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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1959

Page

2

Man Shot in Middletown VFW Scuffle

A 30 year old Middletown man, Henry Fores of 1324 Baltimore Street, was critically wounded by a single shot during a scuffle at VFW Post 6405 on 12th Street. The bullet entered his throat and lodged in a wall. Fores underwent emergency surgery as investigators questioned witnesses and arrested George Pendergrass and William McCuller.

Middletown Veterans of Foreign Wars Clark Post Henry Fores Baltimore St Fores George Pendergrass William McCuller Minnesota St Thomas Allen N. Main St Eugene iHart Pendergrass Allen Hart McCuller Schramm Questio Garfield St James Howerton Wilford Palmer Ptl Lloyd Brewer Louis Pierce Jeane Butler

Nike Base Discussed At Optimist Club Meeting

Homer Tingle of Oxford and Glen Swindler of Sele spoke at the Optimist Club about the Nike missile base under construction in Oxford. Swindler covered postwar missile history while Tingle described the local site and funds. Rev. William Winch was inducted, and guests included Larry Beckwith Jr. and Sr. at the Manchester Hotel luncheon.

Homer Tingle Oxford Glen Swindler Sele 56Th Artillery Optimist Club Manchester Hotel Tingle Swindler Nike William Winch Blue Ball Presbyterian Church Marvin Shane Larry Corky) Beckwith Jr Larry Beckwith Sr

Two Charges Bring Fines On Douglas Young

Douglas Young at 900 9th Ave was fined 50 dollars and costs on disorderly conduct and license alteration charges after police found a crowd on Garfield Street and York Avenue. He must attend four traffic school sessions. other fines included J C Taulbee 50 for speeding and Louise Huff 50 for disturbance.

Douglas Young 9Th Ave J. T. Lamb Young Garfield Street York Avenue J. C. Taulbee 10Th Ave James Shields Garfield St Louise Huff Emma Banks Franklin Manor

Driver Fined At Franklin

Franklin Municipal Judge J. T. Riley fines Roger Chamber 25 dollars and costs and suspends his driving rights for improper operation of a motor vehicle. Also fined were Ernestine Oswald 10 dollars for a clear distance violation and Robert Arnold 10 dollars for passing at an intersection. Bonds forfeited include David Hatton 15 dollars for reckless operation and several others for speeding and related offenses.

Franklin J. T. Riley Roger Chamber Thirfield Avenue S. Main Street Riley Ernestine Oswald Dayton Oxford Rd Robert Arnold David Hatton Minnesota St Middletown Fred Gustin Franklin Rt Jerald Moore Carlisle Road Floyd Roberts Allen Park Mich Bartie Napier Mount Pleasant Tenn

TV and Radio Highlights Tonight

Radio-TV highlights list multiple stations and programs from 7:05 to 10 p.m. including WLW Monitors with music, WPFB Nite Scene, WCPO Dick Clark guests Frankie Avalon Anita Bryant and Duane Eddy, WHIO WKRC police drama Paul Douglas, WLW Perry Presents Moderrnaries Jaye P Morgan Tony Bennett, Black Saddle, Lawrance Welk Show with Betty Cox, Ernie Brenner father cop scenario, and Marshal Dillon episode with gypsies and rancher on land.

WCPO Dick Clark Frankie Avalon Anita Bryant Duane Eddy WHIO WKRC Paul Douglas Wlw-D Wlw-T Perry The Modernaires Jaye P. Morgan Tony Bennett Betty Cox Lawrence Welk Ernie Brenner Marshal Dillon

Highways Here Safe As Holiday Begins

Labor Day weekend opened quietly in the area with state patrol reports of only one minor property damage accident on area highways outside Middletown since 6 p m yesterday. The nearby Post 9 noted a safe start compared with higher fatality rates elsewhere.

Post 9 Middletown

Auto crash on Baltimore Street Causes $1,050 in damage

An auto struck a parked car in the 1800 block of Baltimore Street last night causing about $1,050 in damage. No injuries. Shirley Ann Johnson, 4924 Fisher Rd Franklin, cited for an assured clear distance violation. The Johnson car hit Mark Griffin's parked auto at 10:56 p.m. Others were charged in separate incidents at nearby intersections.

Baltimore Street Shirley Ann Johnsson Fisher Rd Franklin, Be Johnson Mark Griffin Baltimore St

Deaths and Funerals Walter Barnes Sr

Walter C. Barnes Sr aged 57 of Dayton died at home from cancer. Former brokerage manager, plant auditor at Moraine GM, taught accounting at University of Dayton evening school and Sinclair College. Survived by wife Wava M and three sons. Services at Reinbeck Iowa. memorials to Montgomery County Society for Cancer Control. Louis S. Hill of Lancaster Calif, formerly Centerville, dies in Willow Springs race crash. survives wife Virginia, son Randall, mother and sister. Burial in Centerville Cemetery.

Walter Barnes Walter C. Barnes Far Hills Ave Dayton Greene and Brock Greene and Ladd Barnes Moraine Products General Motors University of Dayton Sinclair College Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Blue Lodge Grundy Center Antioch Shrine Scottish Rite Valley of Dayton Wava M Walter C. Jr Suffolk County Air Force Base Long Island N. Y Donald R Evanston, Ill Robert J Reinbeck Iowa Bradford & Connelly Funeral Home Far Hills Schantz Aves Virginia Brown Waynesville Randall West Coast

Martha Kincaid 79 dies after long illness in Middletown

Mrs Martha Kincaid 79 of 213 Lylburn Rd died at Middletown Hospital at 650 pm after five years of ill health and a two week critical period She was a former P Lorillard Co employee born in Perry County Kentucky a 41 year Middletown resident Her husband William died in 1910 Survived by two daughters Della Webb Nellie Elam a son Everett two brothers Lee Francis Harry Francis two sisters Vesta and Lou Francis three grandchildren and five great grandchildren Services set for 230 pm Tuesday at Full Gospel Tabernacle with Rev John W Sullivan Burial in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call Riggs Funeral Home Monday 2-5 and 7-9 pm and at church after 1 pm Tuesday

Martha Kincaid Lylburn Rd Middletown Hospital Kincaid P. Lorillard Co Perry County Middletown William Della Webb Nellie Elam Lebanon Rt. 1 Everett Excelle Lee Francis Beattyville Harry Francis Wheeling W. Va Vesta Francis Lou Francis Bettyville Full Gospel Tabernacle John W. Sullivan Woodside Cemetery Riggs Funeral Home

Walter E. Bunnell 61 Found Dead at Franklin Home

Walter E. Bunnell 61 was found dead in his bed at 541 S. River St Franklin after years of ill health. He worked 34 years as a clerk at Conover Hardware before retiring June 27. Surviving include wife Ada, mother Mary Bunnell, three daughters, two brothers, four sisters, and many relatives. Services at Anglesby Funeral Home Tuesday at 2 pm with Rev Carl Siegwarth. Masonic services Monday 8 pm. burial in Springboro Cemetery. Public viewing Monday 2–5 and 7–9 pm.

Franklin Walter E. Bunnell S. River St Bunnell Conover Hardware Eastern Star Lodge F&am William S. Roof RAM CES Middletown R&sm Franklin First Presbyterian Church Elvin Beel Norwood Ada Mary Bunnell Red Lion Florence Day Evalyn Harris Springboro Helen Meyers Lester Howard Grace Morris Frances Nichols Ft. Myers Fla Lois Clark Dayton Doris Jean Hannah Anglesby Funeral Home Carl Siegwarth

Mrs Margaret Jacobs Dies In Germantown At 75

Mrs Margaret Jacobs 75 Germantown Rt 1 died at 4 10 am yesterday at St Elizabeths Hospital Dayton after two weeks illness and three days in hospital. She was member of St Augustine s Catholic Church. Survivors: three sons Ovears and Lester of Germantown Cleades of Dayton a daughter Mrs Oval Cantrill of Piqua a brother Harrison Magoto of Dayton a sister Mrs Florence Spandler of Versailles and two grandchildren. Requiem High Mass Monday 9 am at St Elizabeth s Church burial in St Valbert s Cemetery Versailles. Visitations after 2 pm Sunday at John Arpp Funeral Home.

Germantown Margaret Jacobs Germantown Rt. 1 St. Elizabeth's Hospital Dayton St. Augustine's Catholic Church Ovears Lester Cleades Oval Cantrill Piqua Harrison Magoto

Funeral services for Ernest D. Lewis in Lebanon

Ernest D. Lewis 61 of Lebanon Rt. 2 died Thursday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton where he had been a patient two weeks. He was a Warren County native and NCR machinist in Dayton. Survived by wife Ruth a son Leroy four daughters Irma Cramer Celia Roberts Melvin and Joyce Lewis at home a brother Wallace Lebanon and sister Lucille Jones Greenfield. Services set 2 p m Monday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Rev. Harry E. Smith to officiate.

Lebanon Ernest D. Lewis Indiana Irma Cramer Celia Roberts Dayton Melvin Lewis Joyce Lewis Wallace Lucille Jones Greenfield

Mrs Hattie Line Dies at 75 in Eaton Funeral Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie S. Line 75 were held at 2 p m in the Girton Schmidt Memorial Home after her death Wednesday at the Austin Rest Home Burial followed in Mound Hill Cemetery She formerly lived in Sugar Valley and was a Sugar Valley Methodist Church member Surviving are her husband Charles and a son Albertis of Eaton a sister Mrs Bessie Tutley of New Hope two grandchildren and two great grandchildren

Eaton Hattie S. Line Austin Girton Schmidt Mound Hill Cemetery Sugar Valley

Ralph E Clark obituary details service time

Ralph E Clark, 77, of 409 Elvin Ave, will have services at 2 p.m. Monday at Klaus Funeral Home.

Ralph E. Clark Elvin Ave Klaus Funeral Home

Deaths Elsewhere by the Associated Press Point Barrow Alaska

Father Tom Cunningham aged 53, a chaplain scientist serving 150000 square miles in Alaska, died Thursday of a heart attack. In Coatesville Pennsylvania Dr George H Gehrmann aged 68, retired medical director of E I Du Pont de Nemours, died Thursday.

Point Barrow Alaska Tom Cunningham Coatesville George H Gehrmann E.I. du Pont de Nemours Thursdev

Two Drivers Charged After City Street Collisions

James Reid aged 36 of 607 Granada Ave was charged with an assured clear distance violation following a collision at Central Avenue and Igiehart Street with Everett Hogston 23 of 1907 Howard Ave. Damages estimated at 500 dollars. Officers charged Bobbie Phillips 27 of 609 W 7th Ave with driving left of center after a crash with Joan Popp 1209 Curtis St on N Verity Parkway south of Flwood Street, with total damages of 75 dollars.

James Reid Granada Ave Everett Hogston Howard Ave Central Avenue Igiehart Street Bobbie Phillips 7Th Ave Joan Popp Curtis St N. Verity Parkway Flwood Street

Police Briefs Thefts Reported To Police

Thefts reported include a car license 782MC from William Garvin 2418 S Sutphin St a purse of Elaine Schlup unknown address with $6 or $16 a lawn mower from Eugene Stine 1212 Pine St a bowling bag ball with a name and tan shoes from Billie Williams 319 Andrews St and a typewriter from Miss Irene McCoy 918th Ave

William Garvin S. Sutphin St Elaine Schlup Eugene Stine Pine St Billie Williams Andrews St Irene McCoy Ave

Officers arrest Eddie Smith for DUI after early patrol

Police stopped Eddie Smith age 64 at the intersection of U S 25 and Oxford State Road on a charge of driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol as officers reported shortly after dawn.

Eddie Smith One Motors Court U. S. 25 Oxford State Road

Police arrest Nora Belle Ellison on open flask charge

Police last night arrested Nora Belle Ellison, 53, of Hamilton, in the 200 block of Sherman Avenue on a charge of possession of an open flask.

Nora Belle Ellison Hamilton Sherman Avenue

Local man Clarence Manns arrested on assault warrant

Officers yesterday arrested Clarence Manns, 40, of 6 Garfield i St, on an assault and battery warrant.

Clarence Manns Garfield i St

Beetles Flee Ohio for Michigan Green Pastures

Hordes of Japanese beetles depart Ohio for Michigan as state agriculture chiefs plan a Toledo meeting Tuesday to seek controls. Officials aim to curb the insect emigration and protect crops.

Columbus Ohio Buckeye Michigan Agriculture Department Toledo

Wildcatters Close Plant Second Time

Akron Ohio The Chrysler stamping plant at Twinsburg was closed Friday by the second wildcat strike this week Picket lines formed after the company fired 12 men for leading the first walkout that ended Thursday Only 100 of 1000 second shift workers passed the pickets Local 122 UAW said the company was arrogant in its attitude toward settling the dispute The union planned to return to work only if disciplinary action against any worker was canceled The company said the 12 fired acted in direct violation of the no strike clause Chrysler would not negotiate until workers return to their jobs

Akron Ohio Chrysler Corp Twinsburg United Automobile Workers Union Bob Weissman Chrysler Corp.International Uaw Nick Kosovich Ed McGuire Weissman Chrysler

Propane Injected as Texas Eastern Fills Caverns South of Middletown

Texas Eastern Transmission Corp begins propane injection into five underground caverns at Todhunter Terminal near Middletown to meet rising LPGas demand. First three caverns now filling. fourth due in November and fifth by February 1960. Terminal supports truck and rail loading and draws supply from the Little Big Inch pipeline from Red Lion to the Texas Gulf Coast.

Middletown Texas Eastern Transmission Corp Tedhunter Millard K. Neptune Todhunter Terminal Neptune Texas Eastern Todhunter Red Lion Texas Gulf Coast

Teen James Barrett 14 Dies After Mentor Auto Crash

James Barrett a 14 year old from Mentor Ohio died in Lakeside Hospital Cleveland from injuries suffered a week earlier when struck by an automobile in Mentor Two.

Painfsville Ohio James Barrett Mentor Lakeside Hospital Cleveland

Park Deeded To County For Gov William Bebb Park

A 10 acre tract along Dry Fork Creek near California Road in Morgan Township was deeded to the Butler County Park District as the county's fourth park. Ownership transferred from Mr. and Mrs. Emory W. McCarty at the district attorney William Stitsinger's office. The site will host a relocated log cabin birthplace of former Gov. William Bebb and be named Gov William Bebb Park.

Dry Fork Creek California Road Morgan Township Butler County Park District Emory W. McCarty Cincinnati - Brookville Road William Stitsinger William Bebb Gov

Bar At Mason Closed Down

Judge Warren C. Young of Warren County Common Pleas Court issued an injunction yesterday closing Circle 42 Bar in Mason Ohio as a common nuisance. Sheriff Satterthwaite padlocked the bar owned by Ophia Barnes at 5 p m. Police Chief Knott had filed the complaint citing gambling fighting and selling to minors as ongoing police problems for six to eight months.

Lebanon Warren C. Young Warren County Common Pleas Court Circle 42 Mason Ohio Richard Satterthwaite Ophia Barnes James Knott

Texas Eastern Builds Two LPGas Salt Dome Jugs at Mont Belvieu

Texas Eastern is constructing two giant underground salt dome storage wells at Mont Belvieu Texas to store more than 42 million gallons of LPGas. The jugs draw from solid salt deposits and feed the Little Big Inch pipeline for year round delivery into mined caverns. The company's current common carrier pipeline network exceeds 1800 miles, moving petroleum products from Gulf Coast producers to Midwestern markets.

Texas Eastern Mont Belvieu Texas Houston Little ‘Big Inch Gulf Coast

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