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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1953

Page

2

Forget-Me-Not sale boosts Middletown veterans support

The Middletown chapter of the American War Mothers plans a two day forget-me-not flower sale to aid disabled veterans and families. Friday sales occur at banks post office industries and a Central Avenue Broad Street booth with Y Teen volunteers on Saturday. Headquarters are at the Civic Association with a committee led by Mrs Charles E Fakes and co chairmen Mrs Russell Knopshield and Mrs John Busseer.

Middletown The American War Mothers Central Avenue Broad Street Civic Association Charles E. Fakes

At The Movies Paramount and Strand Showings

The listing shows Paramount theater schedules with films including Affair with a Stranger and Never Wave at a Was, with showtimes 1:50 5:05 8:25 p.m. at Paramount. Strand features Key Largo at 1:15 5:30 9:45 p.m. and Treasure of Sierra Madre at 3:10 7:25 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.

Aeriday Key Largo Treasure of Sierra Madre

Home Acres Residents Seek Action on Trailers and Junk Yard

Sixty one residents of Home Acres accuse neighbors of violating health regulations and deed restrictions. A lawsuit in Common Pleas Court seeks a permanent injunction against a junk yard run by William Pentecost at 3118 Andrew St. and warns of more injunctions against trailers.

Home Acres Common Pleas William Pentecost Andrew St. Pentecost Fred Ross

Sheriff Chief Debates New Winter Jacket For Uniform

Sheriff Charles Walke questions Chief Joe Blackmore about a new Eisenhower style jacket. Blackmore praises the battie jacket for extreme cold, noting it reduces bulk and improves mobility when a top coat is worn. Deputies express interest in adopting the design.

Joe Blackmore Charles Walke Joe Blackmore

Woman Hurt In Accident At Midlothown Hospital

Mrs. Dorothy Kalbaugh 38 of 45 N Broad St suffered knee and forehead injuries in an accident yesterday treated at Middletown Hospital at 1 45 am She was a passenger in a car driven by Fred H Kalbaugh Jr 18 struck by an auto driven by Robert Rutland 56 of 3339 Vine St Cincinnati Rutland was cited for failure to yield right of way The other collision involved Otis Creekbaum 56 of 900 Fifth Ave whose car hit a large dog at Yankee Road and Fourth Avenue damaging headlight and rim The dog ran into the street and the car delay noted plus timber statistics remark.

Dorothy Kalbaugh N. Broad St Middletown Hospital Rutland Verity Parkway Kalbaugh Auto Tytus Avenue Otis Creekbaum Fifth Ave Yankee Road Fourth Avenue Creekbaum

Big Traffic Docket Faces Judge Today

A large traffic court docket appeared before Municipal Court Judge Alton Combs. Police reported 51 cases scheduled, 35 for speeding due to radar enforcement and the rest for miscellaneous violations. Officers noted the radar rule requiring 750 foot warning signs and described motorists missing signs leading to arrests for speeds over 50 mph.

Alton Combs

Fire calls reach 17 in four days in Middletown

Middletown firefighters answered two minor calls yesterday afternoon and last night raising November alarms to 17. Company 1 was summoned at 12:59 a.m. to 412 Van derveer Street rear for a trash fire on Ortman Stewart Co property with no damage. A false alarm sent Company 2 to 1100 block Lorg Place at 4:38 p.m. yesterday.

Middletown Vanderveer St Ortman- Stewart Co Company 2 Lorg Place

Petition Sparks Cemetery Parking Fight in Middletown

A petition against turning the First Avenue cemetery front into a parking lot was filed, with about 300 residents opposed. City Commissioners will study the issue. a separate protest over a higher sewer bill led to a billing accuracy check. A second petition sought a 90 minute parking limit on Grimes Street to ease plant workers’ loading needs.

Middletown Cemetery First Avenue East End Francis Carmody Irene H. Phillips Calumet Ave Verna Tate N. Broad St Carmody Kramer Mrs. Peck Grimes Street North Casper Avenue Aeronca Lorillard

City Commissioners Absent During Surgery and Vacation

Chairman Francis Carmody noted C. B. Stiles is recovering from an operation while Dr. Ross A. Hill reportedly performed one and was out of town. Goetz and Miller said Hill left the city as Carmody planned a belated fishing vacation on Saturday.

Francis Carmody C. B. Stiles Ross A. Hill Harold Goetz Lloyd Miller Hill Carmody

Neighbor Uses Three Pages To List Complaints

In Butler County Common Pleas Court Florence H Woolford sues Ada Krebs for 35000 damages over a string of alleged actions. The list includes pouring hot grease on plants damaging the home foundation hose nozzle misused, burning a tub near a trellis, cutting cushions, trampling a fence, crayon marks on a garage and destruction of flowers and roses.

Hamilton Ada Krebs Florence H. Woolford Krebs Cleveland Ave

Hotel Fire in Cleveland Evacuates Twenty Persons

A Cleveland Perkins Hotel blaze last night forced 20 people to be rescued by ladders. About 150 residents escaped through exits as flames spread from an unknown cause in a fourth floor suite. Damage estimated at 9500 dollars.

Cleveland Perkins Hotel

Park work final payment on Douglas bath house

B D Morgan settles final payment for Douglas bath house park work totaling 3059.31 dollars. An earlier billing shows a separate amount of 5793.45 dollars.

B. D. Morgan Douglas Bath House

Courts To Test Write In Ban In Trenton Mayor Race

Paullin, a Hamilton paperworker, led write-ins for Trenton mayor after election day. Attorneys plan to file suit to certify him under a new law banning write-ins, testing whether any write-ins can be counted when ballot space was not provided.

County Board of Elections Charles Paullin Trenton Harry Stretcher Paullin Ohio Fred Ross West Elkton Burgess Back Hamilton Justice of the Peace Trenton Board of Public Affairs

Right Men Inducted From Middletown Area

Local Selective Service Board 10 sent eight men to Cincinnati for induction into the Armed Forces. New draftees include John Lee Alderton, Harold LeRoy Tanner, Donald Edward Long, Willian Dean Gillen, Jack Ballard, James Joseph Harris, Grant C. Fritzche, and Erwin Fritz Stern from Middletown and nearby towns.

Selective Service Board Middletown Cincinnati John Lee Alderton Crawford St Harold LeRoy Tanner Logan Ave Donald Edward Long Bexley Dr Willian Dean Gillen Aberdeen Dr Jack Ballard West Middletown Rt James Joseph Harris Kehr Road Oxford Grant C. Fritzche Oxford Rt Erwin Fritz Stern Wasserman Rd Hamilton

Police Briefs Arrests and Minor Injuries Reported

Truman Hammer, 35, of Red Bud Lane Hamilton, arrested at 1 50 p m yesterday on disorderly conduct charged released on 50 bond to appear in Municipal Court Friday Taken into custody on N Main Street A woman treated in Middletown Hospital ER for minor arm injuries police say her male companion attempted to take her from town and twisted her arm when she refused

Truman Hammer Red Bud Lane Hamilton Hammer N. Main Street Middletown Hospital

Gordon Pieratt Arrested After Disorderly Conduct Charge

Gordon Pieratt aged 41 of the Earle Hotel was arrested at 12 20 p m yesterday on a disorderly conduct charge. He was taken into custody at a cafe on Crawford Street according to police.

Gordon Pieratt Earle Hotel Crawford Street

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