Harrison Man Dies After Mishap Near Hamilton
Gerald C Monroe 103 Hillside Ave died from a fractured skull after his car crossed the E Miami River Road near the Hamilton Butler county line and struck a bridge. Police report he likely fell asleep at the wheel returning from bowling. crash left guard posts damaged and marks show loss of control 20 feet before impact.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Harrison
Ercy Hospital
Gerald C Monroe
Hillside Ave
E. Miami River
Sheriff's Department
Fairfield
State Patrol
Monroe
City Hall Open House Showcases Wide Dept Displays
A large group of exhibits from city departments greets Middleton visitors at the City Building open house starting at 7 p m. Health, Police, Fire, Parks and Recreation, Engineering, Streets, Public Utilities and Planning display charts, models, photos, maps and equipment with pamphlets for attendees.
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Robert McConaughy
Division of
Division of Police
Division of Fire
Middletown
Department of Public Utilities
City Commission to hear routine items at 7:45 p.m.
Open house attendance will not see a dramatic meeting as the City Commission plans routine actions. Bids are to be opened for street striping and mowing machines, an aggregate spreader, and softball diamonds. An ordinance for a graphotype machine purchase for Health is on the agenda. A final plat for Williamsdale Subdivision extension on Curryer Road awaits approval. Director Tilman Ellison travels to Columbus for a hearing on expanding municipal court jurisdiction.
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Doris Kronborg
Department of Health
Williamsdale
Curryer Road
Tilman Ellison
Columbus
Middletown
Hamilton
Civitan Club Tour Highlights Oslo Attractions
Civitan Club members heard a first hand account of Oslo Norway by Charles Winkelman who recently returned from a four month stay and plans to return tomorrow. He works as a consultant on incentive plans for Oslo shipbuilding and presented colored slides featuring Oslo shipyards ski jumps and city sights.
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Civitan Club
Oslo
Norway
Charles
Winkelman
Trinity PTA Hosts Food Demonstration For Members
The Holy Trinity PTA held a program titled How To Feed a Hungry Family given by Jane M. Wall a home economist for Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. A social followed the meeting with refreshments served by seventh grade mothers directed by John Daudt.
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Holy Trinity Pta
Jane M. Wall
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
John Daudt
Fire at Raymond Bag Co. waste plant causes $7500 damage
Middletown fire officials said a blaze at the Raymond Bag Co. waste building caused damage estimated at 7500, not including shutdown losses at the Enoch Drive plant. Sparks from a motor on the scrap blower started the fire, damaging baling motors and scales, with about 35 scrap bales unsalvageable. Assistant Chief Border was briefly injured by water. Firemen controlled the fire in minutes.
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Middletown
Raymond Bag Co
Enoch Drive
Jess Border
Border
Men Gardeners To See Slides In Middletown Meeting
Raymond Haskamp of Cincinnati will be guest speaker for the Greater Middletown Horticulture Society. He will present slides titled Making The Most of a Miracle showing plant growth. The meeting begins at 8 p.m. at the Aviation Clubhouse on Germantown Road Route 4.
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Raymond Haskamp
Cincinnati
Greater Middletown Horticulture Society
Aviation
Germantown Road
Rt. 4
Firemen Respond to Two Minor Calls Yesterday
Firefighters answered two minor alarms yesterday. At 1 14 p m they checked a $10 fire at Harley Wilson house 617 Highland Street caused by a short circuit indoor chimes. At 4 p m city crew reported steam used to strip wallpaper caused smoke at 924 Beech Street with an empty house found to be on fire by a neighbor.
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Harley Wilson
Highland St
Beech St
Driver Cited On 2 Charges In Accident
Malcolm Doty, 26, of Peastttown Rt. 1, was charged with driving under the influence and fleeing the scene after a two car crash on Germantown Road near the Municipal Airport. Claude Jackson, 30, of Franklin, rear ended during Doty’s turn, with $300 in damage. Doty injured slightly with a forehead bump.
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Germantown
Malcolm Doty
Peastttown Rt. 1
Oh'o 4
Thomas Road
Doty
Claude Jackson
Legion Ct
Franklin
Doty Auto
Alva Strait Charged After Alameda Grand Collision
Alva Strait of 3002 Princeton Ave was charged with failure to yield right of way after a two car crash at The Alameda and Grand Avenue at 5 30 p m involved Strait’s northbound vehicle and an eastbound car driven by Clifford Hill, 49, of Franklin.
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Alva Strait
Princeton Ave
Alameda and
Grand Avenue
Clifford Hill
Franklin
Accidents in Miamisburg and Philadelphia Avenue area
Yesterday two city accidents involved vehicles on Christel Avenue and at Philadelphia Avenue and Baltimore Street. Ernest Kirk endall of Miamisburg suffered neck injury treated by a West Carrollton doctor. the car had no damage. A separate collision at 2:30 p.m. on Young Street with Michael Avenue and Baltimore Street listed $25 in damage, involving Robert Parshall and John McGraw.
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Ernest Kirkendall
Miamisburg
Christel Avenue
Martha Kirkendall
West Carrollton
Robert Parshall
Young Sr
John McGraw
Michigan Ave
Philadelphia Avenue
Baltimore Street
Girl Scout Troop 124 Formed at St Marys School
A new intermediate Girl Scout troop, Troop 124, is organized at St Marys School. Mrs Cecil Brown leads with Mrs Bernard Cain as assistant. Neigh borhood mailman Elmer Woodrey noted as local contact. 15 girls earned pins and membership including Mary Lynn Irwin Renie Feagins Jo Ann Orth Judy Bowen Betty Cain Peggy Pohlman Beverly Kuhn Jeanne Gustaferro Marcia Homan Patty ODonnel Carol Ann Walsh Pam Walty Peggy Delaney Ann Cain Mary Kay Armbruster Nieva Brown Kathy Parmenter.
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St. Mary's School
Cecil Brown
Bernard Cain
Elmer Woodrey
Mary Lynn Irwin
Renie Feagins
Jo Ann Orth
Judy Bowen
Betty Cain
Peggy Pohlman
Beverly Kuhn
Jeanne Gustaferro
Marcia Homan
Patty
Middletown Workhouse Proposal Spurs County Correction Plan
City Commissioner William W. Denham and probation chief Louis Rossi urged Butler County support for a Middletown workhouse to spur broader prison reform. They said the 66 by 260 foot prefabricated center on water works land would house up to 100 inmates for minor offenses, not a full jail.
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Middletown
William W. Denham
Sertoma Club
Manchester Hotel
Denham
Louis Rossi
Sertomans
Butler County
Donham
Smith Farm
Water Works
Rossi
Donyong
J. T. Lamb
Holbrook Elected Bar Association President
Greg Holbrook of Hamilton was elected president of the Butler County Bar Association for the coming year at the annual meeting in the Driftwood Room. Herbert Walsh and Elliott Levey were named first and second vice presidents, Norman Grevey as secretary-treasurer, with duties starting July 1. Walter Bender of Middletown is retiring president. The group endorsed a citizens committee for a courthouse and jail and a 10 member bar panel to promote the program. About 80 members attended.
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Greg Holbrook
Hamilton
Butler County Bar Assn
Driftwood
Herbert Walsh
Elliott Levey
Middletown
Norman Grevey
Walter Bender
The
Bar Association
Citizens’ Committee
Middletown Optimist Boys Choir Seeks Spring Engagements
The Middletown Optimist Civic Boys Choir plans Easter and spring engagements under director Rev. Walter W. Davis and choir parent president Mrs. Leonard Smith. The 3 member group will perform Bach's The Passion According to St Matthew at First Church on Good Friday with a May spring concert open to the public. The choir, reorganized three years ago, is sponsored by the Middletown Optimist Club. Prospective schedulers may contact Rev. Davis or Mrs. Smith.
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Middletown Optimist Civic Boys Choir
Walter W. Davis
Leonard Smith
Choir Parents’ Organization
St. Matthew
Middletown
God Friy
Middletown Optimist Club
Davis
Local Driver Guilty on Two Charges in Middletown Mishap
Curtis Arnold, 20, of Middletown, found guilty on two charges after a fatal Middletown crash on February 3. He was fined 100 dollars and costs and jailed 30 days for driving without a license, with 25 dollars and a suspended 30-day term for fleeing the scene. Judge Fred B. Cramer suspended penalties on good behavior. Arnold shared the driving in a two-car crash that killed Blige Jones, 23. A second-degree manslaughter count was ignored by the grand jury.
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Hamilton
Curtis Arnold
Baltimore
Middletown
Fred B. Cramer
Cramer
Afrnold
Blige Junior Jones
18Th Ave
Arnold
Middletown Hospital Receives Ohio Safety Award
Middletown Hospital earned a 1956 group safety award from the Industrial Commission of Ohio. Administrator Walter Mischley accepted the honor at the Empire Hotel in Cleveland during ceremonies tied to the Ohio Hospital Association convention. The hospital posted an accident frequency of 2.5 for 777,745 man hours.
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Middletown Hospital
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Walter Mischley
Empire Hotel
Cleveland
Tien
Ohio Hospital Assn
West Middletown PTA Hosts Music Show and Bake Sale
The West Middletown PTA will present a 7:30 p.m. music show by West Middle Town School students at tomorrow's monthly meeting. Mrs. Del Simon leads this year’s festival. A bake sale rounds out the week’s events, set for Saturday morning in the Central Store lobby.
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West Middletown
PTA
del Simon
Prosecutor denies jail bias in new correctional center plan
Rossi says the proposed correctional center would not tempt harsher workhouse sentences. He states his job is to keep people out of jail where probation is feasible and mentions recent jail sentence trends should not determine the facility need. He adds courts will not lock everyone up and probation will be used more than ever.
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Rossi
MicAdow Jr Wins ViHiS Oratory Contest
Sam McAdow Jr. won first place for Middletown High School in the Harwitz Oratorical Contest held at the high school. Fred Winslow took second with a talk titled Seek And We Shall Find. Prizes were books. judges were Miss Mary Lord Rev Jerome Schulz and Wade E Miller. other participants included Janie Richardson and Lois Cramer.
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Sam McAdow Jr
Middletown High School
Fred Winslow
Mary Lord
Jerome Schulz
Wade E. Miller
Janie Richardson
Lois Cramer
Harwitz
B. F. Harwitz
Atlas Project Planned for Butler County
Plans announced for a Butler County atlas with detailed municipal and township maps. Sponsored by Middletown and Hamilton real estate boards and the Butler County Bar Association. First since 1990, updated every two years, published by Rockford Map Co. of Rockford.
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Butler County
Middletown and
Hamilton Real Estate Boards
Butler County Bar Assa
Rockford Map Co
Rockford
Senior Girl Scout Dinner Reservations Deadline
Reservations for a senior Girl Scout dinner for leaders on April 1 must be in by the planning board session Saturday. Mrs Alfred Ecklar said today. The planning group meets Saturday at 10 am in the Girl Scout clubroom with Pat Spencer presiding. Contact Robin Velte at 301 Stanley St to reserve.
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Alfred Ecklar
Pat Spencer
Robin Velte
Stanley St
Hospital records set for admissions in March
Middletown Hospital announced an all time monthly record with 1 902 admissions and 1 022 emergency treatments. Total patient day care reached 6 349 during March.
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Middletown Hospital
Five Nurses Promoted At Middletown Hospital
Middletown Hospital expands facilities and services prompting five nursing staff promotions announced by Miss Anne Middlemiss director of nursing. Ivo Beedle becomes supervisor of the surgical floor while Mary Ellen Edwards leads as head nurse there. Roger Starkey leads East wing nursing, Douglas Barrett supervises central service. Don-Weright- to head nurse the new recovery room.
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Middletown Hospital
Anne Middlemiss
Ivo Beedle
Mary Ellen Edwards
Roger Starkey
Douglas Barrett
Don—Weright
Death follows head attack at hospital
Mercy Hospital attendants report Joseph Monroe 51 of 304 N Sycamore St Harrison collapsed with a head attack after being summoned to his son Monroes bedside. Funeral arrangements for the traffic victim and National Lead Co Fernald employee are handled by Lutz Funeral Home Harrison.
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Mercy Hospital
Monroe
Joseph Monroe
N. Sycamore St
Harrison
National Lead Co
Fernald
Lutz
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