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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1954
Page
3
Hamilton Special Police investigate Melisious Braun of Dayton who leaped in front of a car driven by Mack Reed on High Street near Fifth. Braun was treated at Mercy Hospital for head and hand cuts. Reed swerved to avoid him.
Gratis Village Council awarded a waterworks contract to Coleman- Trainer Co of Huntington West Virginia. Bid totals are 86193 or 93443 with iron treatment facilities possibly needed. Wells will be drilled on Pearl Smith farm Aukerman Creek Route 503 to supply 100 gallons per minute for 44 hours and a 130000 gallon standpipe will be built.
Report notes that production of motor vehicles in the United States surpasses 136 million units, highlighting sustained manufacturing strength, industry scale, and economic impact across major plants and automotive firms.
Harold Helton, 38, of 620 Aubur Street, will appear in Hamilton Municipal Court on drunken driving charges after his car struck an Oxford Coach Lines bus at Oxford State and Yankee roads. Passenger Clarence Erickson, 40, of Jackson, Michigan, suffered facial cuts and abrasions and was treated at Middletown Hospital. The bus, driven by Jay Gilley, 32, was slowing to turn. patrolmen noted the cars were not moving fast enough to prevent damage.
Six elderly women residents of Stull Rest Home on West Church Street were evacuated after kindling near the furnace was ignited. Fire Chief Kent Shoemaker reported burned wiring and smoke damage on the lower floor.
Mrs Reider was elected president of St John’s PTA at the monthly meeting in the school auditorium. New officers include Emrie Dobrozsi vice president Mrs John Blust secretary Mrs Sidney Frisby treasurer and Frank Lawson and John Presta directors. A picnic is planned at Armco Park on June 3 for St John’s pupils and entertainment was provided by the Middletown barbershop chorus under Bud Apking’s direction.
A note on the screech owl notes its call is not a screech but a quavering, melodious song.
Vital statistics list newborns for several addresses. Leroy Weidle and wife welcomed a girl at 134 South Main Street yesterday. William Palme and wife at 2921 Wilbraham Road welcomed a boy yesterday. John Bender and wife from Germantown welcomed a girl yesterday. John Hinkle and wife of Franklin Route 1 welcomed a boy yesterday. Ross Crime at 110 Central Avenue reported a girl today. Out of town, Robert E. Seiler and wife in Oxford at Fort Hamilton Hospital welcomed a boy on May 7.
James H. Shiverdecker 23 machinist 3225 Mohawk St and Helen Branham 22 clerk typist 117 N Broad St. Gordon L. Sayers 22 Bendix employee College Corner Rt 1 and Betty J. Cory 20 Hamilton. William L. Durham 21 Masler employee and Dorothy Elaine Mce Creadie 18 nurse's aide, both Hamilton. William L. Crawford 26 laborer 1909 Winona Dr and Mildred Spears 28 grill cook of 1909 Winona Dr. William Clinton Anson 21 postal equipment employee 134 E Center St Germantown and Adele Barbara Schlager 21 savings teller 1348 Central Ave Middletown.
The list records patients admitted for medical surgical and other care across multiple streets including Columbia Avenue 14th Avenue Byron Street Baltimore Street Malvern Street Riverview Drive Elwood Street Morgan Street Brentwood Street Franklin Harrison Street Hill Avenue Harrison Street Hill Avenue 18th Avenue Hamilton Buena Otis Kash Winton Street West Middletown Rt 2 Germantown Rt 1 Smith Trenton and Franklin. Names include Mrs. Mattie Beatty Glen Sebald Jack Whitt Mrs. Richard Parella Mrs. Mary Walker David Specht Leroy Swigert Mrs. James Williams Charles Helm Mrs. Edward Hixson Mrs. Kate Beckman Mrs. Aldie Lloyd Charles Withers Joe Weishaar Mrs. John Wagner Vicki Tinch Mrs. Marlin Reedy Alfonso Phillips Elmo Neal Mrs. Howard May Otis Kash Roy Johnson Mrs. John Johnson Donald Hill Mrs. Catherine Henes Karen Hanes Mrs. Harry Fryer Robert Fiscus Mrs. Arthur Fields.
Billy Kirkpatrick, longtime courthouse elevator operator, was severely shocked after a tractor driven by Clarence Abel ran out of control and pinned him behind a door on E Main Street. The door and tractor sustained minor damage. he received on scene care and was later taken home.
12-year-old Tom Ashworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ashworth of 918 N Barron St, sustained minor injuries Tuesday morning when a car driven by Mrs. Dorothy Queen, 41, hit him at the Lexington Road Lincoln Street intersection, Eaton police reported.
Walter Jennier, famed trainer, and Buddy the Seal join several acts for the King Brothers Circus arriving Saturday in Buena Vista. Shows at 2 and 8 pm with a ticket office at Gallaher Drug Store on Central Avenue at Broad Street.
The city commission of Middletown Ohio adopts an emergency ordinance to issue 60000 in notes and issue 60000 in bonds to finance grading graveling bituminous treatment sewers water mains sidewalks curbs and gutters on Gladys Drive and Florence Street pending assessments. The plan includes interest at 3 percent, maturity in ten years, and funds from assessments will repay the notes with any surplus used for retirement.
Frank Robinson aged 23 of 1703 Glenn Ave was arraigned in Hamilton Municipal Court and sentenced to three days in jail a 100 dollar fine plus costs for driving while intoxicated Judge Frank Wessel also suspended his driving for six months The Dead Sea’s salt content ranges from 23 to 25 percent while ocean water holds 4 to 6 percent.
GM officials in Dayton outline experimental models at the Wonderama exhibit held at the Montgomery County fair grounds. The free display runs daily 1 to 10 p.m. through next Sunday with a 15 piece orchestra and a schedule of acts at 2 30, 7, 8 and 9 p.m.
A tale claims a boy flung coins from a bridge thinking they were fake. Police still question how the coins ended up in the sewer. The coins in question are the 1933 gold issues, year of withdrawal from circulation.
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