Area Students Shine in District Scholarship Tests
Eleven Middletown area students ranked high in district scholarship exams at Miami University last Saturday. Divisions reflect school enrollments with multiple top finishes across Middletown High, Fenwick, Lemon Monroe, Roosevelt, McKinley and junior highs. State results will be announced within two weeks.
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Middletown Area
Miami University
Middletown
Lemon-Monroe
McKinley
Roosevelt
Fenwick
Bce
Miami
Middletown High
Clara Crawley
Emily Doring
Linda McGraw
Elizabeth Gould
Jim Spindler
Sharon Hunter
Russell Galloway
Jimmy F. Berry
Tom Campbell
Jean Kocsis
Tom Tenforde
McKinley Junior High
Delores Patterson
Roosevelt Junior High
Sara Ann Malcolm
Middletown High School
Ronald Agronin
Marilyn Burdge
Carol Burns
Barbara Coffman
Lynn Danner
Carol Galloway
David Howard
Wesley Jones
Noel LeMoyne
Helen Malott
Mike McLaughlin
Susan Mills
Jim Pierce
Billy Sansom
Jack Taylor
Eg Ann Weikel
Th. Lemon-Monroe High School
Susan Phillips
Jack Kammerer
Paul Steele
Jane Scott
Charles Simpson
Senor Social Studies
Garland Arnold
Hook Again In Military Pay Study
Charles R. Hook, Armco chairman, accepted another government assignment at the request of Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson. He will join an advisory committee to study higher pay for technical skills in the armed services, a role echoing his earlier work revising pay for officers and enlisted men. He recently completed a Hoover Commission task force and has long served in volunteer government service since 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Hook
Armco
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Wilson
Hook
Hoover Commission
Defense Department
Armco Board
England
Police Briefs Highlight Local Detentions and Thefts
Cecil Sheppard, 30, Middletown Rt. 1, was arrested early today at Central Avenue and Doty Street on a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol. A bicycle was stripped and the frame left in an alley on Calumet Avenue. Goebel Banks, 18, 3109 Finley St., was arrested yesterday on an AWOL charge after being reported as missing from Fort Gordon since last April 3.
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Cecil Sheppard
Middletown
Calumet Avenue
Goebel Banks
Finley St
Ft. Gordon
Theft Reported Involving 1949 Auto And Missing Checks
William Bailey of 206 The Alameda reported his 1949 model automobile with license 835MD stolen from his garage. George Christman of 611 Garfield St reported checks totaling 123.40 either stolen or misplaced yesterday.
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William Bailey
Alameda
George Christman
Garfield St
City to Seek Bids for New Life Pumper
City Manager Charles W. Thompson announced that bids will be invited next month for two fire division pumpers, a 750 gallon per minute unit and a 1000 gallon unit, under the Middletown Progress Program approved in 1951. The 1930 Ahrens-Fox will be retired for parts scarcity, while the 1945 pumper goes to training and standby use.
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Division of Fire
Charles W. Thompson
Middletown
Thompson
Ahrens-Fox
Man Sells Cars Without License Fined $500
A Shandon man, William Sunberg of Shandon Iron and Metal Co., was fined $500 and costs for selling used cars without a dealer's license by St. Clair Magistrate Lewis Bolser. $250 of the fine was suspended on the condition he stop sales. Complaint by J. D. Hutchisson, Seven Mile, inspector for the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair
Lewis Bolser
William Sunberg
Shandon Iron and Metal Co
J. D. Hutchisson
Seven Mile
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Arson Suspected In Hamilton Eagles Temple Fire
In Hamilton early today the Eagles Lodge Temple suffered major fire damage estimated at 75 000 to 100 000. Fire marshal inspectors were due to assist Hamilton Fire Department which fought the blaze with 90 of the citys 101 firefighters. The third floor auditorium and lodge rooms were hit by the flames, while other floors were damaged by water and smoke. A patrolman discovered the fire and three men entered to warn occupants before extinguishing a burning newspaper box. Fire crews remained at the scene for cleanup and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Hamilton Eagles Lodge
Hamilton Fire Department
Pete Poulenaeus
James Blount
Lodge
Poulenaous
Blount
Fred Raab
Raab
Trio Of Persons Injured In 6 Auto Accidents Here
Six city traffic mishaps left three people injured, two pedestrians. A 8 year old, Allen Morrison, was in satisfactory condition after being hit on Tytus Avenue near Charles Street. A 2 year old, Jeffery Johnson, suffered an upper lip abrasion when a curb was struck by a northbound auto. A 6 year old, Johnnie Ford, received cuts after reportedly running into a car on Calumet Avenue.
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Allen Morrison
Everett Morrison
Beech St
Middletown Hospital
Tytus Avenue
Charles Street
Homer Wivens
Tytus Ave
Jeffery Johnson
Margaret Herd
Garfield St
Johnnie Ford
James Ford
Calumet Ave
Calumet Avenue
Baltimore Street
William Frye
Lafayette Ave
William Crocker
Jefferson Rd
Daniel Snider
Gardner Pl
Gardner Place
Richard Johnson Jr
Sycamore St
Kelly Wills Jr
Yankee Rd
Yankee Road
Johnson
Ammonia Leak Ruins Ice Cream Stock at Gem City
An ammonia leak in the larger hardening room at Gem City Ice Cream Co. 412 Clark St. caused a loss of ice cream running into thousands of dollars. No injuries occurred as the Fire Department and company officials halted the leak after a 3:40 P.M. call.
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Gem City Ice Cream Co
Clark St
Pickup Truck Skids On Gravel Injures Man Near Hamilton
Ernest L. Lay, 49, of Indianapolis, suffered facial and head lacerations when his pickup skidded on loose gravel and crashed into a ditch on Rt. 129 three miles east of Hamilton. He was treated at Mercy Hospital, Hamilton, then released. His truck damage was about 500 dollars.
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Ernest L. Lay
Illinois Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Rt. 129
Princeton Road
Hamilton
Lay
Mercy Hospital
al Mahatha
Hamilton Graduation Set for 417 Seniors on June 7
Hamilton high school will hold commencement exercises for 417 seniors on June 7, announced Principal John O. Fry. The program will feature only student speakers.
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Hamilton
Hamilton High School
John O. Fry
Offiers Elected By Soroptimists In Middletown
Mrs. Fred Yoder was chosen for a second term as president of the Middletown Soroptimist International at a dinner meeting. Officers for 56 57 include Crebs Walsh as vice president Calista Van Horn as treasurer Helen Davis as recording secretary Harry Butcher as corresponding secretary Mary Margaret Mulligan as director and Betty Leasure as delegate. Reports on the recent fund raising card party and Akron convention were presented and the group plans to attend the Dayton installation dinner in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Yoder
Middletown Soroptimist International
Crebs Walsh
Calista van Horn
Helen Davis
Harry Butcher
Mary Margaret Mulligan
Betty Leasure
Akron Soroptist
Middletown
Dayton
At The Movies PARAMOUNT Friday and Saturday
The Paramount shows I'll Cry Tomorrow at 1 50 4 20 6 45 and 9 15 pm Friday and Saturday plus Strand features Target Zero at 1 15 4 40 8 25 pm Hell on Frisco Bay at 2 45 6 30 and 9 55 pm Colonial screens The Wild Dakotas at 2 50 6 00 8 50 pm Revolt of Mamie Stover at 1 15 4 00 7 05 and 10 15 pm Dixie Cruise In presents Just For You at 8 05 pm and The Egyptian at 10 20 pm
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Paramount
Frisco Bay
Dixie Cruise
News Journal Plans 70000 Dollar Building Addition
The News Journal announces a 70000 dollar addition to the News Journal Building at 1007 1st Ave. The project extends north on Broad Street with brick and stone exterior and a new front entrance. Construction expected to start in June and finish by year end.
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News - Journal
1St Ave
E. S. Myers
The
Journal
Broad Street
1St Avenue
Addi
Tion
Martin L. Bauer Construction Oo
Frank M. Ludewig
News- Journal
Middletown Telephone Co
Smith Pond To Get New Fish Supply
Six hundred bluegills and 500 bass were due today at Smith Pond. Bluegills will range 7 to 10 inches and bass 8 to 10 inches, per Tom Carlson, director of parks and recreation. A channel cat shipment next week will complete the park department initial stocking program. Previous shipments included crappies, northern pike, bullheads, rainbow trout, bass, and walleyed pike.
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Smith Pond
Tom Carlson
Parks and Recreation
Park Department
Carlson
Junior Prize Study At Evanston For Two Middletown Students
Scholarships announced for two Middletown High School juniors. Betsy Little will attend Northwestern University Evanston for a five week summer course in science and engineering as one of only four girls nationwide to qualify. Bernice Levy receives a year scholarship to the Dayton Art Institute after two years of Saturday courses.
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Middletown
Betsy Little
Northwestern University
Evanston
Miss Little
Kent Little
Grand Ave
United States
National High School Institute
Bernice Levy
Julius Levy
Monroe St
Dayton Art Institute
Boy Suffered Head Injuries From Street Fall
Theodore Foland Jr., 13, of 1508 Germantown Rd., admitted to Middletown Hospital with possible head injuries after a street fall. Four others were treated and released from the local emergency ward. Robert Batze 11, Tren ton Rt. 1, broke his right wrist at Trenton School. Ray Keeton 17, West Middletown Rt. 2, suffered a compound fracture and severe lacerations when his left thumb met an electric saw. Gus Skalkos, 3, Hamilton, caused a compound finger injury by sticking it in a lawnmower. Leroy Miller 14, Ottawa St., treated for a dogbite in the left leg.
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Theodore Foland Jr
Germantown Rd
Middletown Hospital
Robert Batze
Trenton Rt. 1
Trenton
Ray Keeton
Mack Keeton
West Middletown Rt. 2
Gus Skalkos
Andrew Skalkos
Southwood Dr
Hamilton
Leroy Miller
Edgar Miller
Ottawa St
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Morgan St
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Keister Road
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Nellie Murphy
Charles St
Charles
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Murphy
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