St
William Ruckert
Grand Ave
Leo Aleman
Central Ave
Hospital List of Patients by Name and Condition
Long hospital roster lists numerous patients by name and residence with medical or surgical status. Entries include out of town and local individuals such as George Handy Granada Ave surgical and Hubert Sprinkles Glen Ave medical among many others.
Two Stolen Cars Found Abandoned
Police recovered two stolen cars over the weekend and noted attempts to cross wires and start vehicles. Charles Stubbs’s car from 1400 Grove Street was found in the 2700 block of North Verity Parkway, and George Fowles’s car from 2208 Yankee Road was located in the 2000 block of Yankee Road.
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Charles Stubbs
Grove St
North Verity Pkwy
George Fowles
Yankee Rd
William McKee
Columbia Ave
Reynolds Ave
Ted Boone
Water St
Broad St. Bowl Mar
Andy Volrich
Curtis St
Six Treated At Middletown Hospital For Minor Injuries
Six persons were treated and released at Middletown Hospital yesterday. A three year old boy was admitted for further treatment. A Route 2 resident received a swollen elbow from a Sunday morning auto accident. Betty Mynheir 19 of Franklin was treated for a fractured left wrist from a home fall. Earl Daniels was treated for a lacerated right thumb and left hand from an industrial accident. Ronnie Poynter 3 was treated for a foreign body in his right ear and admitted for removal. Seman Ashley of Winchester Indiana was treated for an eye injury. Vicki Siegel 7 of Linden Avenue was treated for a knee laceration from a home fall.
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Middletown Hospital
Don Longworth
Franklin Route 2
Betty Mynheir
Bridge St
Franklin
Earl Daniels
Waneta St
Ronnie Poynter
Chester Poynter
Woodlawn Ave
Seman Ashley
Winchester
Ind
Vicki Siegel
Richard Siegel
Linden Ave
Cookie Sale To Run Through Saturday At Local Council
A large turnout on the first two days of the annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale is reported by executive director Mrs. Garnet Church. Sales began Friday after school and run through Saturday with neighborhoods requesting more boxes. Boxes cost 40 cents each. A Leader Training session for about 10 Carlisle leaders was planned for this afternoon at Chautauqua, with another likely next Monday at 2 p.m.
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Garnet Church
Girl Scout
Carlisle
Chautauqua
Middletown
Heroic Marine and Partner Fire Machine Gun Duel
AP reports Middletown Marine Pfc Harold Pieratt and his West Virginia comrade Pfc Joe Dorsey averted a Chinese machine gun position during the advance toward Hongchow. A burst felled a tree as they replied with their 30 caliber gun silencing the foe. Pieratt is the son of Mr and Mrs Willie Pieratt of 1816 Clarendon Ave.
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Associated Press
Middletown
West Virginia
Changbong
Korea
Harold Pieratt
Joe Dorsey
Charlestown
W. Va
Hongchow
Pieratt
Dorsey
Pfe
Willie Pieratt
Clarendon Ave
Sportsmen To See Film Of Aerial Wolf Hunt
Members of the Middletown Sportsmen's Club will view a Canadian Timber Wolf hunt film from the air at the monthly meeting. The program, narrated by L. V. Thiel of Chautauqua, covers bush pilots risking a forced landing about 250 miles north of the Kenora Hudson Bay line. E. G. Myers warns of career risks. members urged to attend early.
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Middletown
Three Coats Stolen From Taverns Reported
Police said three coats were reported stolen over the weekend. Miss Ethel Murphy, 35, reported her $65 coat taken from a Central Ave grill. Jack Carlisle, 33, said his overcoat was stolen from a West Central Ave cafe. Edward Greery complained his coat was taken from a Garfield St cafe.
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Ethel Murphy
Fourteenth Ave
Central Ave
Jack Carlisle
Oxford State Rd
West Central Ave
Edward Greery
Heffner St
Garfield St
Movies and Showings for Monday and Tuesday
Paramount presents Three Guys Named Mike at 1 45 3 40 5 35 7 30 and 9 25 p.m Strand shows Show Down at 1 30 4 20 7 10 and 10 p.m Bowery Battalion at 3 00 5 50 8 40 p.m Colonial offers Call Me Mister at 1 15 2 50 4 30 6 20 8 10 and 10 p.m
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Paramount
Mike
Bowery Battalion
Colonial
Mister
Four Drivers Arrested After Weekend Highway Accidents
State Highway Patrol reports four accidents late Saturday with no injuries. Charges include hit and run, parking on highway, and operating a Kentucky registered vehicle. Individuals named include Miles Wilkerson, Cleve Powell, Everett Garwood, Thomas Frebis, Asa Napier, and Hugh Royalty. penalties ranged from fines to court appearances.
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Miles Wilkerson
Monument Ave
Hamilton
Brush Up First Aid Class Set For Wednesday Evening
A two week refresher course on first aid will start Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Red Cross office at 116 South Main Street. The class, announced by Elmer Barker, offers re certification for those recently inactive and prepares residents for civil defense with experts hoping one trained person per family. A separate instructors class begins March 26.
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Red Cross
South Main St
Elmer Barker
Barker
Middletown
Cincinnati
Funeral rites set for Foster youth in U.S. 22 crash
William Stepp 18 of Foster dies from a collision on U S 22. Funeral services 10 30 a m Wednesday at Church of God South Lebanon with burial in South Lebanon Cemetery. He died at General Hospital Cincinnati. Survived by parents Martin and Ida Stepp three brothers and two sisters.
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Lebanon
William Stepp
Foster
U. S
Church of God
South Lebanon
Claude Brandenburg
Loveland
John E. Hunter
Columbus
General Hospital
Cincinnati
Stepp
Martin
Ida Stepp
Mrs Mary Foley 73 Dies After Illness at Son’s Home
Mrs Mary Foley 73 widow of farmer Matthew Foley died Sunday night at the home of her son Dr William Foley in Cincinnati after months of illness. Survived by son and brother Jerry Dempsey of Ludlow Kentucky funeral at St Patrick Verona Kentucky with burial Verona Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday afternoon at Hamilton Funeral Home Cincinnati.
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Lebanon
Mary Foley
William Foley
Cincinnati
Foley
Matthew Foley
Jerry Dempsey
Ludlow
St. Patrick Church
Verona
George Bodine Rites Set in Lebanon Funeral Home
George Bodine, 69, died Sunday. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Oswald Funeral Home. Burial follows in Lebanon Cemetery. Survived by wife Clementine and sister Adeline Henley of Lebanon. Friends may call at the funeral home until the service.
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Lebanon
George Bodine
Oswald
Clementine
Adeline Henley
Mason physician Dr Paul Tetrick 69 dies after surgery
Dr Paul Tetrick a 69 year old Mason physician died Sunday at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after surgery. A Mason native and Cincinnati Medical College graduate he practiced here since graduation. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Survived by widow Emma and daughter Mrs Virginia Randolph of Mason. Services incomplete with Gallimore Funeral Home Mason handling arrangements.
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Mason
Paul Tetrick
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Tetrick
Cincinnati Medical College
The
Presbyterian Church
Emma
Virginia Randolph
Gallimore Funeral Home
Daniel G. Johnson Dies After Stroke in Kentucky
Daniel G. Johnson 73 of Pine Ridge Kentucky died suddenly at 4 30 a m Monday at his home following a stroke His death shocked several relatives from Middletown who had...
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Pine Ridge
Daniel G. Johnson
Middletown
Four Year Old Hurt in Car Crash on Central Avenue
Lynn Curtis of 2823 Wilbraham Road suffered a slight head bump and puncture wound from a bobby pin after the car she rode in was hit in the rear by Frank Curtis's vehicle in the 1300 block of Central Avenue. Philip Schmidt, 20, of 2201 Fernwood Street, struck the Curtis car causing the crash at 4:34 p.m. Sunday. A separate report says Leonard Smith's parked car on Columbia Avenue was struck by an unknown vehicle that left the scene, damaging the left rear fender.
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Lynn Curtis
Wilbraham Rd
Frank Curtis
Central Ave
Philip Schmidt
Fernwood St
Leonard Smith
Columbia Ave
Funeral Arrangements Update For Johnson Family
The obituary notes the surviving widow Jane and two daughters Mrs Arlie Brown of Franklin and Mrs C D McCloud of Gratis, plus son Dorsey Johnson of Pine Ridge. It lists 18 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Jane
Arlie Brown
Franklin
C. D McCloud
Gratis
Dorsey Johnson
Pine Ridge
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Cleveland Wrecking Company
George Handy
Granada Ave
Hubert Sprinkles
Glen Ave
John Manker
Browning St
Rickey Smith
Herbert Smith
Excello
John Burnett
Fifteenth Ave
Leroy Wagner
Wilson Hampton
Wesley J. Beck
Highland St
Elmer Martin
Vanderveer St
Verner Lay
West Middletown
Goodloe Butler, Jr
Larry Cummins
James Cummins
Glenn Gephart
Pat Ryan
Leibee St
John Wilmouth
Charles Cox
Wood
Ralph Locke
Harold Locke
Franklin, Surgical
Michael Shepherd
Charles Shepherd
Adolph O'Neil
Good Samaritan Hospital
Medical
Roy Dull
Miles Sandlin
Meadow Ave
Venus Maupin
Vanderveer
Howard Wikoff
Shafer St
Luther Campbell
Woodrow Williams
Fifth Ave
Claude Ingram
Fourth Ave
Barney Baker
Linda Deaton
Willie Deaton
Lonnie Carpenter
Claude Carpenter
Oxford St
Hilda McIntyre
Hazel McIntyre
Florence Back
Arthur Back
Charles McIntosh
Pearl McIntosh
James Evers, Jr
Jewel
Robert Hatton
Clyde Inman
David Mize
Donald Mize
David Mynhier
Manuel Nori
Michigan Ave
Blanche Shaffer
Urbana
David
Earlene Skidmore
Earl Skidmore
Omaha
Harry Stanhope
Ashby Thomas
Fifteenth
Clint Wright
Jos.r. Baker & Sons
Manchester Ave
Middletown , Ohio
HFC
First National Bank
Main St
Squire J. E. Jackson
Roger Wilson
Wilkerson
Homer A. Stoutenborough
Cleve Powell
Young St
James Arrowood
Malvern St
Powell
Edward Palmer
Covington
Everett E. Garwood
Squire Lammie Bailey
Thomas A. Frebis
Wicoff St
Clyde Loniker
Harmon Ave
Asa Napier
Franklin-Trenton Rd
Napier
Hugh Royalty
Lock St
Lockland
Kentucky
Mrs
Butler
DIAL
VY Llcancts
St. Clinton
Norcross Greeting Cards Office Outfitters
Your
Crosley
Sales — Service
ACME
Ninth
Yankee Dial
Enith
Zenith
SMC SN MU
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