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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1965
Page
13
Preparations finish for Fire Prevention Parade at 6 30 PM with 76 units including marching bands and fire equipment. The procession forms on Bellomonte Street and travels west on Central Avenue to Main Street as Fire Prevention Week begins.
A witty line suggests success leads to repeating a father’s business path. The pun hints at family trade and possible career expectations.
The weather summary notes September 1955 as the soggiest in ten years with 6.06 inches of rain and a yearly total of 30.67 inches. October is expected to be drier while September 1955 remains a recent rainfall benchmark, with average highs around 69 and a 94 degree peak on the 18th.
Sunday afternoon a B and O freight train blocked Trenton village traffic for 55 minutes after hitting piles of old railroad ties placed on the tracks near State Street and the village dump. Police report two piles held four or five ties each. a Middletown man saw youths nearby before the incident.
Allen Staton, 29, reported his car was damaged and his wife suffered possible back injuries when a hit and run driver struck his vehicle Sunday night on Oxford State Road as he prepared to turn onto Judy Drive. The offending car fled on Judy Drive with its lights off.
Total district enrollment as of Oct 1 reached 13 836, up 616 from Sept 7. High and junior high totals rise with Lemon Monroe 1077 Manchester 1806 Amanda 691 Roosevelt 950 McKinley 629. Elementary figure 7918 on Oct 1 after 385 increase to 8108.
A four-year-old Franklin boy Randall Jackson was injured when he ran from a mailbox and was hit by a car at 3 11 p m. He is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with a leg injury and facial cuts. The driver Billy Ray Perry, 22, of 671 Virginia Ave., skidded to the collision. Deputies reported the boy failed to look before crossing.
City Commissioners will meet at 8 o clock tonight in the City Building auditorium for their weekly session. The agenda includes payment of 13 bills and invoices.
John A. Crist of John A. Crist Attorney at Law will lead a volunteer group of solicitors to recruit new Civic Association members from among lawyers and their assistants in the Middle district.
The Men's Horticultural Society of Greater Middletown will nominate executive officers and board members for the year at its monthly meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Firemen's Club on Carmody Boulevard. A report on Jacot Park progress and fall seeding will be given. Open to men interested in gardening and civic beautification.
Kathy Hinkle 15 of Fenwick High School won the title Queen after selling about 3000 Forget-Me-Not flowers in the Harold John Hursh DAV Chapter 131 autumn drive. Princesses Sandy Williams and Judy Yoho, both from Lemon-Monroe High School, joined the top performers. Proceeds totaling about 1000 will aid local disabled veterans. Queen and Princesses will march in the 1966 Memorial Day parade.
Fred Roosa Jr. was treated at Middletown Hospital for second degree burns to his face head and arms after trying to combat a bedroom closet fire with a extinguisher. The blaze began around 4 p.m. Sunday as relatives gathered for a reunion with 16 children present and water and smoke damage reported. origin undetermined.
Nine members of the Middle Town club joined 175 Ohio Young Republicans in Toledo for the fall quarterly meeting of the Ohio League of Young Republican Clubs. The local delegation won the league’s Man-Mile award, a trophy the area group has captured frequently. Attendees included Roger and Donna Davey, Anne and James Pope, Linda and Jerry Lapham, Peter Mengel, Paula Hudson, and Marty Mahoney.
Millard Marshall, 34, of 1305 Bernice Street, was treated at Middletown Hospital at 6 53 p m yesterday for possible head injuries from a two car collision on Yankee Road.
About 200 Cubs and families from nine packs in Pokey Griffith District competed in the Cub Scout Olympics at Camp Hook. Mulford Martin directed events with age group winners named in 11 contests, and Pack 7 of Monroe led overall standings. A separate Sisters Day event featured nuns from the Middletown area with shooting, archery, canoeing, and hiking activities.
A pilot named Gary Streifthau landed a aircraft in a field behind his home at 323 N Marshall Road shortly before noon yesterday. He returned to his house, ate lunch, and then flew away. Nearby observers believed the plane was forced to land.
Essex County fire crews reported they extinguished 26 blazes at fish and chip shops in the past year. Officials warn such incidents highlight risks to popular snack outlets and urge caution.
Three people injured in separate weekend accidents. Mrs Dorothy Frasher 36 treated for nose injury after her car struck a parked vehicle on Highview Road and Central Avenue then hit six trees. She was charged with careless driving and leaving the scene. Others injured include Alan Copenhimer who rode as a passenger in a car struck by Tracy Brizendine. Charlean Henning treated for a nose laceration after hitting a fire hydrant post. and Arthur Stevens whose out of control car caused eight hundred dollars damage on Grand Avenue. Stevens charged with careless driving. Police also cited Alexander Rhodes Jr for failure to yield after a collision on Stevens Avenue.
Police brief notes a 41 year old Dallas A Phipps of Dayton arrested on Franklin Trenton Road at 4 10 a m yesterday for driving while intoxicated. Other Middletown police reports include Robert Givens 45 of 1506 Calumet Ave arrested on Baltimore Street at 6 p m yesterday and a bottle threw through Robert Kilburn windshield causing 90 damage on S Sutphin Street. Kenneth Creech 27 of 320 Oxford State Road treated at Middletown Hospital for back and abdomen lacerations after a fight at Millies Cafe 18 S Clinton St Saturday night and Creech and Stanley Egelston 42 of Franklin Rt 1 charged with disorderly conduct.
Kenneth Stanifer a 25 year old resident of Morrow Rt. 1 was treated at the hospital at 3 06 am yesterday for a laceration of the back chin jaw and multiple abrasions. He said he was beaten by eight men near the Sylvan ia tavern on N Dixie Highway north of Franklin.
Denver Vinson aged 42 from 7273 Linn Road was treated for a cut left ear at the hospital at 2:46 a.m. yesterday after allegedly being beaten by two men near 418 Baltimore Street.
Firefighters were dispatched to 1700 Oberon Drive at 7 19 a m for Mary Caudill who became ill. She was not transported to Middletown Hospital.
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