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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1955
Page
2
Middletown officials announce continued work on the east bank levee along the Miami River from the hydraulic canal head gate to West Central Avenue. The goal is to finish before January 1 1956 providing flood protection for about 1350 acres and the city water supply plus nearby industries.
Bradley Allen of New Miami brings Butler County traffic death tally to 24 flagged by Middletown Safety Council Director Paul Wilson. He urges safe driving, notes speed and inattention fuel most fatalities, and asks parents to curb teen drivers’ risky habits.
Deadline Friday for entries from grades 6 to 12 in public and parochial schools. Posters limited to four colors and 14 by 22 inches with contestant name grade and school on the back. Top four prizes in each group receive 10 5 3 2 dollars plus five 1 dollar honors. Winning posters will be displayed in local store windows during National Fire Prevention Week October 15. Entries go to the Middletown Safety Council at the Civic Association.
Calories measure the heat energy created from food and its transformation into body heat. Vitamins act as catalysts that stimulate essential bodily functions.
William P. Kearney, 69, former two term mayor of Niles, Ohio, died yesterday after battling cancer. He served as mayor beginning in 1938 and was a prominent local figure.
Ed Helton a 50 year old river resident was found paddling near a 20 foot dam on the Miami River after an evening of drinking. He faced intoxication charges and was jailed after authorities, with Middleton and North Middletown units, towed his scow ashore. His brother Randall, also jailed for intoxication, received a 30 day county sentence.
Germantown Road between Ty tus Avenue and Verity Parkway will be blocked late this week to permit construction of the Middletown Franklin superhighway across Germantown Road. The barrier will stay until Route 73 and the new Germantown four lane road are finished, causing notable detours for eastbound and downtown traffic.
Germantown seeks first reading of an ordinance raising taps to 100 dollars for sewer and 25 dollars for water. Subdivisions would pay in full before work starts, drawing opposition from small builders like Neal Kurfiss who want payments per house. The council also (re)zoned two lots to residential and then to business, and arson suspect a Chicago woman is jailed awaiting hearing. Hale Dodds gets permission for Chamber signs marking the business district.
Three Junior Achievement companies held their first fall session last night at the Civic Association. Sponsored by Business & Professional Women Interstate Folding Box Co and Shartle Brothers Co, membership rolls remain open. Additional JA groups meet tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Civic Association.
Middletown park board session was canceled due to only two of five members being available. Officials plan to reconvene next week after several prior postponements and cancellations.
Middletown man James Prater, 24, of 1615 Glenn Ave, held on DWI after a three car crash on Ohio 122 west of Middletown at 12 45 p.m. Officers say Prater drove left of center, hitting Christine Centers of West Middletown Rt 1 and Foster Deal 41 of Hamilton. All vehicles damaged. no injuries reported.
A piggy bank containing between 50 and 60 dollars was stolen from Roy Bunnell at 2125 Sheffield Street. Entry was through an unlocked front door between 5 and 8:30 p.m. Deputy Frank South reported the A search continues, with Deputy South and Loren Gustin investigating.
Andrew Charlton 81 is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after breaking his right hip in a fall in a coal shed at home. His wife Emma 84 also injured with a broken ankle from a Friday yard stumble and is recovering at a daughter's home.
Oran Skelton 40 of Evansville Indiana had extradition hearings in Middletown Municipal Court postponed to October 24 after agreement of counsel. He faces charges of conversion and obtaining money under false pretenses over a $3494 loan secured by trailers he allegedly did not own. Police traced him after Earl Swain reported Skelton hauling freight toward Ohio. Additional hearings in Evansville had been set earlier.
At The Movies listings for PARAMOUNT STRAND COLONIAL and DIXIE CRUISE IN show nightly schedules. Ulysses Wichita Pearl of the South Pacific Uncle Tom's Cab Black Shield of Falsworth Betrayed Women Love Me or Leave Me River of No Return indicate times across Tuesday and Wednesday for multiple venues.
Arthur E. Linkins of Moore Road is named to the Dayton region board of review for the Ohio Industrial Commission. He serves a four year term as employer representative on the new regional panel guiding disputed workers compensation claims.
The Rev A L Kershaw rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Oxford will appear on The $64,000 Question with jazz as his topic. He is a longtime jazz fan and has promoted jazz through the George Lewis Rag Time Band and church programs. Mrs Kershaw and their three children will watch from home.
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