Two Mansfield Escapees Captured Near Trenton
Two Mansfield Reformatory escapees Jack Gfroever and Robert Adkins were captured near Woodsdale by Butler County deputies after an eight hour freedom, following a pickup truck theft near the jail area. Gfroever was seized at a relative’s Kennedy Road home, while Adkins surrendered after a short chase on Liberty Fairfield Road. Mansfield officers were to collect them today.
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Mansfield Reformatory
Trenton
Butler County
Jack Gfroever
Commerce Ti
Hamilton
Robert Adkins
Woodsdale
Elmer Grabel
Richard Schultheins
A! Mehatha
Grabel
Gfroever
Fred Newman
Kennedy Road
Adkins
Liberty-Fairfield Road
Graber
Groever
Mansfield
Hamilton County
County
Fire at area farm destroys four buildings and equipment
A fire at Ervin Schul’s farm on Bigler Road near Franklin Route 1 destroyed a hog barn, corn crib, shed and milk house, with an estimated loss of $5000. Fire departments from Lebanon and Monroe fought the blaze, which began in the hog barn before 10 a.m. The wind kept the fire from spreading to the house. several hogs escaped. Schul had a small amount of insurance.
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Ervin Schul
Bigler Road
Franklin Rt. 1
Lebanon
Monroe
Earl Hieshue
Schul
Optimists Hear Armco Safety Director Speak Friday
Clyde Rich Armco safety director will address the Optimist Club at noon Friday in the Manchester Hotel. Herb Chandler is program chairman. The club set plans for a joint Halloween party and box social during Optimist Week next month at a meeting last night at Mrs Paul Steigerwalds home. The next gathering will be November 5 at Mrs William Davidsons house.
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Clyde Rich
Armco
Optimist Club
Manchester
Herb Chandler
Optimisses Club
Paul Steigerwald
William Davidson
Woodruff to address Lions Club dinner meeting
Joseph Woodruff member of the Board of Education will speak at a Lions Club dinner at 6 30 p m tomorrow in the Manchester Hotel Homer Weiker serves as program chairman
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Joseph Woodruff
Board of Education
The
Lions Club
Manchester
Homer Weiker
Burglars Strike 4 Ohio Counties
Mount Vernon Ohio sheriff Paul Cochran reported burglaries across Knox Coshocton Licking and Muskingum counties. Lester Wornman 21 of Mount Vernon was arrested and held without charge as loot valued at several hundred dollars including rifles ammunition blankets radios and clothing was recovered in Mount Vernon.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Paul Cochran
Lester Wornman
Knox
Coshocton
Licking
Muskingum
Kiwanis Club to Elect Officers and Directors
Last minute campaign talks by nominees precede the Kiwanis Club election of officers and directors for the coming year. The luncheon meeting will be held tomorrow at noon in the Manchester Hotel.
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Kiwanis Club
Manchester
Painted Body and White Bus Spark Safety Week Display
A coffin display labeled This could be your funeral accompanies a white safety bus touring the city as Safety Week aims to shock drivers into caution. Bill Long created the body exhibit with Joe Baker Greathouse and Ed Drayer contributing parts. The Ortman-Stewart bus will circulate on relief routes and continue for a year.
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Bill Long
Central Avenue
Ortman-Stewart
Lee
Ted Ortman
Ortman-Stewart Bus Company
Ray Young
Safety Week
Chester Myers
Ortman-Stewart Co
Lee Ortman
Cochairman
Charles Myers
Journal
Airman Richard H. Rice to Return from Alaska
Airman 2c Richard H. Rice will return Thursday to Ladd Air Force Base Alaska after a 30 day leave with his parents Mrs Ernest Brothers and Harold B. Rice. He enlisted May 14 1952 trained at Sampson AFB and Chaenute Field and has served eight months as weather observer in Alaska. Pvt Paul VanCleve son of Mrs Clara VanCleve was assigned as equipment operator with the 630th Engineers in Korea. The unit part of X Corps built airfields airstrips and supply routes during the Korean conflict and now supports engineer units with equipment and technical assistance. VanCleve entered the Army May 1951 and is married to Sena whose address is Waneta Street.
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Richard H. Rice
Ladd Afb
Fairbanks
Alaska
Ernest Brothers
Grand Aveue
Harold B. Rice
Woodside Avenue
Rice
Sampson Afb
Geneva
N.Y
Chaenute Field
Rantoul
Middletown High School
Gardner Board and Carton Co
Paul VanCleve
Clara VanCleve
Omaha St
630Th Engineers
Korea
630Th
X Corps
Pvt
VanCleve
Seona
Waneta St
Butler Bar To Air Subdividing Laws
The Butler County Bar Assn plans a luncheon at the Hamilton YMCA on Oct 5 to discuss new subdivison and plat laws. Rep. Gilbert Bettman of Cincinnati will lead the program, with Hamilton and Middletown planning officials invited. Richard N. Koehler announced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Bettman
Cincinnati
Butler County Bar Assn
Hamilton
Planning Commissions
Middletown
Richard N. Koehler
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount on Wednesday screens Roar of the Crowd at 1 15 4 50 and 8 25 p m Stalag 17 at 2 25 6 00 and 9 30 p m Strand shows Mission over Korea at 1 15 4 10 7 05 and 10 05 p m Cruisin Down the River at 2 40 5 35 and 8 35 p m Thursday Sea Devils at 1 15 4 15 7 15 and 10 05 p m The Homesteaders at 3 00 6 00 and 9 05 p m
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Paramount
Stalag 17
Arena
Korea
Gang Breakup at Sunset Park by Police
Police broke up a gang at Sunset Park after complaints of teenage boys gathering from 3:30 p m until late evening. Chief Joseph Blackmore issued orders for periodic checks to deter further gatherings and gambling.
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Sunset Park
Joseph Blackmore
NMFD Plans Free Show of The Life of Christ at Roosevelt
The North Middletown Fire Association will present two showings of the technicolor sound film The Life of Christ at Roosevelt Junior High School on October 24 for children in the Middle town area. Admission is free. Reservations for tickets can be made by calling Howard Schoultis at 35879.
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North Middletown
Ribs Break in Fall Woman 73 In West Middletown
Elizabeth Huffman a 73 year old resident of Slo big Road West Middletown Rt. 1 fractured ribs when she fell in her basement yesterday. She was treated at Middletown Hospital at 2 10 p m and dismissed.
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Elizabeth Huffman
Slobig Road
West Middletown
Two Middletown Drivers Earn Orchids for Courteous Driving
During the fourth annual Safety Dramatization Week Patrolman Arnold Ferguson awarded Glenn Lane and Mrs. Juanita Newman the day’s first orchids for yielding right of way in heavy Central Avenue traffic. Each day Ferguson honors courteous acts with an orchid from Ambruster’s Florists or movie passes.
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Central Avenue
Middletown
Glenn Lane
Bellomonte St
Central
Arnold Ferguson
Juanita Newman
Yankee Rd
Ferguson
Canal Street
Armbruster
Police Department
Hit Skipper Injures Man At Sunbury
An area man in fair to good condition at Middletown Hospital after being struck by a hit skipp er on Ohio 4 at Sunbury at 8 30 p m yesterday. Robert Brown Sr 46 of German town Rt 1 suffered a chest laceration possible head injuries and facial bruising. Patrols could not identify the auto or license number. A milk truck driven by Howard Hughes 43 of Richmond Ind Rt 4 went out of control near a wooden bridge on Ohio 177 four miles north of the Butler Preble county line. No injuries were reported.
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Middletown
Ohio
Sunbury
Robert Brown Sr
Germantown Rt. 1
Brown
Circle Inn
Howard Hughes
Richmond
Ind
Ohio utility approves small transfer of subscribers
The Ohio utilities commission permitted Logan Home Telephone Co to serve a small group of Wellston subscribers now on the McArthur exchange. The action follows a joint application noting community ties to McArthur. The panel also approved Ohio Bell Telephone Co taking over Kitts Hill territory after a small firm ceased operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Logan Home Telephone Co
Wellston Exchange
General Telephone Co
Logan
McArthur
Kitts Hill Territory
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio Bell
Man Pays Taxes With Counterfeit Money in Cleveland
Secret Service hunters search for a man described as partly honest after he paid taxes with three counterfeit $20 bills. The notes passed through the Cuyahoga County Treasurer and a local bank before the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland detected the fakes. The bills were said to be excellent imitations by investigators.
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Cleveland W
Secret Service
Cuyahoga County
Leslie Rae
Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland
Bill Talbert Named Davis Cup Captain
William F. Talbert of New York was named non playing captain of the U S Davis Cup four man team. The lineup includes Tony Trabert Vic Seixas Hamilton Richardson and Robert M Perry. The team will meet the Belgium India winner in Brisbane December 19 21 and then face Australia for the cup in Melbourne December 28 30.
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New York
William F
Bill) Talbert
U. S
Australia
Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
Vic Seixas
Philadelphia
Hamilton Richardson
Baton Rouge
Robert M. Perry
Los Angeles
Brisbane
Melbourne
Truck Firm Gets 30 Days Of Grace
The Ohio Utilities Commission granted Ohio Transport, Inc. of Cleveland an extra 30 days to show cause why its state hauling permits should not be suspended or revoked. The firm, holding two permits, was cited for 1,058 alleged overload violations in 19 months. Three former drivers faced charges as the patrol and commission broadened their joint investigation. Original deadline had been October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Transport, Inc
Cleveland
State Highway Patrol
Joint Highway Patrol and Utilities Commission
Commission Considers Parking Lot Bids at Clinton Canal
The City Commission met at 1 p.m. to review bids for a municipally operated parking lot at Clinton and Canal Streets and bids for fire alarm cables for new signal systems. Proclamations for Fire Prevention Week and National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week were ordered. Other actions include ordinances for sidewalk and curb repairs and for interdepartmental water service charges, with a second reading planned for the latter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton and
Canal Streets
City Commission
Manhole Flames Erupt After Torch Ignites Gas
Flames erupted from a manhole at First Avenue and Clinton Street after a warning torch ignited leaking gas. Police said the gas company was alerted and performed a temporary repair while a permanent fix was arranged for today.
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First Avenue
Clinton Street
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Woodruff
John Dobrozsi Jr
First Insurance Agency
Central Ave
Dial
Kiwanis
Middletown Journal
By Elsa Simpson
Paul Wilson
Joe Baker
Greathouse
Ed Drayer
Long
Dwight Kirk
Strand
Louise Pratt
Butler
Rsoft Drinks
Party Service
Richard J. Glins, M.D
Bill Talbert
Lincoln Mercury Co
Lincoln
Tytus Ave
Mens Shop
Rweis
Chiel Ae
Mtl
Fenzel-McDonough Jewelers
N. Main ST
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