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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1954

Page

2

Shoe Firm Chooses Meis Plant For Lebanon Expansion

Krippendorf-Dittmann Co will relocate from Cincinnati to a 40 000 square foot Lebanon plant, employing about 250 locally with a $500 000 annual payroll projected. Local groups will cover taxes for seven years, while the company seeks to move records and machinery start transfers.

Meis Lebanon Krippendorf-Dittmann Co Charles Meis Shoe Co Cincinnati Harold J. Kilduff Firs Ele Menly Kilduff St. Louis Lebanon Chamber of Commerce Business and Professional Men's Assn Cincinnati Company

Self Reliant Student Field Narrowed To 25

Judges narrowed 25 candidates for the Sebald Self Reliance Award from 210 applicants. Middletown Fenwick and Lemon Monroe high schools compete for $1500 in prizes allocated to eight seniors. Interviews April 14 and 15, with winners announced in May.

Middletown Fenwick Lemon-Monroe Robert McDade McDade McDave Con Mers Wilbur Cohen Marwood Rupp John Weber Knight Goodman Junior Chamber of Commerce

Law Breaking Spree Lands 18-Year-Old in Ohio Reformatory

Paul Carter aged 18 of Middletown received an indeterminate sentence in Mansfield for breaking and entering. Charges tied to burglaries at Walburg and McGee groceries in Middletown Ledford’s at Peasttown and the Sohio Inn. Carter had prior arrest for reckless driving and property damage to a Lemon Monroe High School vehicle while out on bond. Jack Portwood, 26, Hamilton, was sent to probation for investigation on auto theft.

Paul Carter Sheridan Ave Middletown Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield Common Pleas P. P. Boli Carter Germantown Boll Tence Walburg and McGee Ledford’s Grocery Peasttown Sohio Inn U. S. 25 W. E. Davis Lemon-Monroe High School Jack Portwood N. C St Hamilton Probation Department Old J. Johnson Lemon Township Richard Lee Krehbiel St. Clair Township Ben Moore R. F. Fredericks Michael Czernik Robert Collins Mabel Collins Floyd Sandlin Jr Albert Nantz Bernard Mece John Puckett Carroll D. Martin William McPherson

Two-Tag License Plate Warning From Chief

Chief Blackmore warns motorists must display license plates on both ends of the vehicle. Drivers with front plates missing or obscured by emblems risk citations under the 1954 Ohio tag law. If a plate is lost, report to police and Auto License Bureau for replacement.

Joseph Blackmore Blackmore Auto License Bureau

Midlletown Prom Jubilee Unit Plans Evening Meeting

The steering committee of Midletown High School's 1954 Prom Jubilee will meet tonight at 7 30 in the Civic Association. The program includes a May 21 prom at the Manchester Hotel a Paramount Theater movie dancing to Ray Anthony's band at LeSourdsville Lake and breakfast at the Lake. Mrs Ernest Graff chairs the committee.

Middletown High School Civic Association Manchester Hotel Paramount Theater Ray Anthony LeSourdsville Lake the Lake Ernest Graff

Heater Triggered Home Fire Damages $150, Janice Newcomb

The fire department reported yesterday an electric heater caused the blaze at Janice Newcomb’s home at 1908 1st Ave. About $100 of the loss was to the structure and the remainder to the contents. The property is owned by Mrs. Frank Simon of 2804 Central Ave.

Janice Newcomb 1St Ave Frank Simon Central Ave

Movie Schedule At Paramount And Strand Theatres

At Paramount Tuesday shows Riding Shotgun Duffy of San Quentin Saskatchewan Highway Dragnet Wednesday Saskatchewan Highway Dragnet plus Shane Flat Top Flight to Tangier Joe Louis Story Strand Tuesday Shane Flat Top Wednesday Flight to Tangier Joe Louis Story all listed with multiple nightly showtimes.

San Quentin Saskatchewan Shane Tangier Joe Louis

Grand Jury Finds No Gray Market in Butler County

The grand jury returned no indictments in the gray market baby adoption probe and issued a four point statement urging public education on adoption laws. It did indict 24 others across 17 defendants and noted several cases resolved in juvenile court. The panel called for clearer awareness of lawful adoption procedures and human rights for children.

Butler County Grand Jury Jackson Bosch Gray Warren Harding Harding Civil Defense School Olney

Water Samples Sent From Miami River for Columbus Tests

Water samples taken from the Miami River along the Middletown waterfront were sent yesterday to Columbus for analysis in the Ohio Wildlife Division probe of possible river pollution. District 6 supervisor Daniel Atzenhoefer of Xenia said results may take weeks to determine contamination extent and that fish kill is not expected, noting carp taken last Wednesday were alive and healthy.

Miami Middletown Ohio Wildlife Division Columbus Daniel Atzenhoefer District 6 Xenia State Pollution Control Board Atzenhoefer

Pass Cuts On Fichter Urges Dairy Firms

Eaton Ohio. Joseph W. Fichter of Oxford, chairman of the Ohio Farmers Union, urged dairy processors and distributors to pass on the 12 percent price cut to farmers last year and the 15 percent cut this year. He criticized reducing farmer income to spur butter consumption and noted profits rose 15 percent at one major dairy. The eye changes focus via a lens muscle.

EATON Joseph W. Fichter Oxford Ohio Farmers Union Fichter Eaton Rotary Club Ohio State Grange Department of Agriculture

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