West Middletown Driver In Hospital After Crash
A West Middletown man William R. King aged 29 was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after a head on collision on Ohio 122 near the West Middletown bridge at 1 10 p m yesterday. He suffered forehead abrasions and contusions and was found unconscious in his overturned car. Virginia Foreman 44 of 708 Auburn St drove the eastbound car. Both vehicles suffered extensive damage and state patrolmen continued the investigation. A separate two car collision at the Maude underpass on U S 25 at 7 p m yesterday led to Gene Snodgrass 26 Dayton YMCA being fined 15 dollars and costs for driving left of center. Frank Turner of 225 Vanderveer St was in the other car and no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Middletown
Middletown
William R. King
U. S. 25
Maude
Snodgrass
Frank Turner
Vanderveer St
Armco Worker Hurt As Foot Crushed In Facility Accident
A 29 year old Middleton man in fair condition at Middle town Hospital after an Armco accident left him with a crushed right foot. Donald Mitchell 4307 Vannest S moved under a train car wheel during work in the No 1 Open Hearth Dept. He was rushed to Armco Hospital and treated at 1 05 a.m. Donnie Rice 23 3126 Yankee Rd sustained deep friction burns to his left hand at Inland Container Corp and was treated and discharged. he was seen at 2 05 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletonian
Middletown
Donald Mitchell
Vannest S
Armco
Donnie Rice
Yankee Rd
Inland Container Corp
Bigamy Case Is Continued In Municipal Court
Middletown man Arthur Holderman facing bigamy charges gained a continuance before Judge J T Riley. Ruth Holderman of West Middletown filed divorce papers in Butler County courts. Holderman’s bond was reduced to 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Middletown
J. T. Riley
Arthur Holderman
Ruth Holderman
West Middletown
Butler
Holderman
Driver Bumps Nose in Three Car Crash and Arrest
Police logged five city accidents yesterday and early today including two hit and run incidents. Chalmer Combs 28 of Middletown Route 1 was treated at Middletown Hospital for a facial laceration after a three car crash on Garfield Street and was charged with drunken driving. Damages totaled 430 dollars across the involved vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmer Combs
Middletown
Garfield Street
Combs
Clarence Heard
Garfield St
Frank James
Garfield
Funeral services for Mrs Leatha Lambert
Obituary note for Mrs Leatha Lambert 42 of 644 Auburn St who died Friday at Middletown Hospital after illness. Services 2 pm Monday Crawford Street Church of God with Dr R C Caudill officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Survived by husband Noah daughter son stepson mother stepfather two siblings and two step grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leatha Lambert
Auburn St
McCoy- Leffler
Crawford Street
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
First Church of God
the Daughters of America
The
Ladies of the Gar
Noah
Mrs Loucinda Woods of Waynesville Dies at 66
Mrs Loucinda Purkey Woods 66 died at 8 30 am Friday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a brief illness. Survived by two daughters Mrs Goldie Welsh of Oregonia and Mrs Gertrude Smith of Waynesville three sons Conrad Homer and Howard Purkey all of Waynesville 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 10 am Monday at Free Pentecostal Church Corwin. Burial Miami Cemetery. Friends may call at the Howard Purkey residence in Corwin tonight and Sunday. Stubbs Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesville
Loucinda Purkey Woods
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Goldie Welsh
Oregonia
Gertrude Smith
Conrad
Homer
Howard Purkey
Free Pentecostal Church
Corwin
Miami Cemetery
Stubbs
Local Obituaries and Funeral Times
Mrs Lucy Golden 74 of 220 Starr to hold services Sunday in Berea. Louis Marks 41 of Lebanon to honored Hamilton resident with services Monday afternoon at Webb Funeral Home. William G Wiegand 81 of 1040 Second St to have services at 9 a.m. Monday at St Joseph Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Golden
Starr
Berea
Louis Marks
Lebanon
Hamilton
Webb Funeral Home
William G. Wiegand
Second St
St. Joseph Church
Italian painter Carlo Siviero dies at 71 in Capri
Capri obituary notes Carlo Siviero a renowned painter with works in galleries worldwide. He served as official portraitist for the Italian royal house and was born in Naples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capri
Italy
Carlo Siviero
Naples
Decline of Cigar Store Indians Narrows in U S
The National Geographic Society notes a drastic drop from about 100000 cigar store Indians in 1900 to roughly 3000 remaining today. The remark highlights enduring artifacts and changing cultural attitudes toward such storefront figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Geographic Society
Taxes High Enough Exasperates Ft Campbell Army
Fort Campbell officials reveal Pvt Olen Mowdy, age 17 from Coburg Oregon, vanished after AWOL from Ft Campbell and sparked a nationwide search. Army officers tracked him to Oklahoma City and Oak Grove Arkansas before he reportedly returned home with his mother’s promise of his return. The release notes the cost of the manhunt and guards’ transport as part of the taxes being high enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Campbell
PSO
Moody
Army
Joseph Rodan
Joseph Gallant
Mowdy
Fort Campbell
Oak Grove
Ark
Car Truck Crash Kills Lima Woman
The wife of a Lima hotel man, Bertha Barr 70, was killed when her car collided with a truck at the downtown intersection of U S 25 and 33 in Wapakoneta Ohio. A storm blackout left the traffic light out and two other occupants Mrs Harve Crider of Lima were injured lightly. The truck driver George Love Jr. of Randolph New York escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Lima
Bertha Barr
O. W. Barr
U. S. 25
Barr
Harvey Crider
George Love Jr
Randolph
N. Y
U.S. to Cut UN Share to 3 13 Percent for 1954
UN committee approves reducing U.S. contribution from 5.12 percent to 3 13 percent for the 1954 fiscal year. The United States has funded about 47 to 50 million dollars annually to the United Nations. The committee also recommends raising Russia's share from 12.28 percent to 14.15 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y.P
U.N. Committee On Contributions
U.S
International Organization
Russia
Barge Adrift After Storm Off Lake Superior
Nine crew members are reported adrift on a powerless dredge barge torn from its tug by a sudden storm on Lake Superior. The Purvis tug crew notified Coast Guard at Portage Canal Michigan that heavy seas freed the dredge barge and two tows. the men are not in immediate danger, coast guard officials say.
Boosters Night Planned by Elk Creek Grange
Elk Creek Grange schedules Boosters Night for Tuesday at 8 p.m. The meeting aims to discuss the farm program and is open to members and others interested in farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Elk Creek Grange
Accused Red Resigns From Federal Post
Cincinnati report states James McNamara, labeled a Communist by HUAC, resigns from a federal post and plans to testify in Washington Tuesday. He will not reveal the nature of his testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Cincinnati
James McNamara
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Washington
At The Movies Showings This Weekend
Paramount screens Abbott and Costello Meet Jekyll Hyde and Sweethearts on Parade with Island in the Sky. Strand offers Count the Hours Hitch Hiker Outcast of the Islands and Outpost in Malaya with multiple showtimes each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Abbott and Costello
Jekyll—Hyde
Malaya
Embezzlement Claim Dropped In Franklin
Franklin special report Embezzlement charges against Franklin base ball team business manager Charles Hineline 26 were dropped at the complainant’s request. The case was set for Judge J T Riley in municipal court with more than 100 dollars involved but no reason given for dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
J. T. Riley
Charles Hineline
Dick Taylor
Merchants
Riley
Ottis Meddings
Cincinnati
Elvin Lindsay
Middletown
Dale Preston
Leonard Taulbee
James Nelson
Marion McDowell
Rosey Johnson
Greenville
Ala
Billy Conce
George Coffman
Dan Nease
Paul Seals
Police Briefs Report Theft and Incidents Across City
Roger Miller reports his bicycle license 12 066 stolen from the rear of The Journal Building. John Williams 49 of Box 116 West Middletown arrested for intoxicated driving and related alcohol in a vehicle on Central Ave. A prowler call at 1506 Columbia Ave. found no suspects after a neighborhood sweep. Louis Mitchell reports left door glass damage to his car at Water St and First Ave. Margo Grothe 2 was bitten by a dog. owner ordered to keep the animal tied for 14 days. A girl ran into a car driven by William Hollan at Tytus Ave and Elwood St. she fled home without giving her name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Avenue
North Main Street
Robert Youtsler
Yankee Rd
May Warner
Middletown
Youtsier
Roger Miller
Fifteenth Ave
Journal
John Williams
Box 116
West Middletown
Central Avenue
Columbia Ave
Louis Mitchell
Central Ave
Water Street
First Avenue
Margo Grothe
Bellomonte St
William Hollan
Route 73
Tytus Avenue
Elwood Street
Truck? Auto Crash Claims Life in Mercer County
Clarence J. Brodbeck 19 of Willshire Van Wert County was killed when his car struck a bridge abutment on U S 32 about a mile and a half east of Rockford Mercer County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celina
Ohio
Clarence J. Brodbeck
Willshire
van Wert County
U.S. 32
Rockford
Mercer County
Ohio Farmers Rising in Farm Income Rank
Ohio moved up to eighth in total farm income for the first half of 1953 despite a 2.4 percent drop from 1952. Iowa and California led the nation, with Iowa at 1.112 billion and California at 1.067 billion. Ohio posted gains in crops while livestock and dairy income fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Iowa
California
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Court fines and probation in city case list
Municipal Court Judge Alton H. Combs assessed Oscar O. Gregory 52 a 200 fine and costs for intoxicated drive and carrying a concealed weapon after a York Avenue Garfield Street crash. Revolver found in glove box. gun ordered confiscated. Glen Lane 28 placed on one year probation for firearms warrant.
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Alton H. Combs
Oscar O. Gregory
Sycamore St
York Avenue
Garfield Street
Gregory
Bernice Webb
Glen Lane
Glenn Ave
Charma MacFarlane
Ninth Ave
Reverend Williams Leads Sunday Services at Friendship Baptist
The Rev Leroy Williams and his Lockland congregation will conduct services at 3 30 p m Sunday at Friendship Baptist Church on Walnut Street. The Sunrise Club meets Monday night at Carrie Shoemaker s home with Bell Howard assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Williams
Lockland
Friendship Baptist Church
Walnut Street
Sunrise Club
Carrie Shoemaker
Miss Bell Howard
OOC Club
Daisy McGuff
Forty New Faces Enter Township Teaching Staffs
Increased enrollment in Lemon Township schools necessitates more teachers. Superintendent C. W. Young lists 40 new hires across Lemon Monroe High Maple Park Mayfield Monroe Elementary Oneida and Oneida schools with assignments from kindergarten to eighth grade and including music and athletic coaching.
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Lemon Township
C. W. Young
Amanda
Laverna Hamlyn
Marilyn Cassacy
Majorie Danie
Cleo Abner
Len Miles
Fred Bonner
Edward Kurs
Kurs
Maple Park
Margaret Simpson
Charlene Osgood
Mary Ellen Cannon
Iola Little
Elizabeth Hazelton
Pearl Maiden
Mildred Hall
Yvonne Powers
Charles Osgood
Nora Mullins
Carol Brewer
Henri Schnabl
Dolores Revelos
Mayfield
Susie Sheehan
Bill Miller
Schnabl
Miss Revelos
Monroe
Eleanor Muntwyler
Pauline Brown
Emma Williams
Jesse Marcum
Ancil Evick
Margaret Puckett
Janet Joyner
Oneida
Olga Walden
Naomi Baxter
Ruth Loxley
Joan Kruger
Lemon Monroe
Frank Kelly
William Latimer
Betty Meehan
Ina Miller
Alta Lee Morgan
Paul Morrow
Wilbur Rose
Real Estate Transfers List From Middletown Area
Real estate transfers show multiple parcel trades with buyers and sellers including Middletown Maudville Springfield Pk D. Hts Mayfield and Jacksonburg. Notable values include a $3 800 transfer for lot 6139 and a $2 750 transfer for Mayfield lot 313. Several entries note no tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Burgess
Citizens
Jack Istoff
Harry Harris
Amer
Harold Wheeler
Loren Roberson
Mayfield
George Parks
James Newkirk
Lynchburg
Robert Callahan
L. Estell
Cono Lattugo
Paul Norris
St. Clair
Ten Hurt On Pike in Turnpike Collision Near Smog Crash Site
Ten people were injured today in a multi car collision on the New Jersey Turnpike near the area where about six cars crashed last Saturday during a smog episode, injuring twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
N. J.A
New Jersey Turnpike
Defenses Inadequate Says Boston Air Defenses Lacking
Lt. Gen. John T. Lewis, chief of the U. S. Anti Aircraft Command, says Boston air defenses are inadequate and the immediate need is not to make this city another Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John T. Lewis
U. S. Anti- Aircraft Command
Sas
Pearl Harbor
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Gene Snodgrass
Dayton Ymca
Thomas Linn
Heard Auto
James
West Central Avenue
Leonard J. Denniston
Denniston
Manchester Avenue
Elliott Ferrell
Manchester Ave
Henry Barnes
Todday
Manchester and
Leibee
Barnes
Ferrell
Forrest G. Gomin
South Main St
John A. Jones
Baltimore St
Baltimore Street
Jones
Westinghouse
Twint
Gerber
Wil
Laundromat
Melampus
Loucinda P. Woods
Associated Press
Forest Park
Dayton, Ohio
Evangelistic Meeting
Central Church
of Christ
M. H. Wright
Hume
Illinois
Church OF the New Testament
Bible School
Louis Heeg
Burton Rd
James Childers
Sheridan Ave
Ollie James Moland
Colored News
Missionary Society of the
Bobbie Nelson
Anna Hopps
Detroit
Bernice Jackson
John Stone
Santa Monica
Calif
George Black
Janie
Peggy
Michael Presta
Reece Warmoth
William Stevens
Roger Wells
County
Amor Swearingen
Rosalyn Goodman
Maudville
Rossylh Goodman
Victor Burchwell
John Brell
Richard Arangos
Springfield
Harry Norris
James Burgin
Harold Nock
Paul Brooks
D. Hts
Martha Retherford
Peter Natalie
Stroble Manor
John Clark
Wayne Moore
Jacksonburg
David Frechtling
John Reeves
W. Meadows
Pike
Lemsti Television
Rede Sete
Bone Condarter
Aevees
Modernise Extee Cent
Lewis Drugs, Inc
Cork
Anna Coghill
North Country
Christ
Dr. Caudill
New Church
New Miami
WPFB
Caudill
Crawford ST
R. C. Caudill
J. L. Purdy
Dohn
Park Ave
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