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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1952
Page
2
The 96 page issue is the largest in nearly a century, using about 15 tons of newsprint. Nearly 19 000 copies circulation stacks taller than the Empire State Building 800 feet high, with 74 pages of ads, 22 pages of reading, eight motor routes over 500 miles, and 300 carrier boys delivering across Middletown.
Santa Claus will arrive at 10 a.m. Friday in Middletown aboard a bright red truck from Middletown Airport. The parade will travel downtown via German town Road to Tytus, Charles, Central, Main, First, Broad, Clinton and Reynolds streets ending at the VFW on Reynolds Avenue. The procession includes a sound truck, Santa’s young friends, a sleigh-bearing truck, and the MHS band.
Forecasts show limited snow flurries in northern Ohio with otherwise partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures. Tomorrow will be fair and near freezing with a high around 35 degrees after a wide temperature range from 64 at 3 a.m. to 35 at 11 p.m. on yesterday.
The parade will pause at the VFW post around 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Santa, after arriving by Canal, will talk to children on the platform and distribute about 3,000 candy sacks sent ahead. Charles Fleishman, president of the Retail Merchants Association, confirms all arrangements are in place and expects a large, orderly gathering.
The 1952 53 non member canvass raised 20161 dollars, 44 percent over the 14000 goal, totaling 237507 dollars toward a 240000 dollar 1953 target. Campaign leaders praised 100 percent participation across divisions and noted ongoing pledges may push past the stated total.
Twenty four patrolmen have signed up for the sergeant examination in the Police Department. The test will be at 7 p.m. next Wednesday at Middletown High School. Eligibility requires at least one year of service. Signups include Wilford Palmer Dan Pelfrey Larry White Herb Fawley Don Wallace Ralph Trimble Delman Whitt Louis Janka William Brewer George Proffitt Clarence Lawson James Lowe Harold Gray Howard Watson Theodore Thompson Robert Walton Landon Webb Gilbert Lafayette Marvin Amburgey Arnold Ferguson James Trimble John Combs and Don Murphy.
The Supreme Seventh District Conference of the Military Order of Cooties will meet at VFW Headquarters Post 3809 Reynolds Ave on Saturday and Sunday with 100 officers and guests from Kentucky Indiana and Ohio. Edwin Gillum will serve as state commander and conference chair. A pre dance session, 8 30 p.m. dancing by Tommy Wills Orchestra and Hammond organ by Ozzie Craft are planned. The group supports veterans hospitalization and the National Home at Eaton Rapids Michigan and plans to discuss a new fire truck for the home.
Sixth grade pupils at Lincoln School presented a Thanksgiving program for classmates and again for parents. The pageant opened with a prolog of patriotism, then scenes of Native Americans, Pilgrims, and a 1890s family feast. It referenced modern observances with radio and TV music. Tom Walter narrated. Mrs. Frances Jones accompanied.
Police responded to Central Ave and Highview at 7 50 PM after a black dog was struck by a vehicle. Patrolmen Landon Webb and James Miller transported the dog to Dr Louis Bremer but the animal died. The owner remained unknown to police.
Police logged four mishaps with minimal damage and no injuries. A 23-year-old Franklin man scraped a truck on Wa ter St while backing. Hollon reported not hearing the horn. Conat roe backed into a parked truck at South Broad. minor damage to the truck. Winkler and Hale Jr. collided near Tytus Ave and Nelbar St as both tried to pass a stopped truck. Winkler's car sustained most of the damage. DeBorde's cab struck a second auto on First Ave as his foot slipped from the brake. no details on the other driver.
Floyd R Myers, 55, of 914 West Central Ave, had a charge of operating a car when intoxicated reduced to simple intoxication. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs after appearing yesterday before Judge Alton H Combs. A separate assault and battery charge against Alton Barnette, 27, of 1933 Highland St was dismissed. the charge was filed by Elizabeth Barnette.
Paramount shows Every thing I Have Is Yours at 1:40 3:40 5:45 7:50 10:00 p.m. Strand screens Riders of Pony Express at 1:15 3:45 6:35 9:20 p.m. No Holds Barred plays at 2:25 5:05 7:55 10:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
Butler County officials announce a $20 000 appropriation will fund rural garbage collection in 1953. Plans call for weekly pickups and land leases for disposal sites with decisions on private contract versus county operation and tax or service charges to be settled in January with township trustees. The push follows rising rural housing and postwar building in Butler County.
Miami University will bid farewell to its president at Memorial Presbyterian Church in Oxford at 2 p.m. Friday. Dr. Earnest H. Hahne died Tuesday at his home overlooking the campus after more than a year of illness. He served since April 1, 1946, coming from Northwestern University, and succeeded Dr. A. H. Upham. Burial will be in Schaller, Iowa. arrangements are handled by Marshall-Smith Funeral Home.
Carl Gressle a 24 year old from Middletown Trailer Court was treated at Middletown Hospital after an accident at Armco Steel Corporation. He injured his left thigh when his leg bumped a crane ladder during work.
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