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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1953
Page
2
Lemon Township approves a $1,500,000 school bond for new and expanded facilities amid low voter turnout. Final unofficial counts show 1,076 in favor and 307 opposed, 77.8 percent favorable, from about 1,387 of 4,800 eligible voters.
In Lebanon Warren County a lone voter cast a no vote on a 1.5 million dollar Lemon Township School District bond. Officials say the cost to register that single vote was 170 dollars, covering judge and clerk pay, polling place rental, and equipment hauling. The voter's identity was not disclosed.
Five Middletown residents were treated at Middletown Hospital after incidents including two industrial accidents a home mishap a fall from a horse and a youth football injury. Francis Irwin 33 suffered a crushed left hand at Miami Cabinet Co Eugene Combs 27 cut his palm at Franklin Coating Co Hargus Ross 33 burned by hot grease at home Jim Williams 17 fractured his right clavicle in a horse fall and William Sparks Jr 12 fractured his left arm playing with neighbors.
Rotarian George Harvey gave an illustrated talk on the National Boy Scout Jamboree held last July at Irvine Ranch California during a Manchester Hotel luncheon. Five Mound Builders Area Council members attended the meeting: Jerry Kramer Bill Walker David Cohn Tim Brown and Tom Bowen.
A voice reported at 10 03 p m to Middletown Hospital ER that Ish Clair 18 of 34 South Main Street sustained minor injuries in an argument with four boys. He did not know the assailants names. He was treated and released.
Election officials remind residents of Middletown and Madison Township to register by 9 PM at the Board of Elections in the Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Building. Lemon Township voters were already registered for yesterday's special election. Couples may sign for each other and both need not appear if registering to transfer or update.
The widening of First Avenue from Garfield Street to the railroad should wrap by November 1 if current pace holds. Public Service head C A Boeke says B D Morgan Contractors have met promises, curb gutter and sidewalk near two thirds done, with concrete base laid this week. The project may close tracks briefly for coordination with New York Central, as west tracks rise two inches and east side six inches for smoother riding. Traffic changes will accompany a citywide shift to a new system and a Dayton contractor will install signal hardware within about a week.
Dr. Roger E. Bennett of 203 South Broad St will attend the Ohio Osteopathic Association annual officers forum this Sunday in Columbus. He serves as chairman of the Past Presidents Society and will participate in sessions at the Fort Hayes Hotel to outline the association's activities for the year ahead.
Paramount listings show Tropical Heat Wave at 1 15 4 15 7 20 10 25 p m and Dream Wife at 2 35 5 40 8 45 p m Wednesday. The Stranger Wore a Gun 3D runs 1 15 3 30 5 45 8 00 and 10 15 p m Thursday. Strand offers Clip ped Wings 1 15 4 15 7 20 10 25 p m and Ride Vaquero at 2 35 5 40 8 45 p m.
City commissioners meet at 7 45 tonight in the City Building with a routine agenda. Bids on playground equipment such as slides and swings are included. A banner request for National Employment for the Physically Handicapped Week is planned for Central Avenue October 2 to 10. Beta Sigma Phi seeks use of the Broad and Central booth October 10 to 17 for Cerebral Palsy Fund contributions. A commission rep is to be appointed to Knothole baseball league planning. Routine legislation and bill paying are scheduled.
The U S Civil Service Commission offers exams for messenger, physical therapist, and occupational therapist posts. Messenger pay 2420 to 2552 yearly at Wright Patterson AFB and Gentile Air Force Depot Dayton. therapists earn 3410 to 5060 yearly with positions across Veterans Administration hospitals and centers nationwide and in Puerto Rico. Graduation from a therapy program is required.
Thirty volunteers were sworn in to man Middletown’s new disaster truck in a Civic Association ceremony. The unit will stand by under 24 hour shifts, aided by teams from Box 45 Mayfield and North Middletown, with a half ton truck provided by a volunteer. The program covers a 15 county area under the 11th Mobile Support Group with units planned in Loveland, Lebanon and Hillsboro.
Marcellina Weathers a 24 year old war bride from 1944 appeared before Judge Alton H. Combs and received a suspended fine for trespassing after entering the home of Mrs. Grace Teasley without knocking. Weathers testified she sought her husband Willis Weathers and has three children ages six four and six months.
Jedediah Smith is credited as the first white man to traverse the High Sierras and the desert regions between Nevada and Utah, marking a pioneering overland route in early American exploration.
Representative Paul F. Schenck began two day conferences with Third District residents at Middletown City Building. He will meet today until 4 p.m. and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointments needed. He plans visits to Hamilton, Oxford, and Monroe next week with sessions at local government buildings.
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