Repeat Of '52 High River Water Stopped By Levee
The northern Middletown area avoided a repeat of 1952 high water thanks to a new levee in North Middletown completed last summer. The Great Miami River crest reached 15.3 feet, with earlier 1952 flood peaking at 16.8 feet and causing extensive damage. Roads remained closed and residents sought Red Cross aid as rain forecasters predicted more showers.
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Middletown
Miami Conservancy District
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Ula Wie Jou Yrshiuay
Lonnie Gibson
Conservancy District
Great Miami
Germantown Road
Trenton
Germantown
Franklin
Rt 73
Engle’s Corner
Twin Creek Bridge
Red Cross
Miami Valley
Gibson
High School Vocal Concert Set Tonight
High School Girls Glee Club Triple Trio and Mixed Chorus present the annual Spring Concert at the high school auditorium at 8 p m. Admission is free. Glee Club songs include Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier Love Divine Vagabond Waltz My Lover is a Fisherman Let Us Build a New World and Night Song. Triple Trio performs Night Song at Amalfi To Get By and The World is Waiting for the Sunrise. Mixed Chorus closes with Amazing Grace Early One Morning Song of the Lumberjack Lover Come Back Softly as in a Morning Sunrise Fog The Peasant and the Oxen and Marching to Praetoria.
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Memtbers
Iddietown
Glee Club
Johnny
Amalfi
Praetoria
Toastmasters Color Show Dinner Recap
The Toastmasters Club held a special dinner meeting at the Colory Restaurant featuring color slides on the Civic Association. Jim Sullivan won Best Speaker and Most Improved Speaker, Charles Doring earned Best Critic, with Dick Hasemeier toastmaster and John Dobrozsi as topic master.
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Toastmasters Club
Civic Association
Jim Sullivan
Charles Doring
Dick Hasemeier
John Dobrozsi
Chief Warns on Child Molesting in Central School Area
Police Chief Jo seph Blackmore urged parents to follow nine safety points after reports of two girls and a boy at Central School being approached by a young man offering candy and trying to lure them into a car. He advised children to go straight to school or home, avoid strangers, refuse rides, report incidents, note license numbers, and remember suspect details.
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Joiseseph Blackmore
Middleom
Chief Blackmore
Hit-Skipper Flees After Striking Woman At Broad Street Crosswalk
A 37 year old Middletown woman, Virginia Smallwood of 11051 1st Ave, was admitted to Middletown Hospital with a right hip injury after a hit and run driver failed to stop at a red light and left from 1st Ave to Broad St at 5:45 p.m. The fleeing car went north on Broad Street. Police listed multiple other yesterday and today accidents on wet pavement with various drivers and damages ranging from 5 to 395 dollars.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
1St Avenue
S. Broad Street
Virginia Smallwood
1St Ave
Broad Street
Walter Emrich
Hamilton
Donna Greenfield
Girard Avenue
Curtis Street
Richard Smith
Jewell Ave
Joseph Hurkowitz
Girard Ave
Raymond Crafton
Baltimore
William Lindon
Granada Ave
Central Avenue
Verity Parkway
Sylvester Huser
Curryer Rd
Calloway Moore
Lylburn
E. Central Avenue
Taylor Dunn
Bernard Sora
Cleveland St
S. Main Street
Martha Huffman
Sheldon Berkheimer
West Middletown Rt. 2
W. Central Avenue
Berkheimer
St Mary PTO appoints committees at a meeting
The St Mary PTO announced an organizational chart naming committees and chairs. Program committee led by Mr and Mrs George Irwin with advisers Mr and Mrs Frank Montgomery. Bake sale planned for Saturday April 13. Next meeting set for May 2.
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St. Mary’s Pto
George Irwin
Frank Montgomery
Frank Pohlman
Irwin
Joseph Mohan
Robert Vorhis
Fed Fetzer
Rudolph Nenni
Paul Clifton
Fetzer
Herman Griffith
Richard Newman
Clifford McGuire
Frank Santoro
Peter Rudokas
Fire Hits Substation at Trenton CG&E Plant
Damage from yesterday's fire at the Trenton substation of Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. remains undetermined. Northern division manager William K. Robinson said service to the area was uninterrupted, but damages seem greater than initial estimates, with loss previously pegged at not more than $5,000. The CG&E electric distribution chief will visit the substation late today to assess the extent.
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Trenton
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
William K. Robinson
Northern Division
Robinson
Cg&e Electric Distribution Department
Akron Meaning High Places
Akron is a Greek word meaning high places. The note explains the etymology and usage.
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Akron
Red Cross Campaign Tops Goal in Middletown Drive
James Purvis, general chairman, announced the 1957 Red Cross fund drive raised 31,045 dollars, over 300 above the quota, with more donations expected. Early completion signs appeared as pledges were collected, with strong support from industrial and outlying areas.
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Red Cross Fund
James Purvis
Middletown
Purvis
16 Achievers In CG&E Tour
Sixteen junior achievers and six adults toured the Cincinnati plant on the Ohio River yesterday. The facility supplies over 330000 volts to Middletown, the Portsmouth atomic energy plant, and other regional stations. Generators powered by boilers ten tonnes high were explained. CG&E provided transportation and a meal at the electric station.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Middletown
Atomic Energy Plant
Portsmouth
Cg&e
Broken Water Main Sealed Clark and Jefferson Streets
Repairs on a broken 10 inch water main at Clark and Jefferson streets were completed at 9 am after a 16 hour effort by city crews. The break, reported shortly after 5 pm yesterday, affected a large northern city area and caused temporary outages for Inland Container Corp due to repairs while under pressure. Public Utilities Director Dan Kothe attributed the failure to lack of fill support for the Lakeside relief sewer excavation.
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Clark and
Jefferson Streets
Public Utilities
Dan Kothe
Lakeside
Kothe
Inland Container Corp
Youth Held On Forgery Count Here
Franklin youth James A. Clemmons, 19, of Cedar Street, was arrested Wednesday on forgery charges in Middletown detectives’ investigation. A forged check for 59.44 drawn on Franklin National Bank used to defraud Central Store had the name J T Adams as signatory. The check was cashed at Central Store by Benny Abney, 22, of Franklin, who faces a federal interstate theft charge in Cincinnati.
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Franklin
James A. Clemmons
Cedar St
Middletown
Bob Treadway
Central Store
Clemmons
Franklin National Bank
J. T. Adams
iCentral
Benny Abney
Cincinnati
Shelbyville
Ind
Ohio
Montgomery County
FBI
At The Movies Colonial Strand Dixie listings
The Colonial shows Rock, Pretty Baby at 7 10 15 p.m. and 1 50 5 13 8 36 p.m. on Saturday. Four Girls in Town plays 3 19 6 42 10 05 p.m. The Strand presents Hollywood or Bust at 6 9 30 p.m. Gun for a Coward at 8 p.m. with Saturday times 1 15 4 40 8 p.m. Also Hollywood or Bust at 2 50 6 15 9 30 p.m. The Dixie Cruise-In features Song of the South at 7 22 and 11 03 p.m. and Johnny Concho at 9 29 p.m.
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Dixie Cruise
Johnny Concho
Firemen To Meet City Over Possible Wage Boosts
Middletown officials say no funds exist to grant anticipated pay raises for city employees. Local 336 of the Ohio Association of Firefighters plans a meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Firefighters Clubhouse to press the wage issue after six months of negotiations without progress. City Manager Charles W. Thompson repeats that the 1957 budget cannot cover higher salaries, forecasting operations may not extend beyond November with current funds and pay levels. The last raise, 3.75 percent, went into effect July 1, 1956, though workers sought 6.5 percent. The PAS survey from 1952 urged annual updates tied to police and fire pay in the region. city employees have not received an increase since then.
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Middletown
Ohio Assn
Aflcio
Ralph Curtis
Union
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Public Administration Service
PAS
Bid Accepted On 3 Million School Bonds
Middle town approves 3 million dollar school bonds at 3 percent interest. Banks and securities firms bid as a unit, with eight other groups bidding 3.44 percent. Premiums range from 1,470 to 49,659. Savings projected around 100,000 over 23 years. officials note many issues last fall sold at 3.5 to 4 percent.
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Bankers Trust Co. C
J. Devine & Co
Inec
Stone &Webster Securities Corp
Fifth Third Union Trust Co
J. Ic, Bradford & Co
Wm. E. Pollock & Co, Inc
Cruttenden Podesta & Co
Joseph, Melten
Joseph Woodruff
Ohio to Get 15 Million for School Construction Aid
Washington report says Ohio would receive 15,129,000 under a commerce bill to provide federal aid for school construction. A House Education subcommittee approved the proposal Thursday.
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Washington
Ohio
House
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