Middletown Board considers Blue Ball transfer plan to Warren County
The Middletown Board of Education discussed transferring the Blue Ball Special School District from Warren County. The plan calls for a majority Middletown vote, equitable funds division, and a boundary map, with data analysis to follow. The board also tackled 1956 budget timing, athletic plans for Cleveland state finals, and selected speakers for Lemon Monroe and Middletown graduations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Board of Education
Blue Ball
Warren County Board of Education
Raymond Hatfield
Warren County
Franklin
Turtle Creek
Duet
Middletown
John D. Blackford
Board
Harry Hadley
Joseph Woodruff
Warren Board
Blackford
Hatfield
Cleveland
Burglars Fail To Crack Safe At Auto Parts
Police report burglars forced entry to Mose Cohen Auto Parts at 1614 1st Ave by smashing a back door. They failed to open the office safe and left without taking anything else. Detectives Herbert Frazier and Roy Crout investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Cohen Auto Parts, Inc
1St Ave
Herbert Frazier
Roy Crout
Lovesick Youth Commits Death by Own Action
In Decatur Georgia a 17-year-old, Jon Hutchison Phillips, shot himself in the presence of a forbidden girlfriend. Police said he drew a .38 revolver and declared it would be easy, after the girl's father barred contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
R. A. Boone
Decatur
Jon Hutchison Phillips
Gir Boone
Phillips
Schoolboy Appeals Paddling Decision
Ronald, a 16 year old ninth grader, appeals a Hamilton County court ruling denying damages after a paddling by teacher Robert C. Reeves. Reeves admitted giving three swats on January 4 1954 as charges of assault and battery and school board rule violations were involved. Mrs. Lillian Petaford filed the action for her son in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Courty
Hamilton County
Lillian Petaford
Ronald
Robert C. L. Reeves
Cincinnati
Reeves
Induction Tests Reported for Local Board No. 10
Eighteen registrants reported yesterdays for physical examinations and ten selectees answered induction calls. Volunteers listed include Robert Paul Singhoff er and many others from Hamilton and Oxford districts. Commander Robert Parnard of American Legion Post 218 spoke briefly before inductees departed. Coffee and doughnuts followed served by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Middletown Moose Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Paul Singhoffer
Elmo Pl
Raymond Martin
Middletown Rd
Robert Oliver Rose
Oxford-State Rd
Dean Uollen
Oxford-State Pd
Lionel Warren Stoves
Brentwood St
Kay Weldon Shay
Elwood St
Hamiton
Joseph Earl Hibbard
Ross Ave
Hamilton
Shelby Eugene Lawson
Wehr Rd
Gary Allyn Samuels
N. Poplar St
Oxford
David Bourne Maxfield
E. Withrow St
Ft. Thomas
Rodney T. Trent
Elsmere St
Robert Lowell
Pine St
Carl Ralph Cardill
Bexley Dr
Charles Eugene Sproul
St. Main St
Glenn Hawkins Baker
Hamilton-Trenton Rd
Willim Ratner Becker
E. High St
Forrest Lee Sizelove
S. College Ave
Gerald Lee Gaul
Journal Carriers Invited To Movie
Journal carriers of the Middle town are invited by James Rairdon manager to the Paramount Theater for two evenings. Tomorrow they will view Man With the Golden Arm starring Frank Sinatra Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker. Thursday they will see Walt Disney's The Littlest Outlaw and two shorts Johnny Appiseed and White Tailed Buck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Journal
James Rairdon
Paramount Theater
Frank Sinatra
Kim Novak
Eleanor Parker
Walt Disney
Johnny Appiseed
White Tailed Buck
Spring singing dates for Mid dletown Optimist Boys Choir
The Mid dletown Optimist Civic Boys Choir announced spring singing dates at a parents meeting. The group will perform next month at the Optimist Oratorical Contest and district meeting in Dayton, in May at a spring concert, and June 3 at the Chautauqua Sunday service. The annual picnic is set for May 27. Attendance awards were discussed.
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Middletown
Optimist Civic Boys Choir
Parents’ Organization
Optimist
Optimist District
Dayton
At The Movies Lineup Across Paramount Strand Colonial Dixie
Paramount shows Man With the Golden Arm and Vanishing American at 1 30 5 30 and 9 35 p m on Tuesday and Wednesday Strand runs To Hell and Back Silver Lode Tuesday Crooked Web My Sister Eileen Wednesday at 1 30 4 50 and 8 00 p m Colonial features Black Pirates Beast With One Million Eyes Tuesday and Wednesday Beasts at 1 30 4 20 7 10 and 10 00 p m Dixie Cruise In presents Saint s Girl Friday and Dragnet at 9 20 7 22 and 10 40 p m
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Hell
Eileen
Dixie Cruise
Wreck Near Lebanon Injures 3 Persons
Three people were injured in two vehicle crashes on U S 42 near Lebanon and U S 25 south of Blue Ball. Henry and Mae Jones of Covington sustained fractures and multiple injuries. Minna Gunn of Detroit suffered abrasions. Police charged Henry Jones for driving left of center.
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U. S. 42
Lebanon
Middletown Hospital
Henry Jones
Covington
Mae Jones
Minna Gunn
Detroit
Mich
Oswald
Jones
Walter Gunn
Cincinnati
U. S. 25
Blue Ball
Charles W. Bailey
Thieves Loot $200 Value From Transport Company Break‑In
Sheriff's deputies report a Kuhn Transport Co. break‑in at 4408 Tytus Ave netted tools worth 150 dollars a radio 35 dollars a peanut vending machine 12 dollars and a drink machine 5 dollars. Over the weekend Fischer's Inn at 2050 Hamilton Eaton roads lost fifteen bottles of whiskey valued 45 dollars and four amusement devices were broken open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuhn Transport Co
Tytus Ave
Fischer’s Inn
Hamilton
Eaton Rds
Girl Scouts Mark Citizenship Day Observed Locally
Four local Girl Scout troops observe Citizenship Day with special projects. Troop 3 led by Mrs Harold Goetz at Lincoln School tours the Civic Association with Director Tom Venable as guide. Troop 138 led by Mrs Frank Herd at Blue Ball prepares burn bandages for Middletown Hospital. Other troops under Mrs Chuck Harmon and Mrs Wade Ex also participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Goetz
Lincoln School
Tom Venable
Frank Herd
Blue Ball
Middletown Hospital
Chuck Harmon
Wade Ex
Ohio JCs Name Top Young Men of Ohio for 1955
The Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce announced five outstanding young men for 1955 and planned a Toledo banquet March 18 to honor them. The honorees are James E. Fain of Darton the Dayton Daily News executive editor. Joseph R. Scalzo of Toledo a chemical engineer and attorney. Seth C. Taft of Cleveland attorney. Eugene Starx White of Marion welfare worker. and Chalmers P. Wylie of Columbus attorney.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
Toledo
James E. Fain
Darton
Dayton Daily News
Joseph R. Scalzo
Seth C. Taft
Cleveland
Eugene Starx White
Marion
Chalmers P. Wylie
Nurse Stabbed May Tie to Slaying in Toledo
Toledo police linked a knife used to stab student nurse Carl Lubsinski at Mercy Hospital to a kitchen knife involved in the Christmas Eve slaying of Joann Burlage. Lubsinski, 18, was stabbed as she walked with two classmates. condition described as fairly good.
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Toledo
Ohio
Carl Lubinski
Mercy Hospital
Joann Burlage
Hearings Set Friday for Four Juvenile Suspects
Four of seven boys detained in a cat theft spree last weekend are due in Hamilton Juvenile Court at 11 a.m. Friday. Ages range from 12 to 16 with three already on probation for February auto thefts involving 17 cars and four other youths. One 15-year-old has no prior juvenile record. Additional hearings for two more youths aged 12 and 13 are pending. Three arrests occurred in New Miami and Richmond Indiana, with others in the local area.
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Hamilton
Harry Walsh
Butler County
Lancaster
J. F. Seibold
New Miami
Richmond
Ind
Seibold
Heavy Insurance Held Arson Tag In Ohio Fires
Ohio Department of Commerce Director W. Harper Annat said 29 fires caused 5,895 in losses were set to defraud insurers. He noted 47 more fires were incendiary or suspicious in origin. He warned that policy friction can ignite a building.
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Cleveland
Ohio Department of Commerce
W. Harper Annat
State Department
Antnat
Senior Usher Board Plans Meeting at Mrs. Lattimore’s Home
The Senior Usher Board of the New Era Baptist Church will meet at 7 30 p m today at 1405 Baltimore Street, the residence of Mrs Eunice Lattimore.
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New Era Baptist Church
Eunice Lattimore
Batimore St
Four Middletown Men Sentenced In Burglary And Larceny Case
In Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge F P Boll sentenced Vernon Ray McIntosh 23 Woodford Brisco 22 Robert Rhodus and James Phillips 25 to Ohio penitentiary terms for burglary and larceny. Kenneth Brisco 19 and Charles Edwards 19 were sent to the reformatory. McIntosh Edwards and the Briscos broke into McKinley Junior High on January 11 stealing a safe with over 200 dollars. Rhodus admitted stealing 373 dollars in cash whisky cigars and a radio from Chap's Cafe on August 8. Phillips faced a burglary on January 26 at Webb's Pool Room.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Ohio
Reformatory
F. P. Boll
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Vernon Ray Mcintosh
4Th Ave
Woodford Brisco
Ottawa St
Robert Rhodag
James Phillips
Walnut St
Kenneth Brisco
Jacoby Ave
Webb's
Garfield St
Schools to receive four new flagpoles in Lemon Township
Formal presentation of flagpoles to four Lemon Township schools set for tomorrow at 3 30 p m at Monroe Elementary School. Poles installed at Amanda Oneida Spring Hill and Monroe Elementary by Middletown Eagles Lodge. Gus Miles chairs the committee and will introduce Cecil Butts who will present Floyd Bishop as president. John D Blackford superintendent and principals will speak briefly. Monroe Elementary Band will provide music.
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Lemon Township
Monroe
Middletown
Eagles Lodge
Amanda
Oneida
Spring Hill
Gus Miles
The
Eagles
Cecil Butts
Floyd Bishop
John D Blackford
Police Briefs and Local Thefts Reported
A man chased an eight year old girl as she left the downtown office of a local physician yesterday. Two .22 caliber pistols were stolen from a display case at Ern ests Hardware 208 Charies St between last Thursday and yesterday. The used guns were valued at 39.95 dollars each. Walter Hasty 2026 Howard Aye reported the theft of two hubcaps from his car parked in front of his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest's Hardware
Charies St
Walter Hasty
Howard Aye
Auto Stolen From Garfield Street Front
Harold Henderson of 1209 Garfield Street reported to police that his 1949 model automobile bearing license 5027MR was stolen from the curb in front of his home yesterday.
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Harold Henderson
Garfield St
Damage Tops $3,500 In Bus, Truck Wreck
A two vehicle crash at Broad Street and Tytus Avenue caused about $3,500 in bus damage and sent three passengers to Middle Hospital. The Ortman-Stewart Transportation Co. bus rear ended a Delsalvo Construction Co. truck. none of the truck's steel frame was damaged.
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Broad Street
Tytus Avenue
Middle Hospital
Phyllis Blackburn
Brenwood St
Bass Brandenburg
Moore St
Howard Hiteshue
Henry Ave
William Prasuhn
Greenville Rt. 5
Ortman-Stewart Transportation Co
Hiteshue
Broad and Pytus
Delsalvo Construction Co
Cincinnati
Middletown Journal Carrier Fred Winslow
Fred Winslow delivers to 150 homes on Route 71 in Middletown including The Alameda and streets like Stanley Highland Sherman Florence and Gladys. A junior at Middletown High School he aims to study at MIT and plans an engineering career with an insurance policy and hobbies in golf model making and tropical fish.
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Middletown Journal
Fred Winslow
Middletown
Alameda
Stanley
Highland
Sherman
Florence
Gladys
Fred
Fred L. Winslow
Penney
Journal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Hugh Butler
Don Reichelderfer
D. R. Baker
Middletown High School
Elmo Lingrel
Glenn Massman
Industrial Relations
Middletown Assn. of Fire and Casualty
German Insurance Co
H. C. Grunewald
Garfield, Jefferson
Maple Park
Alice Scheibert
Mary M. Schwing
Better Press
Rey
Charles
Central
Physi Sicals
Boy Choir
Paramount
Omer D. McCoplehler
First Ave
Aber
Bailey
Howard Vanhoutes
Girl Scouts
Ohio Jcs
Heavy Insurance
Colored News
Central Ave
Ierday
Gladys Sargent
Manchester Ave
Charles Passmore
Sycamore St
N. Main St
Passmore
Fred Downs
Pershing Ave
Frank Sampson
Michigan Ave
Verity Parkway
Sampson
John Keith Jr
Woodside Ave
Don Miller
Lamberton St
Yankee Road
Purdue University
Oglaby-Bowitz Bank
ND Trust Company
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Main
Central Avenue
Central Branch
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