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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1954
Page
2
At the Col lector of Internal Revenue 8 volunteers assisted 408 taxpayers filing Returns by 6 p.m. Date shows 13,701 visited or sought help by phone. compare 499 on Feb 1. Maupin credits courteous crowd and steady volunteer staff, noting few tardy filers and a peaceful scene.
Hildreth Tester, 30, of 521 S Main St, fined 209 and costs and given a three day city jail sentence by Judge J T Lamb. Also suspended six months license. Arrested 3 20 a m Sunday at Tytus Ave and Enoch Dr. Second case: Harry Long, 4, of 1310 Michigan Ave, charged with auto theft. continued to Wednesday on defendant request. Bond set at 1500. held for parole officer. allegedly drove stolen 1949 coupe from Bill's Auto Sales after crash in Cincinnati. Other notes: Elmer Garrison, 19, 408 Broad St, stationed at Perrin AFB Texas, fined 50 and costs, 8 days jail with jail term suspended on good behavior. weapon seized. John Burke, 57, 6 Cherry St Germantown, charged with carrying a concealed weapon. fined 50 and costs, suspended on good behavior. Douglas Ford, 25, 1304 Baltimore St, fined 25 and costs and 30 days jail on assault and battery. jail term suspended if stays away from complainant Betty Jean Robinson. David Coburn, 27, 125 Manhattan St, fined 25 and costs and 8 days jail for assault and battery. suspended on good behavior. Complaintant Char lene Coburn.
Gordon Pieratt 41 of 912 Garfield St forfeited a $50 bond after failing to appear on a disorderly conduct charge. Franklin Schottelkotte of Miamisburg was dismissed on a driving left of center charge. Ernest M. Hill 38 of Dayton had an assault and battery charge dismissed at the request of the prosecution.
Ray Mount 79 of Carlisle was cited by state patrolmen to Franklin Court after a two car collision on Ohio 123 near Carlisle. Mount tried to turn left into an alley and struck Robert Shockley 22 of Germantown, both drivers escaped injury.
State patrol reports slight damages from yesterday's collision on state roads. Roberta Gephart, 39, of 223 Marshall Rd, pulled to the left side of Marshall Road east of Middletown to make a sharp right turn. Herbert Hobbs, 53, of 1900 Yankee Rd, attempted to pass on the right, and their vehicles crashed as Hobbs passed Gephart.
In another accident the 39 year old Francis Nocks of Norwood lost control on Rt 122 near Sycamore and overturned in a ditch. No injuries reported and car damages were listed as considerable.
Louise Wells of 1918 Fleming Rd reported clothes and a suitcase worth 147 dollars stolen from 216 Coopers Alley. Missing items include three nylon waitress dresses and three summer dresses. Chet Hall of 413 McKinley St reported theft of a set of fender skirts from his auto on Aberdeen Drive. value not stated.
Ohio Attorney General C William ONeill says no statute bars prosecuting attorneys from private legal work, and most Ohio prosecutors privately practice. He notes no duty imposes state representation in cases before the Ohio Industrial Commission, while also denying a right to intervene on the state’s behalf.
Mrs L D Wilmore hosted 11 Longview Social League Board members at her Tytus Avenue home last evening. Donations for soap and candies for Longview Hospital patients came from the Homemakers and Highlands of the Mothers Study League. The next board meeting will be April 12 at Mrs Pyne Harden’s home 3012 Princeton. Hostesses for this Saturday’s Longview event will be Union Chapel EUB Church Peasttown Heights members with Mrs Robert Conarroe as chairman.
Rufus Trammell, 26, of 607 17th Ave, fined 100 dollars and sentenced to three days in jail for drunken driving in Hamilton. Trammell’s license was revoked by Judge Frank Wesee after a total of seven drunk driving cases. Paul Willight, 714 17th Ave, fined 30 dollars for drunkenness, an open flask, and untaxed liquor possession.
Two men were in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after a flash fire at the Fernald Atomic Energy Commission plant. Byron Stephens 21 and Bert Dwenger 45 suffered burns over about 90 percent of their bodies. Plant manager Clarence L. Karl said no fissionable material was involved and the $2,000 fire damage was caused by an accident in a dry chemical unit. Five other workers sustained lesser burns. Names and hometowns of the injured were released.
City Commission proclaims March 14 to 20 as American Legion Birthday Week in honor of the Legion’s 35th anniversary. Chairman Francis Carmody praises the Legion for patriotic service to the community state and nation and its unselfish efforts in national defense and good citizenship.
Middletown residents are among 357 University of Dayton students honored for first semester academic achievement. The dean’s list, based on a 3.2 to 4.0 scale, includes Carole Chaney with 3.8, John Homan with 3.5, Gabriel Iezzoni with 3.35, and Sue A. Riley with 3.44, among 16 percent of the 2,197 day students noted.
Louis Matusoff of Dayton will speak at a luncheon of the Middletown Association of Life Underwriters at the Manchester. A life member of the Million Dollar Round Table, he specializes in business insurance and estate planning and is with a Kansas City firm. Middletown Kiwanis designates its annual nursing scholarship in Nurses' Training named for Ralph E. Kah, Armco International traffic manager who died last week. the project was suggested by Kah two years ago.
At The Movies for Tuesday and Wednesday list showtimes for Knights of the Round Table at 1 50 4 25 7 00 and 9 35 p.m. Great Sioux Rising at Strand 1 15 3 50 6 25 and 9 05 p.m. Paris Playboys at Strand 2 45 5 20 7 55 and 10 35 p.m. Veils of Bagdad and Roman Holiday at Strand 1 15 4 45 8 20 p.m. and 2 45 6 15 9 40 p.m. respectively.
Franklin city council committee recommended no pay raise for city employees and continued study of salary boost requests for police and civil service workers. The council also plans more parking revenue and authorized an additional meter cop. A new block of meters will be added on 4th Street. The feud with Cincinnati Gas & Electric over lighting in Harpland continued as the council urged CG&E to install six more street lights beyond the two already set.
Dennis M. Robinette a 55 year old Darr town tavern operator will appeal and take the case to the 1st Ohio Appellate District Court in Cincinnati. Attorney Arthur Hopkins filed a motion for a new trial after Robinette was ordered on March 5 to serve a four month jail term. Judge J T Lamboverruled the motion. Hopkins said he would file the appeal within ten days at Cincinnati.
Deputies reported two break-ins in the Middletown area over the weekend. Rome Lindamood of Aetna Freight Lines said intruders broke a window at 4008 Titus Ave and ransacked the office, stealing check vouchers and a pen set. Leonard Ashcraft of Young's Truck Stop Engie's Corner noted a steel window worth $25 was taken from a construction site inside the building.
Ray Hanover, 46, of 318 Young Street, Dayton, was charged with second degree manslaughter in connection with Dayton's July 7 1954 traffic fatality. He allegedly drove during the crash at 11 am near 1st and Webster streets. Ruth Rice, 27, of 2205 East Street Dayton, died four hours later. Hanover had been charged earlier with driving while intoxicated. Rice, a Charleston West Virginia native, had resided in Dayton 12 years.
A fourth continuation of the hearing on the dismissal of Bernice Webb from the Middletown police force was granted by the Civil Service Commission. The delayed date is Monday April 5 after attorney Harold G. Dance said he was retained eight minutes before the hearing. The commission warned no further continuances will be granted and Webb agreed not to seek more time. Webb faces charges including non payment of bills and discourteous conduct. The average adult eats his weight in food every six to eight weeks.
Police reported several minor wrecks. At Yankee Road and Baltimore Street two cars collided at 7 15 am causing 175 dollars in damage with no injuries. Donald W. Cole and Edward W. Treadway were the drivers. Treadway’s car headed west sustained 100 dollars damage. The Cole auto 76 dollars. A separate incident on 6th Avenue and S Main Street at 9 19 pm left both Drake and Walters with 50 dollars damage apiece. An unknown vehicle backed out causing a rear end on 104 S Broad St with 50 dollars to DeFrates and 25 to Carpenter.
The U S Civil Service seeks librarians for agencies in Washington DC with starting salaries of 3410 dollars a year. Full information available from Paul H Habig at the post office.
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