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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1959
Page
2
Rev Sylvester Huser announced a $170000 plan to add an auditorium church and a second floor to the St Marys School. The auditorium will later serve as a schoolhouse and be part of a new east church. The basement church becomes a social area with rooms for a Boy Scout troop.
Oxford hosts a six man seminar titled The Creative Artist America as part of Miami University's Sesquicentennial. Participants include Clifton Fadiman and Norris Houghton and moderator Philip R. Adams. They will discuss whether modern life and colleges foster true creativity and how the university should train future artists.
Three ducktailed youths faced 30 day jail terms after assault convictions, but Judge J. T. Lamb suspended the sentences if they report with crewcuts. Named youths Y. B. Horn, Charlies Lykins, and Arnold Crum appeared with fresh cuts, while Lytons kept hair, and warrants were issued for Blevine. Final court inspection set for Thursday.
A craftsman in Kyoto unveils Japan's first all plastic house featuring opaque plastic walls enclosing a bedroom and a bathroom, highlighting a bold use of synthetic materials in residential design.
A Middletown man, 43, suffered a fractured left ankle when a wood toy racer he was driving slammed into a parked car in the Middletown Shopping Center lot. He was taken by Riggs ambulance to Middletown Hospital and later transferred to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton. Police say races in shopping center lots have occurred on Sundays for weeks, often without owners’ permission, and the chief has ordered them halted.
The Middletown Board of Education will consider accepting bids for the Middletown High School annex at tonight's meeting. Lawrence Johnson, coordinator of special education, will brief the board on the local testing program. The board will meet at 7 00 p.m. at Middletown High School.
MU recess at Oxford starts at noon March 27 and resumes classes at 8 am April 6. Administrative offices stay open 2 to 10 pm daily, though the cafeteria and Redskin Reservation will be closed until April.
Crawford man Bertreme Dieterich, 1995 Crawford St, arrested on DWI after a two year collision in the 4600 block of Central Avenue. Bond set at 909 dollars. Other driver Holly Lawson, 1 Moore St. Combined damage under 225 dollars. Another accident reported near 3907 Vannest Ave between Moss Bundren and Irene Abney with damages 225 dollars.
The Rev John Larmour of Birkenhead England will address the Civitan Club at noon tomorrow at the Manchester Hotel The Belfast native conducts meetings here as Crawford Street Church of The Rev Merschel Caudill handled arrangements for the Civitan appearance.
A complaint from Sam Reading about juveniles shooting BBs at his Lafayette Avenue garage prompted a police chase of nine youths from a Central Avenue construction site. A window at Senator Edward Dell's Jagz Kunz Avenue home was broken, likely by youths, and Eugene Sims reported four hubcaps stolen from his car on Bali more Street.
Winners in the Holy Trinity science awards runoff were announced. First place went to Gregory Oganowski for his project Iron and Mee. Paula Border and Thomas Swope took second for their project. Roberta DeFrates and Susan Barach created the third place display Body Cells. Panama’s name appears on maps as part of South America.
Armco Middletown Works will receive a Department of Defense Reserve Participation Award Tuesday night. Brig. Gen. Donald L. Hardy of Wright-Patterson AFB will present it at a Manchester Hotel union meeting. The award honors Armco for reservist cooperation and pay-differential support during training periods.
The Council of Churches will hold noon Holy Week services at Calvary Methodist Church, not First Presbyterian as earlier. Speakers include Rev. William Calvert on Tuesday, Rev. R. F. Hans on Wednesday, and Rev. Clifford D. Stearns on Thursday, with services from 12:05 to 12:30 PM.
The Rev. Ray Roberts, secretary of the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio, spoke at Calvary Baptist Church in Jackson Lane during week two of a revival. Roberts directs simultaneous Baptist revivals in Southwestern Asia as multiple churches in Middletown continue revival through Easter Sunday led by pastors Neal Bowman, John Sneddon, Quenton Rose, Willie Lakes, and others at Southside First and Faith Baptist churches.
Father Raymond Wilson and his two sons were burned by hot grease yesterday afternoon when a deep fryer cord was touched causing spillover. Four year old Ricky Lea Wilson sustained second and third degree burns on legs arms and hand and remains hospitalized. Brother Raymond was treated and released for burns to his left leg while the father suffered burns to his right foot.
The Middleton Retail Merchants Association member stores will forego Wednesday afternoon closings and open this Wednesday from 9 30 am to 8 30 pm, announced by the association's store hours committee.
City Manager Charlies W. Thompson says a change order in the sewer contract with L. A. Waldner may allow deeper excavation in Countryside and an extension into Manchester Road school property for the Manchester Junior High site. In return the city would receive three to four acres along Breiel right of way plus a large lot west of it. Estimated sewer change cost ranges from 15 000 to 17 000 depending on rock.
A man in a 1956 sedan halted at fire station No 1 shouting fire. A welding torch spark started a small seat fire. firefighters doused it with a hose. No damage to Stanley Crouch’s car. Later, another call of a store fire at A and P Store proved a false alarm due to cooling system vapor.
Edward Sarker announces at last night's gathering that the 1929 Middletown High School class reunion is scheduled for June 4. The next committee meeting will be April 12 at 2 pm in the Cotilion room of the Manchester Hotel and is open to all interested persons.
Albert Kiracofe of One Gratis schools suffered a fractured right femur a tongue injury and a lost jaw tooth in a two car Columbus crash at 1 15th and Indiana avenues Saturday at 4 pm Mary Miller an OSU law student Desmond Stamer Gras athletic director and Eugene Cullers Gras coach escaped with minor cuts Kiracofe will be confined to University Hospital for several weeks The driver of the other car an Ironton teacher was cited for failing to yield right of way
The Rev. Owen Carter of Cincinnati led a revival and healing service at the Apostolic Church on Curtis Street. The Ulster Scot Historical Society assists Americans of Northern Irish descent in tracing their ancestry this week beginning at 7.8 pm.
Two inmates at The Tombs planned an elaborate escape by dieting to fit through an 18 inch square hole. The scheme began weeks earlier, but a tip from an informer halted it before execution. Prison officials said James Brown and Clarence Moore admitted the plot and detailed their preparations including saw blades, rope, and improvised hooks.
Armco Steel Corp reports 1952 earnings of 57.51 million on 967.39 million sales, down from 1951 but rallying in Q4. The annual letter to shareholders cites a bright outlook amid warning on foreign competition and wage-cost inflation. Dividends remain at 3 per share. expansion and modernization continue at Middletown plant.
Middletown Hospital attendants treated nine year old Michael Deck, son of William Deck of 65 Stadia Dr Franklin, after a snake bit his right leg while he played in a nearby field. The gray snake, deemed non poisonous, prompted a precautionary shot at the hospital.
In Steubenville Ohio a father Howard Max Muniz is sought after allegedly beating his five year old son Howard Franklin with a flashlight and slamming him against a wall. He fled Yorkville home in underwear as deputies sought to arrest him on assault with intent to kill charges.
In Columbus area incident a 4 to 6 month old infant, Elliot Charles Ebinger, strangled when a toy baseball bat became lodged in his throat inside a playpen. Deputy Coroner Dr. Walter Haynes ruled accidental strangulation.
Text notes steadier consumption of steel by auto and appliance firms and rising activity in essential consumer goods. Indicates inventories of steel and steel products have moved toward normal levels as construction market strength and industry demand improve.
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