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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1952
Page
2
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Middletown October 8 and 9 with a 360 pint goal, but only 100 donors have signed up. Donors aged 21 to 59 or 13 to 21 with parental consent may donate if healthy and weighing at least 110 pounds. New donors are urged to volunteer promptly to meet the yearly quota of 1,750 pints.
Five Middleton residents will receive copies of the new Revised Standard Version of the Bible at 8 p m during a community Protestant service at the First Methodist Church. The event caps a 15 year effort by 32 scholars from 40 denominations to produce the modern English revision. Dr. Wilfred T. Parker of the Ohio Baptist Convention will speak. organizers include Rev. E H Hammon and Rev. Sidney McCammon.
Middletown doctors and their wives organize an equestrian exposition at the Little Creek Riding Club on Mason Road to raise funds for Hughes Memorial Hospital TB patients. The event features prizewinning horses, food prepared by doctors and auxiliary members, and a noon feast with barbecue and baked dishes. Proceeds support patient radios, lamps, water fountains, and other comforts.
Middletown Fire Department will receive a new aerial wagon from Elmira New York via train and drive it home from Dayton by Friday. Assistant Chief Lukens says a letter to Chief Fiedbaugh confirms shipment from the American LaFrance Foamite factory and notes delivery hinges on freight conditions.
A 73-year-old man from Sun city was reported missing by his daughter and son in law. He was last seen Sunday at 7:30 am on Mohawk Street. He stands about five feet two inches tall, weighing around 160 pounds, with gray hair, blue eyes and a ruddy complexion. He wore a green shirt, gray hat, brown shoes and trousers.
A string of thefts reported yesterday includes $30 stolen from George Margerum’s trouser pocket while he showered and car parts taken from several vehicles. Charles Sebree’s car was ransacked with an ash tray and cigarette lighter stolen. Mrs. Clyde Jones reported a cigarette lighter valued at five dollars taken from her car. Clarence Cook said two hubcaps worth ten dollars were stolen from his vehicle.
Police report an evening crash on the 2000 block of Tytus Ave. James H. Wolfe 45 of Franklin was eastbound when Penelope A. Richards 1747 Tytus Ave opened a parked car door. Both vehicles sustained about 25 dollars in damage totaling 50 per car.
Detective Herb Frazier recalled a case where a man paid for a photo with a bad check after posing in a photography shop. The culprit left a clear clue by taking and keeping a fresh photograph, which the proprietor developed and turned to police.
Ten Armco men head to Cleveland for the largest Iron and Steel Expo in history. B. Whitlock and J. E. Anderson speak on material maintenance as Frank Fanning Paul Long and other Armco engineers join a three day session with 200 exhibitors. Exposition runs with the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers convention to showcase new equipment and techniques for production and maintenance.
James Tuggle 29 of 1715 Manchester Ave fined 100 dollars and costs for alcohol impaired operating a motor vehicle. Four others arrested for disorderly conduct received fines totaling 88 dollars. J W Martin 25, Virginia Beatty 33, Corbit Terre 26, and Hubert Ricker 32 were cited with varying fines and sentences after a 4 a.m. call at Manchester Ave address.
Carl Guthrie, 47, of Rockdale Route 1, fined 25 dollars and costs for interfering with a police officer. He received suspended fines of 350 dollars and costs on resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Mrs Guthrie was fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication after the officer placed her under arrest.
Aubrey Darce Burgess of Dayton was fined 20 dollars plus costs with half suspended on condition he pass a driver’s test. He also paid 25 dollars plus costs for operating an unsafe vehicle.
The Hamilton Council voted to retain rent controls while rural Butler County faces sunset as the law expires at midnight. County commissioners deadlocked in a special session with no extension, leaving controls to die in unincorporated areas. About 25 spectators, including CIO AFL unions and realtors, watched as locals split over retention versus drop.
Franklin Board of Education members and city councilmen met to push a $235000 school bond and a three mill city operating levy at the November 4 election. A joint committee will recruit a citizen group to rally support, citing enrollment growth and needs at Anthony Wayne and other schools. The emergency levy was passed to ease voter approval.
Detectives arrest a 14 year old who admitted thefts at Middletown Tennis Club on West Second Ave and break ins at the golf clubhouse. He confessed taking $9 from the tennis club and theft of golf balls cigarets candy and $33 in a first break in. The youth was turned over to juvenile officer J F Seibold Jr who said he admitted the tennis theft but denied the golf club entry.
State Highway Patrol arrests yielded eight defendants in area courts yesterday. Ray Kline of Dayton forfeited 25 dollars for crossing a yellow line. H C Henshul of Dayton paid 100 dollars for driving while intoxicated. James Blevins of Morrow fined 10 dollars and costs for driving without a license. Patrel Hughes of Tipp City fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Howard Holtzclaw of Dayton fined 10 dollars for a yellow line violation. Robert Gaffin of Peebles fined 10 dollars for speeding. William Crawford of Dayton fined 15 dollars for speeding. James Agas of Lamarten fined 15 dollars for reckless operation.
In Municipal Court Judge Alton H. Combs again suspended fines for private garbage haulers amid opposition to the current ordinance. He expressed sympathy with the operators and suggested arrests and penalties could push for an ordinance change. Fines of 25 dollars plus costs were suspended for Harry Trammel and Joe Witt, both named in the report.
County Treasurer John W. Wendel reported good tax collections in Hamilton and Middletown. Real estate tax deadline is October 15, with $1,489,229.64 collected of $2,327,704.63 for the half year. A 10 percent penalty applies to bills paid after October 15.
Paramount lists Just For You showings on Tuesday and Wednesday with multiple daily times plus a Sneak Preview at 8:45 p.m. Strand airs Lydia Bailey Lure of the Wilderness and Peking Express Lady in the Iron Mask with various daily slots through Wednesday.
Forest Hills Country Club seeks a ruling from the Board of Zoning Appeals on buying 502 South Main Street for a year round clubhouse and pool. The proposal, backed by a club vote, faces occupancy denial and would raise about 60 600 from roughly 300 members with higher dues and possible assessments.
The Middletown area faces a high near 90 today with fair and warmer conditions predicted for Wednesday. Tonight should be fair with a low around 55, and the pattern calls for sun and mild weather for two to three days with no rain or wind expected.
Police report first Halloween related incident of the season as a 12 year old on Eleventh Ave and South Main St tossed corn at cars. Patrolman Bob Sloan said the boy was released after a brief pep talk and other juvenile complaints were resolved by the time officers arrived.
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