Plan To Build Downtown Street On Middletown Canal
Middletown City Commission ordered studies on creating a new downtown street between Central and 1st avenues on the Middletown Hydraulic Canal site. A proposed plan includes a dam, underground conduit, canal filling, and removal of the West Central bridge to ease southbound traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Ist Avenues
Middletown Hydraulic Canal
Sorg Paper Co
Gab Asemen
New Bulls Run
Sorg
Central Avenue
Wrenn Paper Co
1St Avenue
Wrenn
1St Avenues
W. Central Avenue
Stiles
Kramer
Main Street
Commission
Francis Carmody
Time Again For Beauty Project Opens Talks With Garden Clubs
City commissioners discuss spring beautification of parking lots at Manchester and Main and the Clinton Canal Gate. Chairman Francis Carmody notes uncertainty over which garden clubs will volunteer and what jobs they will take on as efforts to beautify city spaces begin.
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Father
Francis Carmody
Manchester
Main
Clinton Canal
YMCA Plans Easter Egg Hunt for Gra-Y Girls
Tri-Gra-Y girls will hunt eggs Saturday at Sunset Park and make paper eggs. The finder of the most will win a fruit nut chocolate variety. Junior leaders will hide eggs before the YMCA closes at 10 a.m. Parental permission must be on file with Mary DeJerus, girls' work secretary.
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Sunset Park
YMCA
Mary DeJerus
City approves new hires and street projects in 180 days
The city approves 180 day completion for resurfacing and with it confirms police and fire appointments including Jess Border as assistant fire chief and John Fitzgerald as police captain. Bids for the Orchard Street relief sewer are open next Tuesday. Provisions include bicycle licensing at Middletown fire stations and park land acquisitions of about three acres fronting Verity Parkway between Elwood and Malvern Streets. City meetings shift to 2 pm next Wednesday and Catholic Youth Days are proclaimed for April 23 24.
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Jess Border
William J. Brice
John Fitzgerald
James Howard
Harold Gray
James Miller
William Brewer
James W. Pate
R. A. Hill
Middletown
Kramer
Commissioners Hill
Arthur Sanderson
Orchard Street
New Park
Verity Parkway
Elwood
Malvern Streets
League of Women Voters
City Commission
Mullins Sentencing Withheld For Report
Vera Mullins, 42, found guilty of embezzlement, will not be sentenced until pre sentence investigation by the probation department is completed. Judge Fred B. Cramer noted a physician’s report indicating confinement would injure her health. Emmett Sherron was exonerated. he declines to return as juvenile court chief probation officer. His sons aided the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Mullins
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Middletown
Arrested Man Seeks Jury Trial in Middletown Case
Roy James Cornwell, 29, of Baltimore Street, will be tried on disorderly conduct and resisting arrest with a jury set for 10 a.m. Friday, April 15, after his attorneys filed a jury trial demand in Municipal Court. Police officers Eugene Wolgamot and Donald Murphy were arrested on assault and battery warrants. both were released on $600 property bond for a tentative 9:30 a.m. Friday Municipal Court hearing.
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Middletown
Roy James Cornwell
Baltimore St
Vening
Donald Revelle
Alton H. Combs
Cornwell
Joseph Kiep
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Eugene Wolgamot
Shafer St
Donald Murphy
Finley St
Sam Moore
District Court Upholds DWI Conviction for Viola Rizzo
The First District Court of Appeals in Hamilton upheld Viola Rizzo's January conviction for driving while intoxicated. Judge Fred B. Cramer imposed a $200 fine plus costs, three days in jail, and a six month driving suspension. a stay was in effect during the appeal. The panel also upheld George Boggs’s Middletown DWI conviction from October.
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First
District Court of Appeals
Hamilton
Viola Rizzo
Millikin Rd
Fred B. Cramer
Batley County
George Boggs
Middletown
Boggs
mink piece missing from McDowell Furs on Broad St
Detectives John Fitzgerald and Roy Crout were told yesterday that a four piece pastel mink set valued at 118 dollars was stolen from McDowell Furs at 41 South Broad Street during the last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell Furs
S. Broad St
John Fitzgerald
Roy Crout
Franklin Police Check Mishaps Damage Only
Two minor accidents reported in Franklin caused a total of 80 dollars in damage. Ormond Edward Ewing, 42, of 1930 Fleming Road Middletown, said he struck a switch engine on East 6th Street and caused 25 dollars damage to his car. On the same street, West of Main, E A Myers of Harold Avenue Franklin collided with Lawrence G. Schacham of Park Avenue Franklin while pulling into a driveway.
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Franklin
Ormond Edward Ewing
Fleming Rd
Middletown
E. 6Th Street
6Th Street
Main Street
E. A. Myers
Harold Avenue
Lawrence G. Schacham
Park Ave
Meyers
School Study Unit To Hold First Meeting
A 31 member citizen committee to study school building needs will meet next Wednesday night at Middletown High School for organizational work. Board President Joseph Woodruff released names. committee selected at an administrative meeting and to be formally approved Monday. The six point program includes immediate repairs and replacement needs, future building sites for ten years, and studies of facilities for special students vocational training and an admin building.
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Knight Goodman
Wilbur Flory
Board of Education
Joseph Woodruff
Middletown High School
Goodman
Ruling on New Trial for Arthur Spencer
Judge Fred B. Cramer said he would rule Monday on a defense motion for a new trial for Arthur Spencer, 21, found guilty of first degree murder. If denied, sentencing at Butler County Common Pleas Court follows. defense argues verdict was not supported by sufficient evidence and was contrary to law. Spencer beat his wife Imogene, 19, last Nov 26 at their Rolling Mill Park home and pleaded innocent by reason of insanity with possible life sentence and parole only if commuted.
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Fred B. Cramer
Arthur Spencer
Spencer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Jack Casper
Harry Wilks
Imogene
Rolling Mill Park
Accidents Send Youth and Worker To Hospital
Kenneth Alfrey, 13, and Far Girdler, 26, were admitted to Middletown Hospital after an end gate of a railroad car fell open in Armco East Works shipping. Girdler, of 3033 Yankee Rd, was in satisfactory condition, while Alfrey sustained a fractured left arm and was listed in good condition.
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Kenneth Alfrey
Far Girdler
Middletown Hospital
Armco East Works
Girdler
Yankee Rd
Ernest Alfrey
Lamberton
36 Years On Force Detective Chief Celebrates By Working
Capt Ralph R Bauer Middletown police detective chief marks 36 years on the force with a typical day of work He began April 7 1919 on foot with five officers and no police car He recalls 12 hour shifts and a single day off monthly The force grew to touring cars in the mid 1920s He became a detective 25 years ago during Prohibition with 500 arrests in one year Juvenile delinquency and felonies such as break ins hold ups auto thefts have risen since his early days He was acting chief for four months after the resignation of Roy Scofield He sustained finger injuries from a car collision and has served under nine chiefs He remains active in Jefferson Lodge 90 F&AM Scottish Rite Masons and the Kiwanis Club with wife Mrs Bauer at 2212 Arlington Ave and two married children in Dayton
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Ralph R. Bauer
Middletown
Bauer
Roy Scofield
Capt
Jefferson Lodge 90
F&am
Scottish Rite Masons
Dayton
Middietown Kiwanis Club
Arlington Ave
Manslaughter Charged in Middletown Truck Crash
Second degree manslaughter charges were filed in Hamilton Municipal Court against the truck driver after an accident near Le Sourdsville killed Charles M. Martin of 2206 Spencer Lane. The crash occurred on Ohio 4 south of Rt 63 when the truck veered off the road, crossed and struck Martin’s southbound auto, both vehicles being demolished.
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Hamilton
Middletown
le Sourdsville
John E. Stokes
Freeman Ave
Ohio 4
Rt. 63
Charles M. Martin
Spencer Lane
Martin
At The Movies Showtimes Thursday and Friday
Paramount shows Women Prison and Wyoming Renegade with multiple nightly screenings. Strand presents Viva Zapata and Knock on Wood at various times Thursday and Friday. African Manhunt and King of Khyber Rifles play with listed nightly showings.
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Paramount
Wyoming
Viva Zapata
King of Khyber Rifles
Suspect Freed By City Police
A 29-year-old man, Ray McIntosh of 1509 Oxford State Rd., was released from custody after being investigated for an alleged attempt to break into the city disposal grounds shed. Police said no charges would be filed. He was arrested Tuesday night near Oxford State Road after being seen at the disposal ground garage door.
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Ray McIntosh
Oxford State Rd
McIntosh
Case
Oxford State Road
Disposal Ground
Front End Alignment and Steering Service Ad
Middletown Lincoln Mercury advertises front end alignment and steering service at 2714 Tytus Ave. Ph 2450. We service all makes.
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Middletown
Lincoln-Mercury CO
Tytus Ave
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