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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1952

Page

2

Five Year Old Learns How Many Make Up Her Team At Hospital

A five year old girl, Donna Riley, visits Middletown Hospital with a cheerful image of her “team.” The article explains hospital costs, payroll, and operating expenses, noting the nonprofit status and necessity of fundraising to cover day-to-day care and salaries that support Donna’s recovery and return to normal life.

Middletown Hospital Donna Riley Donna Don Riley Elife Eastover

Community religious and club events in brief

The Rev F A Allen the Rev Douglas Francis and the Rev Herbert Hart will hold sermonettes at Friendship Baptist Church at 7 30 p m Thursday The Rev and Mrs Perkins are slated for services Friday at 7 30 p m The Friendly Woman's Club meets at Elenor Jones Eleventh Ave Thursday evening Girl Scouts Troop 1 and 7 meet Friday at 835 Ninth Ave Miss Ruth Wells and Bessie Lemont of Lexington guests of Miss Joe Blackburn Dayton visitors Lula Canada and Miss Rachel Crane aunt and cousin of Mr and Mrs J Lewis of Dayton hosted at their home

F. A. Allen Douglas Francis Herbert Hart Friendship Baptist Church Rt Perkins Faeag Ruth Wells Bessie Lemont Lexington, Ky Joe Blackburn J. Lewis Dayton Lula Canada Rachel Crane

Two Youths Hurt In Auto Accident Near Miamisburg

Route 25 crash yesterday left Robert Jewell 19 Dayton with cuts to head and hand and Gail Phillebaum 17 Miamisburg with facial abrasions after their car overturned on wet pavement. Both were treated at Miami Valley Hospital. A separate incident on Franklin Trenton Road saw Cyril Clement White 44 Brown's Run Road drive through a fence but suffer no injuries.

Miamisburg Robert Jewell Dayton Gail Phillebaum Jewell Miami Valley Hospital Cyril Clement White Brown's Run Rd Franklin-Trenton Peasttown West Middletown L. G. Miracle White

Knights of Columbus Back Un American Activities Panel

Ohio R of C adopts a resolution commending the U S House Committee on Un American Activities for its past year. Submitted by Middletown's Robert Sherwood, chair of the Anti Communist Committee of Council 1610, it urges Congress to enact related measures and defends the panel against alleged smear by communists and leftists.

Ohio State Council Knights of Columbus U.S. House Committee On UN Congress Un-American Activities Committee

Former Local Girl Critical After Crash

Mrs. Charles Barnum formerly Bett Pardonner of Middletown is in critical condition at Mountainside Hospital Montclair N J after a Monday morning auto crash. She was riding with her husband when their car was struck by a truck en route to a New Jersey airport for a Denver trip. She was thrown from the vehicle and unconscious. her husband, an irrigation and drainage company VP, suffered a leg injury. The couple resides in New Jersey.

Charles Barnum Bett Pardonner Middletown Mountainside Hospital Montclair N. J Monay

Assessment Excluding Sprinkling From Sewer Service Charge Is Suggested

City commissioners will hear the first formal protest on sewer charge assessment methods. Reid L. Kenyon proposed alternatives to exclude lawn sprinkling from charges, while H. W. Starick favored a 4000 cubic foot quarterly maximum. A future analysis will set brackets and impacts on revenue. ordinances and bond reviews proceed.

Reid L. Kenyon Kensington St Kenyon

Architects For New Fire Houses To Be Employed

City Commission will discuss employing architects for two new fire houses with Mueller Hair and Hetterich of Hamilton under an emergency contract. Projects include relocating the number one station downtown and building a new number four station in Lakeside, with site evaluation and alternate sketches to meet current and future needs. Enclosures may expand City Building corridors for office space, as part of engineering staff expansion, with C A Boeke arriving June 16 to join the Engineering Department.

H. W. Starick Mueller, Hair and Hetterich Hamilton Starick Umber One Lakeside C. A. Boeke Public Service

Water Extension Backers Show Strength At Hearing

Backers of a Dixie Heights Subdivision and Marshall District water extension gain a 19 to 8 edge at a Butler County hearing and by mail. The $100000 plus project would serve about 250 families with a four mile main from the Middletown system along several roads. Engineers estimate 1120 working days. property owners would bear all costs.

Dixie Heights Subdivision Marshall District No Lemon Township Butler County Arthur Reiff Commissioner Board Mains Middletown Harry Duane

Two More False Alarms Hit City Fire Department

Two additional false alarms were logged by the Fire Department after stern warnings from Police Chief Joseph Blackmore and Fire Chief William Fishbaugh. One alarm at Edwards Warehousing, part of the Lorillard plant, was sparked when a truck backed into a sprinkler pipe, causing pressure drops. Another false alarm near Baltimore Street and Jacoby Avenue involved a box alarm with residents noting a suspicious man lingering around the site.

Fire Department Joseph Blackmore William Fishbaugh Edwardsarehousing Company Lorillard Central Ave Grimes St Re . O Baltimore St Jacoby Ave

Picked Up Speed At The Start Of World War I Planes

At the war’s start aircraft could not exceed speeds of miles per hour and could climb 3500 feet in five minutes. By war’s end planes reached 150 miles an hour and 6000 feet in five minutes.

At The Movies PARAMOUNT and STRAND Listings

Paramount shows Big Trees Finders Keepers Thursday Lion and The Horse Shadow In The Sky with multiple showtimes. Strand features Eagle Squadron Going Ho and Gung Ho across Wednesday and Thursday with several daily times.

Eagle

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