North Middletown Sewer Taps Lag as Officials Press Owners
Officials report only about 33 of 1,100 homes in the North Middletown sewer district tapped into the system. Commissioner Ludewig and Sanitarian Duff urge property owners to connect, citing health concerns and a steady but slow tapping pace despite active crews and nearby approved zones.
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Ludewig
North Middletown
Raea
Nile
Frank Ludewig
Winfred L. Duff
Department of Health
Duff
Health Department
Manchester Road
Sunset Street
Fisher Avenue
Dix Road
Nelson Road
Gage and
Jewell Avenue
Nine City Traffic Crashes Reported with One Youth Hurt
Police report nine traffic accidents in the city with one youth injured. Marc Eisner, 21, of Oxford, was treated at Middletown Hospital for a minor injury after a two car collision on Central Avenue while a school bus was stopping. The crash caused about 275 dollars in damage. Several other drivers faced charges including Millard Birch for following too closely and Ralph Hafer for backing unsafely. Minor incidents and totaled damages ranged up to 600 dollars with no injuries. Four additional minor accidents were investigated yesterday and today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc Eisner
Miami Manor
Oxford
Midietown Hospital
Central Avenue
Eisner
William Owens
Millard Birch
Hawthorne St
Sally Hall
Auburn St
N. Verity Parkway
Tytus ‘Avenue
Ralph Hafer
Wil‘Graham
Gordon Thiel
Dubois Rd
Franklin
Stevens Avenue
Allen Locke
Dayton
Owen van Ostrand
First Ave
Clark Street
Yesenday
Trio Pleads Guilty in Butler County Burglaries
In Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge P. P. Boll sentenced Richard D. Collins to the Mansfield Reformatory with an indeterminate term while Ronald D. Parker and Paul Barker received five year probation. The three admitted burglary in nine incidents last October. Also placed on probation was Claude Darwin Sipple for auto theft from Ethel Campbell.
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Hamilton
Mansfield Reformatory
P. P. Boll
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Richard D. Collins
Park Ave
Reformatory
Ronald D. Parker
Highland Ave
New Miami
Paul Barker
S. 13Th St
Collins
Parker
Barker
Claude Darwin Sipple
Highview Rd
Middletown
Ethel Campbell
Lind St
Burglars Batter Safe At Cemetery
Burglars damaged the Woodside Cemetery Assn. office safe breaking in through a south side window. They stole a radio from an apartment, pulled the safe from the wall but left it unopened. Earlier burglaries reported at Tee's Restaurant and the Paramount Theater. two South Lebanon boys arrested in the theater break-in.
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Woodside Cemetery Assn
Cemetery Association
Tee's Restaurant
Paramount Theater
South Lebanon
Burglary Report At Bundy Apartments After Theft
Mrs. Vera Blount reported burglars entered her Bundy Apartments unit through a hall door on Wednesday and stole a portable studio valued at 46 dollars, officers were notified last night.
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Vera Blount
Bundy
Ito
Youth Bound To Jury In Franklin
Charles Wilder, 18, Shartz Road, bound to Warren County grand jury on three grand larceny charges from local break ins. He pleaded innocent, bond set at 5000 per charge. Also pleaded guilty to an entering lands to steal charge. other items from Jean Clenden, William Smith, Logan Long Co. trucks. Disposed traffic cases listed.
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Franklin
Charles Wilder
Shartz Road
Warren County
Wilder
J. T. Riley
Jean Clendenin
William Smith
Logan + Long Co
Obituary of Paul A Morrison longtime Diamond National chief power
Paul A Morrison 6 of 2711 Elmo Place died 1 30 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after serving as chief power at Diamond National since joining the company in 1940. Born in Sullivan he was a member of Middletown Chapter 67 RAM and charter member of Carl Ellenwood Lodge F AM. Survived by wife Elnore a daughter Mrs Richard A Graff Wooster two brothers Albert Marathon Shores Fla P C Morrison Barberton four sisters Pauline Maurer Akron Mrs Florence Stead Los Angeles Mrs Mona Hurd Indiana Mich and Mrs Lena Swagner Wadsworth four grandchildren Services 3 p m Tuesday at McIntire Funeral Home Wooster Rev Robert Tuck. burial Wooster Cemetery Friends may call Wilson Memorial Home tomorrow 2 4 and 7 9 p m and McIntire Funeral Home Monday 7 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Morrison
Elmo PL
Diamond National
Middletown Hospital
Morrison
Diamond Alena
Middletown
Sullivan
RAM
Carl Ellenwood Lodge
F&am
Rittman
Elnore
Richard A. Graff
Wooster
Albert
Marathon Shores
Fla
P.C. Morrison
Barberton
Pauline Maurer
Akron
Florence Stead
Los Angeles
Mona Hurd
Inonia
Mich
Lena Swagner
Wadsworth
Henry W. Kurs Dies at 67 Former Middletown School Official
Henry W. Kurs known as Heinie Kurs 67 father of Edward Kurs Middletown attendance officer died Thursday in Orange City Florida A Hamilton Board of Education veteran of 32 years served five years with Camp Campbell Gard staff retired three years ago Survived by wife Goldie two sons including Edward a daughter and three sisters Services set for 10 am Tuesday Klaus Funeral Home Hamilton
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Henry W. ‘Heinie Kurs
Edward Kurs
Middletown
Orange City
Fla
Hamilton
Kurs
Hamilton Board of Education
Camp Campbell-Gard
Goldie
Edward
Klaus
Graveside rites set for Leslie Caudill in Germantown
Leslie Caudill 58 of Bitter Street will be buried at Rose Hill Cemetery Ashland Ky Tuesday after services at Hoyne Funeral Home Dayton. He died of a heart attack Thursday in Moraine City while driving. He had worked at Frigidaire Moraine City since 1941 and recently lived in Germantown. Surviving are his wife Nancy a son Ralph Ashland two stepdaughters Mrs Joe Boyds Franklin Mrs Lola Fields Dayton a stepson William Clark Ft Knox two brothers Henry Cleveland Rand Paintsville and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Germantown
Leslie Caudill
Bitter Street
Rose Hill
Ashland
Hoyne Funeral Home
Dayton
Caudill
Moraine City
Frigidaire
Louisa
Warren County
Nancy
Ralph
Joe Boyds
Franklin
Lola Fields
William Clark
Ft. Knox
Henry
Cleveland
Rand
Obituary Notices for Chaney Foffinbarger Sunderhaus Franklin Stodgel
Obituary notices list Mrs Bernette Chaney 58 College Corner service 2 p m today Miller Walter J Foffinbarger 64 1205 Vine St Hamilton service 10 a m Monday Klaus George Sunderhaus 75 4369 River Rd Hamilton incomplete Mrs Beatrice Franklin 42 715 Mark Ave Hamilton incomplete William S Stodgel 78 Lynchburg formerly Hamilton service 2 p m tomorrow Davis Funeral Home Lynchburg
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Bernette Chaney
College Corner
Miller
Walter J. Foffinbarger
Vine St
Hamilton
Klaus
George Sunderhaus
River Rd
Beatrice Franklin
Mark Ave
William S. Stodgel
Lynchburg
Davis Funeral Home
Envelope Co Employees Back Union at West Carrollton Plant
Union officials report 189 votes for the Paper Makers and Paper Workers Union AFL CIO in a plant employee representation election at American Envelope Co in West Carrollton. 120 votes against and three void. This marks the third union attempt. last election was in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Envelope Co
West Carrollton
Paper Makers & Paper Workers Union
Aflcio
Yesteria
Paper Makers Union
Grant
Leaking Fumes Still Menace in Ohio Tank Spill
In West Manchester near Eaton Ohio 1609 gallons leaked from a storage tank at the auto firm owner. Four families evacuated their homes Friday as basement fumes suggested possible sewer line contamination. Fire officials urged caution amid ongoing concern about fuel exposure.
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Eaton
Ohio
West Manchester
Old Logan Elm Shows Life Again
Circleville Ohio. The Logan Elm a famed tree in Brookside Park near Circleville shows renewed life despite Dutch Elm disease. The 110 foot tall tree with a 185 foot spread has survived with yearly pruning and support. If the elm finally dies a memorial plaque will mark its stump.
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Circleville, Ohio
Ohio
Brookside Park
Circleville
Logan
Lord Dunmore
Bill Haveman Wins Oratorical Contest
Bill Haveman won the Middletown area Optimist Club oratorical contest with eight competitors. He will advance to the zone contest in Hamilton on April 21, coached by Robert Vand erhart. Second and third places went to Brian Berman and Jay Goodman.
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Bill Haveman
Middletown Area
Optimist Club
William Haveman
Carryer Rd
Cg&e
Mary Etta Street
Jack Casper
Brian Berman
Leo Berman
Arlington Ave
Jay Goodman
J. Knight Goodman
Christel Ave
Haveman
Hamilton
Robert Vanderhart
Edward Rees
Berman
Ray Minter
Goodman
Richard Handley
Rev. H. C. Grunewald
William Schlotter
James Wander
Jerry Ratliff
Ronald van Buskirk
Robert Ward
Robert Davidson
Terry Lawrence
Blitz Girl Inherits Four Million Estate
Nineteen year old Sarah Clapton, a Sarah Lawrence College senior, is named chief beneficiary of Mrs. Arthur Whitney’s will. The estate includes a 20-room colonial mansion on 115 acres at Pleasant Valley Mills, valued at $150,400 for tax plus stocks and bonds. Clapton, brought to the US during the London blitz, will receive most of the remainder in a trust at age 25. she is described as tall, dark-haired, and reserved.
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Mencham
N. J
Sarah Lawrence College
United States
London
Joannah Felicity Toacher Clapton
Arthur Whitney
Whitney
New York
Miss Clapton
England
Bronxville
N. Y
Clapton
Rupert Blackett
Cape Town
South Africa
Pleasant Valley Mills
Extra Chuckle When a Wife Keeps Silent Memorizing Words
A lighthearted note on how a wife may endure quiet suffering by rehearsing phrases she will later express. The remark hints at unseen tensions behind calm facades and how planning words can be a coping mechanism.
Man Bound To Jury In Shooting Incident
A man charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after a shooting faced a grand jury hearing. Dixon’s bond set at 5000 dollars. Robinson testified he was threatened with a gun in a parking lot near the Hunter Clark VFW Post. Two other defendants, O D O Dell and Charles Childs, bound to the grand jury on larceny by trick charges after pleading guilty. Wooldridge fined for license issues and four traffic school sessions. four intoxication cases and three other hearings postponed.
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Herman Bailey
Hamilton
Harold Morris
N.river St
James Tuttle
Union Rd
Middletown
Giles Lainhart
South Ave
James Hammon
Clark St
Dany
J. T. Lamb
Dixon
James E. Robinson
Garfield St
Robinson
Hunter+ Clark VFW Post
William O’doll
Moore St
Charles Childs
Cincinnati
Trick
Orville
Pummill
Childs
O'Dell
Tts Auto
Ttpac
Clavon Wooldridge
Ninth Ave
Wooldridge
Little Miami Boat Order Modified by County Commissioners
Lebanon Warren County commissioners amended the anti boating order for the Little Miami River at Foster to allow canoes and rowboats and craft with motors up to six horsepower. Larger craft are banned. Attorney Paul Westerfield represented opponents of opening the river to large motors. Robert G Ray Lebanon counsel for a boating group was absent. Harvey Johnson Foster boat dealer expects a demonstration by local power craft owners tomorrow.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Little Miami
Foster
Paul Westerfield
Robert G. Ray
Harvey Johnson
Driver Cited In Accident At Blue Ball
Middletown driver Arch lie L. Thompson aged 51 of 3105 Manchester Road was cited for failure to obey a stop sign after his eastbound car on Route 122 collided with Alton Trufit 28 of 2207 Bryant Street driving north on U S 23. Trufit’s car was knocked 30 feet and taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment. Both cars were demolished.
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Middletown
U. S. 25
122
Blue Ball
Archlie L. Thompson
Manchester Rd
Rt. 122
U. S. 23
Alton Trufit
Bryant St
Trufit
Middletown Hospital
Police Briefs Report Thefts And DUI Arrests
L B Higdon reports a green strong box with papers stolen from 905 Ninth Ave. Police arrest Clarence Parks at 929 Eighth Ave for DUI. Officers arrest James E Engle at 804 Crawford St on charges of intoxication resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Higdon
Ninth Ave
Clarence Parks
Eighth Ave
James E. Engle
Crawford St
Paul W Willson longtime Boy Scouts official dies
Paul W. Willson aged 72 died Friday after a long illness in Boothbay Harbor Maine. He was former business manager for Boy Scouts of America magazine and director of the Boy Scouts for 38 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Paul W. Willson
Boys Life Magazinne
Boy Scouts of America
Fire Nip Stops Smoldering Basement Blaze
A Franklin residence at 714 E Second St faced a potential heavy loss when embers from an old fireplace dropped to the basement. Walter Houndshell woke to smoke at 1 46 am and called the fire department. firefighters found only smoldering embers with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Second St
Walter Houndshell
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Middletown Rt. 1
Percie Wright
Charles Wise
Glenn Ave
Baltimore Street
Jacoby Avenue
Trio
Pera
Dodds
Verity
Woodside Cemetery
Robert Kontnier
Mer
Wringer
Maytag
Paul Morrison
McIntires Funeral Home
Robert Tuck
Wilson Memorial Home
McIntire Funeral Home
Henry W. Kurs
Butler County
Whitneys
U.S
Vail Ave
Union Sanitary, Inc
Middletown Taxi CO
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