War VeteranEdward White Electrocuted In Freak Accident
Edward Donald White 27 a Middletown war veteran died instantly when a high tension wire snapped near his truck and he touched it. The incident near Wayne and Logan Aves triggered fires on nearby circuits as investigators traced a ground fault and utility repairs. White a Joseph Seagram Distillery employee and World War II veteran leaves a son James Donald and siblings. services set at the War Memorial Chapel with military honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Donald White
North Leibee St
Wayne Ave
White
George Kuehnle
Middletown
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Logan Ave
Garfield St
Philadelphia Ave
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sherman Ave
Robert Trimble
Robert Walton
Joseph Seagrams Distillery Company
William Holland
Middletown Hospital
Riggs
Garrett Boone
Baker Funeral Home
Miami
Ohlo
War Memorial
George M. White
Bessie White
James Donald
Ronald
June Catherine White
Hill Ave
Baker Funeral
Memorial Chapel
H. H. Jung
Twenty two men leave for Army induction in Cincinnati
The local Draft Board 10 sent twenty two men to induction in Cincinnati. Eight of the group are from Middletown including Hugh Rossi and James Memes. The rest hail from Hamilton Oxford Monroe and others. Eighteen more will report for a physical on September 17, completing September quota.
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Draft Board 10
Army
Cincinnati
Middletown
Hugh Rossi
Central Ave
James Memes
Fleming Rd
Robert Stoutenborough
Kunz Ave
Walter Lakoff
Ardmore Dr
Charles Bendel
S. Subin St
William Goodman
Ighland
Leland Spicer
Sheridan Ave
Robert Duff
Queen Ave
Peter Thoms
Hamilton
Dale Butler
Oxford
Joseph Wespiser, Jr
Claude Hammonds, Jr
Rhys Davies
Boyd Smith
Monroe
Richard Jefferson
Donald Cam Hamilton
Haro Crow
West Middletown
Jack Scheid
Harry Thompson
Somerville
Earl Hampton
New Miami
Dean Sloneker
Sevenage
Freelen Whitt
Seven Mile
St John School Names Student Council Officers
St John High School elected its first student council officers on Wednesday after candidates were nominated Tuesday. Dominic Esposito became president with Jerome Frey as vice president Mary Ann Frey as secretary and Betty Joe Sauter as treasurer. The 137th anniversary of the National Anthem was commemorated in a morning assembly with Colors from Boy Scouts pledges flags a musical number Star Spangled Banner and a flag tribute by the student body. A radio program by Paul DeBord featured John Reider as Washington Jerome Frey as Robert Morris and Betty Jo Sauter as Betsy Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John High School
Dominic Esposito
Jerome Frey
Mary Ann Frey
Betty Joe Sauter
St. John School
Domenic Esposito
At The Movies PARAMOUNT Friday and Saturday
Paramount shows Siroc Co at 1 15 3 25 5 35 7 45 and 9 55 pm Friday. Roaring City at 1 15 3 30 5 50 8 15 and 10 45 pm plus Salt Lake Raiders at 2 30 4 50 7 05 9 35 pm. Saturday Roaring City 2 00 4 55 7 55 10 40 pm Salt Lake Raiders 3 20 6 15 9 10 pm.
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Paramount
Sirocco
Roaring City
Salt Lake Raiders
Salt Lake
Red Cross Volunteers Pledged to Aid Veterans in Hamilton Area
Six Miami Valley Council Red Cross officers pledged support at a Hamilton session noting a need for more than 100 Gray Lady volunteers at camps and hospitals. Red Cross field directors from Cincinnati VA center and Wright Patterson AFB Hospital urged help for all veteran services. Local chapter aims to recruit 12 day volunteers and six to eight for night, with continued year round activities like parties, comfort articles, and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Miami Valley Council
Hamilton
Cincinnati VA
Wright Patterson Afb
Dillon Heads Industrial Recreation Committee
Joe Dilon of Inland Container Corporation was named president of the Middletown Industrial Recreation Committee at a Thursday meeting. Bill Lickert and B P Allen were named vice president and secretary treasurer, with Herb Dean Paul Galeese and George Bryan on the executive committee. Sub committee chairmen will be appointed next week, and bowling league expansion to include smaller industries is possible. Dillon has led MIRC efforts for 2 1/2 years and participated in basketball and softball leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Dilon
Inland Container Corporation
Middletown
Paul Ford
MIRC
Dillon
Helton to Serve Weekends in Jail in Zachary Case
Otto Helton, 36, of 1832 Woodlawn Ave., will spend weekends in jail through August 15, 1953 after pleading guilty to second degree manslaughter in a fatal car crash that killed Sam Zachary and his wife Jean last May 20. Judge P. P. Boli sentenced six months, with a $500 suspended fine and lifetime driving ban, and ordered weekend confinement to permit continued employment. Helton, separated from his wife, must pay $30 weekly child support for three children. The Zacharys, local delicatessen owners, burned to death when their car caught fire after a collision on Central Ave near Grimes St during a heavy rainstorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Helton
Woodlawn Ave
Helton
Common Pleas Court
Sam Zachary
Jean
P. P. Boli
Manslaughter Charge Linked to B and O Labor Camp Death
Thomas Vukouich 36 formerly of Detroit now in the B and O Labor Camp faced manslaughter charges in Municipal Court for the death of Clifford Kelly 39 after an altercation on West Central Ave. Kelly died from a skull fracture in Middletown Hospital. Vukouich reportedly admitted striking the blow claiming he thought Kelly was reaching for a knife. Bond set at 5000 by Judge Alton H. Combs. James Lyons 36 was fined for intoxication. Harry Kimmel 40 at large was jailed 15 days for loitering and may face further questioning related to the case.
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Thomas Vukouich
Detroit
Alton H. Combs
Vukouich
Clifford Kelly
Kelly
Middletown
West Central Ave
Vukovich
James Lyons
Kunz Ave
Harry Kimmel
Woodside
Allen Combs
Ralph Bauer
Kimmel
Break-ins Hit Doctor Office Cafe and Auto Shop
Cash, liquor, and tools stolen in multiple break ins reported yesterday and today. At Dr Kenneth Smiths office a door was forced and $13 taken from a filing cabinet. In Jack s cafe 38 dollars in money and seven bottles of whiskey were stolen. A kitchen window was broken and checks cashed but nothing taken. A flashlight and tools were stolen from a car on Franklin Street.
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Kenneth Smith
First National Bank
Herbert Frazier
Sam Moore
Jack
Crawford St
Joseph Albert
Jack Stewart
Weather Summary Shows Rain Then Cooling For Football Night
A brief weather note records rainfall of 1.03 inches in the north and a temperature drop from 82 to 52 degrees overnight. Today brings partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions with a high in the mid 70s. Tonight and Saturday forecast fair to cloudy with lows 50 to 55 and little temperature change.
Patent Office Reports Cow Tail Holder Patent
The patent office in Washington lists a patent for a cow tail holder. The device clamps to the cow’s leg to keep the tail out of the farmer’s face during milking.
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Patent Office
Washington
Salvation Army To Award Corps Certificates
Captain Kenneth Sharp announced that Salvation Army corps certificates will be awarded at the Sunday service to cadets. Lower grade recipients include Merrilyn Bailey Sherry Bailey Barbara Specht Marilyn Turner Hubert Steele Jr Louis Howard Shirley Goforth Anna Kemplin and Ruth Howard. Upper grade honorees are Paul Robinson Ernest Howard James Goforth and Dortha Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Sharp
Salvation Army
Merrilyn Bailey
Sherry Bailey
Barbara Specht
Marilyn Turner
Hubert Steele, Jr
Louis Howard
Shirley Goforth
Anna Kemplin
Ruth Howard
Paul Robinson
Ernest Howard
James Goforth
Dortha Williams
Captain Sharp
Enrollment Up 268 as Board Hears Changes in Lunch and Staffing
The Middletown Board of Education heard that enrollment rose by 268 pupils this year with kindergarten up 135 to 531. Junior high held at 1,523. high school up 110 to 1,196. Lincoln and Garfield lunch periods extended to 12:45, with 8:30 start for those two schools. Marjorie Day named Jefferson teacher. Jefferson kindergarten split across morning in Jefferson and Booker T. Washington in afternoon. Wilson kindergarten enrollment prompts Wilson stays, not moved to Booker T. Washington.
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Middletown
Wade E. Miller
Board of Education
Miller
Cill
McKinley
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Taft
Garfield
Sherman
Lincoln
Central
Wilson
Booker T. Washington
Edison
Marjorie C. Day
Jefferson School
Jane Minton Turner
Helen Lockmeyer
Audrey Shull
Wilson School
Nellie Vice
Helen Hayes
Oxford Declared Village Based on Nonresident Student Count
Oxford is classified as a village by the Secretary of State using a law that omits nonresident university students from population totals. The census counted 6,944 residents including 4,006 nonresidents from Miami University, yielding an Oxford 1940 population of 2,756 after adjustments for student residency. Oberlin, by contrast, was certified as a city after deducting 1,996 nonresident students from a 7,062 census figure, with a 1940 population of 4,305.
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Oxford
Ted W. Brown
Miami University
Earl W. Thesken
Miami
Brown
University
Oberlin
Dairy Cows Supplying A Quarter Of U.S. Food
American families obtain about one fourth of their food from dairy cows with dairy products forming a major supply. The statement highlights dairy’s role in the national diet and food system.
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Edward D. White
Zachary
B&o Laborer’s
Lawrence Woods
Elwood St
Franklin St
Ken Philips
Lincoln-Mercury
Jimmy Blaine
Lincoln-Mercury Co
Jimmy
U. S
Jim
Tytus Ave
Freeman’s
Gruen
CRUE
Lincoln and
Middletown Ice & Coal CO
Curtis ST
Midway Roller Rink
Doellmann’s
Arguet Nanemeray
Glamo
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