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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1957
Page
2
Roy J. Spencer, 34, of Cincinnati area, accused of embezzling mail funds while a Mid dleton postal collector. He appeared before U S Commissioner Graham P Hunt and was held for the federal grand jury with bond set at 2000 dollars.
An analysis of Middletown's safety and traffic control program will be submitted to the City Commission at its regular meeting Wednesday. Norman Olman of the National Safety Council will present an overview covering accident records traffic engineering and school safety. The meeting at 7 45 p m in the City Building invites officials and citizens to attend.
Superintendent Forrest J Burns reports Anthony Wayne Grade School burglarized between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. The north door was forced. Desks smashed and $29 stolen. A safe was tampered with but not opened. Police believe youths staged the theft.
A grease fire under a slab furnace at Armco Steel Corp East Works was extinguished with no damage reported. Sparks from a pile of slabs apparently ignited grease beneath the furnace. Firemen from Companies 2 3 the ladder wagon and the emergency squad responded at 1 49 pm.
A Middleown woman Susie Foster was cited in Municipal Court after a 100 collision at Baltimore Street and Jacoby Avenue at 9 am yesterday. Police say Foster failed to yield to Dorothy Mynhier of West Middleown Rt. 1 who drove another auto. A parked car owned by Theodore Stanton and an unknown vehicle were damaged in the 1100 block of 1st Avenue after midnight. Joseph Ponder Jr. reported a 35 damage incident in the 1100 block of 1st Avenue at 3 30 am.
Marshal Georgi Zhukov the Soviet defense minister left Moscow for Yugoslavia returning the visit of Yugoslav Defense Minister Ivan Gosnjak.
Armco Steel Corp chief announces E. A. Correa elected vice president. Correa will continue as secretary and counsel. A Princeton alumnus with Phi Beta Kappa, he earned Harvard Law School degree and joined Armco in 1939 after time with Breed Abbott Morgan. He lives at 510 S. Main St Middletown active in local civic affairs.
Hamilton County proposes a rural food store code affecting about 125 groceries and markets. It would grant the health department power to enforce sanitary operations, require registrations within 30 days, and set a $5 yearly permit renewal in the county health fund.
Girl Scout leaders will meet at 6 p.m. in the Civic Association rear for a camp training course at Camp Stonybrook. The program runs tonight through noon tomorrow and teaches camping skills and camp planning under Miss Margaret Bailey.
Authorities found no clues to the death of Dixie Armitage 61 whose body was found Tuesday in Black Creek near Ghent Kentucky. Det Capt Ralph Bauer said the burial occurred yesterday at Woodside Cemetery at private services. A Carrollton sheriff who spoke with him found no new clues. Armitage was last seen in Middletown August 31 in a car with another man and with about 200 dollars and an uncashed pension check.
Police briefs note Jim Hutchens of Mounted Rt. 29 reported the theft of his 1949 model car license 326MZ from S Verity Parkway. Margaret Dearth of Dearth's Hobby Center reported theft of 197 dollars in cash and 13 dollars in checks from her purse at home or Central Avenue store on Wednesday or Thursday.
Amanda YMCA boys must delay their trip after tomorrow's Miami University game tickets were cancelled. YMCA youth secretary Jack Wiley and Amanda leader Les Theodore announced plans for the group to attend the Miami Marshall game in Oxford on Nov 9 instead.
John Henry McFarland a 25 year old resident of 3207 Lefferson Rd was to appear before a U S commissioner in Cincinnati at 1 30 p m today on charges from a Sept 23 federal grand jury indictment in Covington Ky for refusal to be inducted He is a Jehovahs Witness and was arrested by the FBI then jailed for transport to Cincinnati by the U S marshal A bench warrant had been issued Sept 25 by the Covington court He is married and had refused induction ceremonies at Ft Thomas last October.
Extra color comes from two additional sources for visitors to the campus on Saturday. Twenty different bands totaling about 1,500 players will perform in a High Street parade at 1 p.m. and in a mass display during the Miami Xavier game. Many visitors also tour the formal gardens northeast of the field to see peak color and variety.
Jerry Lucas will head Middletown High School seniors as president of the class of 1958 after yesterday’s vote. Elected alongside him were Steve Geckeler as vice president Phyllis Cox secretary and Larry Emerick treasurer. Lucas defeated Russ Galloway Jr. with Tom Sizer Mary Ann Morgan and Fred Sander as the remaining candidates.
William Owens Jr 11 son of Drs William and Betty Owens Middletown Hamilton Rd was listed in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital after a fractured leg from Pee Wee football yesterday afternoon Judy Linton 13 daughter of Mrs Betsy Linton 1708 Sheridan Ave was treated and released for a fractured right foot from a fall in Rolling Mill Park Oral Elam 38 of 53 Lynnwood Rd Franklin was treated in the emergency room for extensive lacerations on his right hand after catching it in a corn picker requiring many stitches
The YMCA Y Aces club will sponsor a dance tomorrow from 9 p m to midnight in the Y auditorium. The Bob Mucha Combo provides the music. The event is open to young married couples and single young adults. It is held the first and third Saturday each month with Miss Roberta Shafer and Ruth Roess in charge of arrangements.
Madison Gilbert Powell 38 formerly of New Miami was sentenced to an indeterminate term in the Ohio Penitentiary by Judge P P Boll after being found to have violated probation. Powell had been indicted on forgery and placed on probation August 20. He was later picked up in Paris Kentucky on intoxication charges, a probation violation.
A Indiana visit by four Board of Education members and local officials inspected Coal Creek Consolidated School, a 1953 Steelex steel building. They reviewed cost estimates around 9 to 10 dollars per square foot unfurnished, noted a 1,600-seat gym with parquet floor, and considered maintenance and architectural aspects for potential use in Middletown.
Passing motorists are waved at by young matrons on McAllen street corners. The David Crockett School mothers patrol directs children across two busy intersections. Dr. R A Lindquist says the whistle plan will continue until traffic signals arrive in about six weeks.
A 3 pm Sunday program at the Church of God on 11th Avenue and Lincoln Street features Rev Louis Smith Rev Steve Faulkner and a roster of singers and community leaders including Rev Henry Teasley Rev John McDugan Rev Frank Rawls Rev Noah Rippy Cassus Williams A C Williams James Williams Raymond Massey Eddie Williams Jr Donald Jordan Robert Bailey Myers Brothers Trio Benny Haywood Matthew Thomas Jr Richard Cunningham Lawrence Woodson Billy Gates and Sterling Jackson A 6 pm chitterling dinner sponsored by the LaMonde Club follows at Mrs Corrine Hendricks home on Garfield Street.
Middletown High senior Steve Geckeler heads a new teenage division of the Middletown Safety Council. Pat Ferree of Fenwick High School serves as vice chairman, with students from Middletown Monroe and Fenwick promoting safety in and out of school. W. T. Adams of Armco Steel Corp. is chairman of the traffic division, joined by Harry James as vice chairman. The group plans a holiday safety program amid rising Middletown traffic fatalities.
Private detective Fred Otash sues Yma Sumac for 1180.22 claiming owed for shadowing her ex husband Moises Vivanco. Sumac, 35, divorced Vivanco last May 14. The couple recently reported from Europe that they have reconciled.
Ohio refunds totaling more than 18000 dollars are due to about 2200 former state employees who had payroll deductions for World War II era savings bonds. Deductions stopped for some during later years. balances range from a penny to 46.65 dollars and can be claimed by submitting identifying information to the Savings Bond Refund Section in Columbus.
Butler County new car registrations fell from 577 in August to 546 in August, reported by Joseph T. Kiep, clerk of courts. Ford led with 147 registrations, Chevrolet 130, Dodge 44, and other makes list a mix of Oldsmobile 36 through M. G. 0.1, with new truck registrations totaling 38 and Ford on 15.
A Fort Worth Central High School senior promised 31 years ago that if he became governor he would speak to a Dallas congregation. On Sunday Gov Price Daniel fulfills the vow by addressing Dr. J A Lovell's First Covenant Church in Dallas.
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