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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1955
Page
2
Eight Lebanon High School girls were hurt when their car struck a culvert on Ohio 63 two miles west of Lebanon. Three girls were listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with multiple injuries.
City officials planned to finalize equipment purchase for the new Sanitation division. A bid tabulation for tractor mounted shovel attachment and other items was to be submitted by City Manager Howard H Kramer. He also sought confirmation of a civil engineer and a laborer appointment in public service and sanitation.
Ohio State Employment Service director Robert D. Oglesby says qualified dairymen and other experienced farm workers are in demand in Butler and Warren counties. Seasonal help, including teens, is also needed. Jobs offer housing utilities and a garden plot. Applications at the OSES Center 1207 Vail Ave from 8 to 5 with interviews 8 to 9 a.m.
Representatives of Woodall Industries, Inc., arrive in Franklin to finalize the purchase of a factory site owned by R. T. Burdge near Mackinaw Addition. Woodall took the option on April 22 and plans a $550,000 plastics plant to start by June 1, their fifth facility with central offices in Detroit.
Tomorrow night the 24 finalists from Fenwick Lemon Monroe and Middletown high schools will learn eight winners of the W W Sebald Self-Reliance Awards at a Manchester Hotel dinner. Prizes total 1500 dollars with 400 dollars to the top boy and girl, 200 to each runner up, 100 to two in third, and 50 to two in fourth.
Patrolman John Combs awarded Walter Wendt and Loren Buchanan for courtesy at Central Avenue intersections. Wendt stopped in heavy traffic to allow a turning auto and signaled when safe. Buchanan paused to let three pedestrians cross including a child with a bicycle at Canal Street and Central.
The annual meeting of the Civic Association agencies led by the president will be held at 6 30 p m tomorrow in the Oval Room at the Manchester Hotel. Attendees include 38 representatives from volunteer agencies the Civic Association and the allocation and finance committees to discuss income allocations for the coming fiscal year and receive budget forms.
Robert McIntyre of Armco Drainage and Metal Products spoke at the Civitan Club luncheon and demonstrated high fidelity equipment. He noted the gear captures the full human hearing range from 35 to 18000 cycles per second with minimal distortion.
Darwin Brackett age 26 of Hamilton and Harris Brackett age 28 of Dalton Ga were sentenced to indeterminate terms at the Ohio Penitentiary by Common Pleas Court Judge P P Boli. Darwin pled guilty to unarmed robbery and cutting with intent to wound while Harris admitted forgery and asked to be sent with his brother.
Fire Department mechanic Howard Margerum nicknamed Sox suffered a cut toe on his right foot while repairing a mower at department headquarters. He received treatment at a local doctor’s office.
Testimony before the state civil service commission described filth foul odors and bed bugs at the Butler County Home where Paul J Mehl was dismissed as superintendent. Witnesses including George Brande and James Newton testified of basement quarters dirty beds and foul conditions.
Sondra Miller and David Shockey were named princess and prince at Monroe Elementary School’s square dance. Their attendants Connie Neu and Don Garver joined them for the eighth grade elections. The event, hosted by the Monroe Elementary Mothers Club, featured gifts and a royal throne ceremony.
Maj. Raphael H. Block announced that Middletown air reservists have been assigned to Flight B of the 9527th Air Reserve Squadron for training. The group includes Lt Col Robert S. Hayden Maj Benjamin F. Sawyer Maj Raphael H. Block Lt John C. Barton Lt Russell G Dennis Charles M. Walter Lt William F. Aloisi Lt Venus Maupin A L C Oakley B Owens and Aale WilliamS On. The next Flight B meeting is at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the American Legion home.
The body of Gene D. Symonds United Press reporter killed during Singapore riots last week arrived in Manila en route to Dayton Ohio after an earlier flight from Singapore.
Inland Container Corp begins construction of a new million-dollar converting plant in Kranner t Ga to produce corrugated boxes from Rome Kraft Board. The facility will be Inland’s ninth plant, joining Middletown Milwaukee Evansville Detroit Erie Ashtabula Orlando and Macon locations. The Rome Kraft Co and Macon Kraft Co are owned by Inland in partnership with Mead Corp of Dayton. The plant will feature a corrugator printer slotters and die cutting equipment under H C Krannert’s guidance.
Paramount presents Yellow Mountain at 3 00 5 45 8 45 p m and Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki at 1 30 4 20 7 15 9 45 p m Strand shows Night People at 1 15 4 15 7 15 10 00 p m and Miami Story at 2 50 5 50 8 45 p m
Merle E. Allen, 21, of 1022 Yankee Road, was bound to the Butler County Grand Jury on auto theft. He pleaded guilty to auto theft, speeding, and no operator's license after a police stop for speeding on South Main Street. The judge fined him $25 plus costs for each traffic offense.
Firefighters respond to a blaze at Holy Trinity Church with $25 damage from an umbrella and literature rack in a vestibule. Capt Howard Gall leads the probe as cause remains unknown. Earlier, a car fire near Taft School caused $50 damage, while a railroad journal box burned briefly on South Avenue.
Intruders entered a fruit store owned by Millard Highley at 605 Curtis Street rear by forcing a padlock but left without taking any items. Detective James Howerton investigated at 9:30 p.m. Highley resides at 2404 Vermont Street.
William Caldwell twenty five of Franklin Route two was treated at Middletown Hospital for burns on the right side of his back suffered at work when a steam hose used for cleaning machinery burst loose. He is a machine tender for Raymond Bay Company and was released after treatment.
A nine year old Miamisburg girl Jill Niswander daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Niswander 119 3rd St was treated at Middletown Hospital emergency room last night for a fractured right shoulder and released after treatment.
The process requires about 57 tons of water for each ton of iron produced in the United States, highlighting heavy water use in steelmaking and related industries.
Shirley Johnson an 18 year old daughter of Otis Johnson of 117 Bellomonte Street remained in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after an auto crash early yesterday. The collision on Ohio 122 at West Middletown hill involved Morris Henry 18 of West Middletown driving into a steel fence cement posts and a concrete abutment. Henry was treated and released from the hospital.
A camel’s body heats up by nearly 12 degrees Fahrenheit before it starts to sweat. This physiological response helps regulate body temperature in arid conditions and enables endurance in extreme heat.
Police early today arrested Paul Fisher aged 18 of 704 Yankee Road on an assault and battery warrant. Ellis White of 1755 Lafayette Avenue reported license plates 430 MB stolen from his car parked at a local garage. Mrs James Engle of 1326 Reynolds Avenue reported a maroon tricycle valued at 10 dollars stolen from her home. A mountain lion cub may be about the size of a house cat with two inch feet.
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