Anxious Church Members Pray for Pastor
Tragedy struck the Grand Avenue Church of God when Rev. Clifford Hutchinson was critically injured in a train auto crash at Yankee Road B&O crossing. Dozens packed Middletown Hospital and many more prayed outside as a community rallied around the pastor and his family enduring severe head chest and abdominal injuries while remaining conscious enough to speak through a throat tube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Hutchinson
Yankee Road B&o
Middletown Hospital
Grand Avenue
Nue
Henry Howard
Church of God
Puerto Rico
Howard
Mr. Hutchinson
Mr. Howard
Hutchinson
Safety Council Seeks Flares At RR Crossings
Middletown Safety Council urges railway flare drops at crossings lacking flashers after a Yankee Road B O accident. The board also created an executive committee and a committee to seek a National Safety Council appraisal, plus teen driver safety school delegates and Check Your Chimney Week support. A financial report shows a $42.19 year balance and hospital accident totals for October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Navy
Paul Galeese
Middletown
False Alarms Hit J C Penney Store Twice in 13 Hours
Two alarms rang within 13 hours at the J C Penney Co store on Central Ave. Firemen from Companies 1 and 2, the emergency squad, and the ladder company responded to the 11:41 am alert and again early today at 12:30 am. Alarms came through the store’s automatic system connected to sprinklers and the cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Co
Central Ave
Workman injured at Pollock Paper Co.
Carl Wuebben 30 of Dayton dropped a weight on his right foot at work yesterday and was treated at Middletown Hospital where he was released.
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Pollock Paper Co
Carl Wuebben
Troy St
Dayton
Middletown Hospital
Fire Destroys Big Barn On Jones Farm
In Hamilton a fire destroyed a large barn on State Rep. Charles Jones's farm at 7600 Prince ton Glendale Rd. Estimated losses run about 15000 dollars with 2000 dollars of riding equipment. Fire detected at 1 30 a m by a passing motorist. Five horses and two ponies were removed before roof collapsed.
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Hamilton
Charles Jones
Princeton-Glendale Rd
Jones
Miami Speaker to Keynote Higher Education Week
Charles H. Wilson, Highland Park, Ill. superintendent and author, will speak at Miami University's Higher Education Week convocation in Benton Auditorium at 11 a.m. Thursday. Governors and President Eisenhower proclaimed the week. Wilson, a Kenton and Maumee school leader, will discuss Our Single ladder Schools. He studied at Ohio Northern and Ohio State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Charles H. Wilson
Highland Park, Ill
Miami University
Benton Auditorium
C. Wiliam O'Neill
Eisenhower
Wilson
Kenton
Ohio
Maumee
Ohio Northern University
Ohio State
Robert E. Wilson
Mansfield
No Change In Pastor Heath Status In Hospital
Middletown Hospital reports Rev. Clifford Hutchinson remains in critical condition after a train auto crash that injured him severely with head chest and abdominal trauma. Child passenger Wayne Waggoner 10 was released after breaking his right shoulder collarbone and facial cuts. Also listed in satisfactory condition are Rose Nation and Karla Bryant both currently hospitalized with injuries.
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Middletown
Clifford Hutchinson
Grand Avenue
Rose Nation
Mohawk St
Karla i Bryant
Pershing Ave
Movie on Mail Processing Shown to Middletown Rotary
Gene Layer Middletown Post Office superintendent presented Men, Mail and Machines to the Rotary Club yesterday. He explained postal operations in large cities and detailed Middletown procedures. Rotary members learned a District Rotary meeting will open November 18 at Eaton Grange Hall at 9 a.m.
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Rotary Club
Gene Layer
Middletown
Layer
Eaton
Eaton Grange Hall
Monroe Mayor Warns Hunters in Village Limits
Monroe mayor Gordon Reed warned that it is unlawful to discharge firearms within the village and offenders will be prosecuted. Marshal George Cobb and deputies will investigate complaints as surveillance increases due to dangerous, careless hunting. The mayor noted residents have been afraid to hang clothes outside and some have been peppered with spent shot as hunting laws are rigorously enforced again this season.
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Monroe
Gordon Reed
Reed
George Cobb
Dystrophy Drive Seeks Rural Volunteers to Start Campaign
Butler County launches 1957 muscular dystrophy drive in rural areas led by Art Reiff, rural area chairman. Volunteers will solicit funds across countryside and seek more helpers. Contact Reiff at Hamilton office TW 5-2067 or home TW 2-8966 to volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Art Reiff
Reiff
Hamilton
Stolen hub caps and arrest on capias charge reported
George Meeks of 4307 Lewis St. reported four hub caps stolen from his car. Dale Ingram, 24, of 1506 Eaton Ave. was arrested yesterday on Us. 25 at Blue Ball for resisting arrest by Lt. James Davis and on a capias violation tied to a divorce case in the Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Ingram
Eaton Ave
Us. S. 25
Blue Ball
James Davis
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Capias
Common Pleas
Window vandalism at 2215 Tytus Ave garage
Police responded to a call at 2215 Tytus Ave yesterday and learned vandals broke a window in a garage owned by D R Earnhart.
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Tytus Ave
D. R. Earnhart
Poker raid nets two workhouse escapees in Cincinnati
Cincinnati police raided an apartment at 1538 Pleasant St at midnight and found two escapees, Garrett Gray and Morgan Napier, hiding behind furniture while Frank Barkley played solitary poker. Gray faced eight days left on a larceny term, Napier fourteen. all three were returned to the workhouse on an escape charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Middletown
Pleasant St
Frank Barkley
Garrett Gray
Morgan Napier
Cincinati
Gray
Napier
Barkley
Butler Deputy Named To Post On Police Unit
Lt. James H. Davis of the Butler County Sheriff's Department was elected vice president of the Southwest Ohio Police and Sheriff's Assn. Ted Williams of the Miamisburg department and former Lebanon assistant chief was elected president. Walter Stephens, former Springboro police chief now with Vandalia, was re elected secretary treasurer. About 700 members attended the Dayton meeting hosted by Montgomery County Sheriff Bernard Keller with the next gathering set for January 18 in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Lebanon
Southwest Ohio Police and Sheriff's Assn
Dayton
James H. Davis
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Ted Williams
Miamisburg
Robert Tehan
Clark County
Walter Stephens
Springboro
Vandalia
Montgomery County
Bernard Keller
Springfield
Fire crews respond to stove overheating at Evans residence
Franklin firemen were called to 703 Lake Avenue to cool an overheated stove. Investigators cited a clogged flu as the cause of the blaze risk.
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Franklin
Luther Evans
Lake Avenue
Area Scouts Meet District 4 Council
Area scouts from District 4 of the Middletown Area Girl Scout Council will meet tomorrow at 1 30 p m at the home of Mrs Richard O Donnel 928 S Main St Franklin. District communities include Franklin Carlisle Springboro and Waynesville.
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Middletown Area
Woman Hurt In Franklin Collision Leaves Two Hurt
Hayes Leach an 80 year old Springboro resident collided with Martha Roberts 42 of Franklin at Canal and 4th Streets. Leach’s wife Josephine 72 sustained a slight head laceration and was treated dismissed at Middletown Hospital. Damages to both cars listed at 30 dollars.
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Franklin
Hayes Leach
Springboro
Gruver Leads Cincinnati Ordnance Dinner and Conference
Gruver administrative vice president of Armco Steel and president of the Cincinnati post will preside at a guided missile preparedness conference at the Engineering Society of Cincinnati. Reuben B. Robertson Jr. former deputy secretary of defense and now president of Champion Paper will give the principal talk at the dinner at the Hotel Arms and receive the Charles L. Harrison award for distinguished ordnance service.
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Robert S. Gruver
Armco Steel Corp
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Post
American Ordnance Assn
Gruver
Engineering Society of Cincinnati
Army
Navy
Air Force
Reuben B. Robertson Jr
Champion Paper & Fibre Co
Hamilton
Hotel Arms
Robertson
Charles L. Harrison
City Commission Considers Grove Street Improvements
City Commission met at 2 p.m. to discuss routine matters including emergency bonds and notes to fund Grove Street improvements. A sinking fund meeting followed and monthly contractor estimates for city construction projects were to be considered. City Manager Charles W. Thompson would report planning commission action on vacation of part of Santa Barbara Drive between Stevens Avenue and the New York Central tracks.
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Grove Street
Charles W. Thompson
Planning Commission
Santa Barbara Drive
Stevens Avenue
New York Central
Drivers Cited After $1,000 Two-Car Crash
Two motorists were charged in Municipal Court after collisions in Middletown yesterday. Seburn Post, 18, failed to yield at a stop sign. Robert Setters, 27, said he didn’t see it. Accident damage was $1,000. Garland Johnson, 21, also cited for failing to yield after hitting Alton Elam, 22. Damage $125. Minor crashes involved Gerald Hummel, 20, and an unknown car. Carl Dean, 20, backing into Chester Dennis’s parked auto.
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Seburn Post
Middletown
Rt. 1
Robert Setters
Judy
Garfield Street
Philadelphia Avenue
Setters
Garland Johnson
N. Sutphin St
Alton Elam
Pearl St
Charles and
Clayton Streets
Gerald Hummel
Girard Ave
Girard Avenue
Carl Dean
Baltimore St
Chester Dennis
Bexley Dr
Baltimore Street
Engineer Explains Steel Automation To Miami Engineers
Ralph Bennett of the General Electric Evandale plant discussed automation in the steel industry before the Miami Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers. He presented a film titled This Is Automation as Robert Weatherby led the meeting.
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Ralph Bennett
General Electric Evandale
Miami
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Bennett
Robert Weatherby
Bar Assn Seeks Extra Space for New Judge’s Office
The Butler County Bar Association warned county commissioners it may pursue a mandamus from the Common Pleas Court to secure additional space for the new Court of Domestic Relations. A bar committee led by Edwin Pierce and including Mark Brown Paul A Baden and Frank Schwab said spaces used by the county superintendent of schools on the courthouse first floor must be vacated. Judge David Black attended. plans call for moving the superintendent temporarily to the fourth floor and later to the Old Post Office Building. The issue will be discussed tomorrow by the Butler County Board of Education.
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Butler County Bar Assn
Court of Domestic Relations
Bar
Common Pleas Court
Edwin Pierce
Mark Brown
Paul A. Baden
Frank Schwab
Hamilton
Maxwell
David Black
Domestic Relations Court
Pierce
Ohio Supreme Court
Butler County Board of Education
Judge Needs Private Chambers Urgently Says Finkleman
Finkleman urges private chambers for confidential litigant and attorney conferences. He notes Judge Black lacks proper chambers and has met in hallways by the Coke machine and even in the men's restroom. He also criticizes the school superintendent as an intruder in the courthouse and claims no close ties with other offices in the building. Ben S. Van Gorden, president.
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Finkleman
Amanda PTO selects film strip machine at meeting
Amanda fourth graders directed by Miss Mary Frances Gaines presented a musical program at the PTO meeting. Mrs Murial Woodward's third grade won the membership ticket sales prize and Mrs Ella Fraizer's fourth grade won the attendance prize. Dec 19 set for the school Christmas program.
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Amanda
Mary Frances Gaines
PTO
Murial Woodward
Ella Fraizer
Scout Advancement Committee Called
The advancement committee of the Mound Builders Area Council will meet tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Boy Scout office of the Civic Association building. Chairman Ed Cohn will preside. Plans for the council advancement program for 1958 will be discussed.
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Mound Builders Area Council
Boy Scout
Civic Association
Ed Cohn
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Mrs. Hutchinson
Marguerite
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Dean Girton
Yankee Road
B&o
Girton
Wylie Mitchell
William Robinson
Ed Barker
Elmo Lingrel
John Murray
Richard Miller
Kent Little
Charles Stutenroth
Walter Mischley
Walter Geckeler
Jacob Seibold
Penney
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DECCA
Rogers
Ivy Leagui
George Meeks
Lewis St
HU A
House of Chrome
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Nicholas
Butler
North Main Street
Miami Group
Bar Assn
Judge’s Office
Scout Advancement Committee
Milwaukee
Blatz Brewing Company
Wise
Schentey Industries, Ine
Lionel
Dearth’s Hobby & Toy Center
E. Central Ave
NEW Westinghouse
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