Madison Wayne Township water project gains support at hearing
A public hearing before Butler County Commissioners drew strong support for the Madison Wayne Township water system estimated at 890000. More than 150 residents attended with a show of over 100 in favor and 21 opposed, praising fire protection, drought reliability, and property value boosts while some questioned funding methods and source options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison-Wayne Township
Butler County
Madison High School
Commission
A.R. Maslar
Ora Burdge
Trenton
Middletown
Burge
Stitsinger
Mario A. Prospert Jr
Dickey Road
Beverly Lane
Prosperi
John Howard
Trenton-Frank
Civic Building gets final volunteer beautification
Volunteers completed final grounds touches for the Civic Association Youth Activities Building at Broad and Manchester. Moving day by two departments and three agencies is planned next week for the $307,000 facility whose ground was broke on Aug 19, 1989. Plantings include dogwood trees funded in memory of Daisy Neighbour by Loren Neighbour, with a plaque naming the couple. Neighbour and other donors, plus taxus yews, European hornbeams, crimson pygmy barberry, and pachysandra, honor presidents of the Civic Association since 1941. Volunteer labor will assist Saturday with Bobman supervising plantings along with city and park officials and Jaycees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Association
Broad and
Manchester
Bowman Garden
Loren Davis Neighbour
Daisy Florence Neighbour
Neighbour
Cvic Association
J. L. Glass
D. G. Driscoll
E E. Grant
Ben Bender H. L. Woods
R. L. Siegel
RA. Wilmer
John A Lawler
Howard W. Barker
Tom C. Venable
Jack Baltze
Deaf Mute Woman Attacked Abducted in Ohio
Opal Rice, a 25 year old deaf mute Hamilton resident, was beaten and abducted by two white men who drove her into Dearborn County Indiana where she was found. Harrison police said she was bound and gagged with a belt around her neck and hospitalized in Indiana after crossing the state line with FBI notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio
Indiana
Harrison
Ind
Ohio-Indiana
Here
Dearborn
FBI
Opal Rice
Police Briefs Report Wallet Found Missing Cash
Velda McQuinn reported a wallet missing from 18 North Main Street. Police later found the wallet in a nearby parking lot at 4 10 PM with $30 missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velda McQuinn
N. Main Stramn
Shed finds hint of possible stolen loot in Reed shed
Leonard Reed reported at 6 p.m. yesterday that he found a transistor radio glasses flashlights a billfold first aid kit pliers and a coin box in a shed behind his home. Police said the items may be hidden loot and turned them over for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Reed
Clayton St
Reed
Break‑in at Eugene Yenser home reports loss of cash and furniture
Police were alerted at 6 35 PM Friday after a basement window break in at Eugene Yenser 806 Malvern St. Missing items include 35 dollars and most furniture overturned. Earlier reports say a lawn statue valued at 12 dollars was taken from Benny Downs 602 Elsmere lawn sometime last night with Downs notifying police at 6 26 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Yenser
Malvern St
Yenser
Benny Downs
Elsmere
Downs
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Eunice Brown
Mrs Eunice Lewis Brown of 4810 Boston Post Road Pelham Manor New York died yesterday in Orlando Florida. Survived by husband Ernest son Edward two grandchildren. Memorial service at 2 pm Monday at Christ Church Pelham Manor NY. Mrs McKinney widow of James died 1943 survived by three daughters Hazel Hannah Louise Duvall Mildred Crawford all Middletown son Stanley Chautauqua sister Myra Van Nuys Monroe five grandchildren six great grandchildren. Services at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Clifford Stearns officiating burial Woodside Cemetery no visitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Lewis Brown
Boston Post Road
Pelham Manor
N. Y
Middletown
Orlando
Fila
Ernest
Edward
Obituary for Ottis S Johnson Middletown resident
Ottis Spencer Johnson, 64, of 117 Bellomonte St, died 6 55 p m at Middletown Hospital after long illness dating to 1958 heart attack He was a self employed interior decorator Survived by wife Mattie daughters Mary Williams Shirley Barnard Middletown sons Joe Rodney Fred Marine Sgt William Johnson two sisters Clester Pieratt and Charles McCullough half sister Mrs John Spears 18 grandchildren Services 3 p m Monday Grand Avenue Church of God Rev Clifford Hutchinson officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery Calling hours McCoy Leffler Funeral Home tomorrow 2 5 7 9 p m and church Monday after 2 p m
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Ottis Spencer Johnson
Bellomonte St
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Mattie
Mary Williams
Shirley Barnard
Joe Rodney
Fred
William Johnson
Clester Pieratt
Charles McCullough
Berkley
Calif
John Spears
North Middletown
Mrs Cora McKinney Dies At Sunny Breeze Rest Home
Mrs. Cora McKinney aged 6 died at 11 20 am yesterday at Sunny Breeze Rest Home in Hamilton. She previously lived at 125 Garfield Street before moving to the rest home about 30 months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora McKinney
Sunny Breeze Rest Home
Hamilton
Garfield St
Mrs Bessie Shuey Dies at 80 in Germantown
Mrs Bessie L Shuey 80 of 264 S Main St Germantown died yesterday at Kettering Memorial Hospital after two weeks illness Surviving Bruce Germantown a grandchild and a great grandchild Services set for 2 pm Monday at John Arpp Funeral Home with burial in Fairmont Cemetery Camden Calling hours at the funeral home tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Bessie L. Shuey
S. Main St
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Bruce
John Arpp
Fairmont
Camden
Memorial notices for Nellie Schurfranz Annie McKinney and Mary Harrison
Private services are listed for Nellie Mae Schurfranz age 6 of 3 Vance Court. Annie Mae McKinney age 39 of 628 S 1th St has services at 1 pm Monday. Mary K Harrison age 31 of 1745 Grand Blvd Requiem High Mass at 9 30 am Monday at St Veronica's Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Mae Schurfranz
Vance Court
Zettler
Annie Mae McKinney
S. Lth
Jordan
Mary K. Harrison
Grand Bivd
St. Veronica’s Church
Chamber Board Backs Bond Issue for Roads
The Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce board unanimously endorses the state's $500 million highway bond measure on the May primary ballot. It cites economic benefits, safety, reduced congestion, and funding gaps as reasons and urges members to support the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Area
Cleveland Couple Die In Car Wreck
A car carrying veteran Cleveland firefighter Daniel J. Kennedy and his wife Elizabeth Kennedy left the road in Sandusky Ohio missing a curve and dropping 30 feet down an embankment. The couple, aged 66 and 70, died in the Friday night crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sandusky, Ohio
Daniel J. Kennedy
Elizabeth
Residents push for water system amid rollout financing plan
Homeowners urged immediate construction as Nelson Watson outlined a $890,000 water project for Middletown and Jacksonburg. About 601 contracts signed, with 447 in Madison and Wayne townships. bids due May 5 and construction to start July 1, 1965. charges set at 16.50 or 20 dollars quarterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Tabor
Jacksonburz
Nelson Watson
Middletown
Saig Watson
West Alexandria Road
Watson
Madison Township
Wayne Township
Multiple traffic accidents cause 1225 dollars in damage
Six autos sustained damage in four separate mid afternoon and early morning accidents in Middletown totaling 1225 dollars. Erick Gregory 15 was cited for no license after losing control near Michigan and Young. Louie Cox was cited for permitting an unlicensed operator. Marvin Burgemeir failed to keep distance and collided with Opal Dunham. Other crashes involved Wilbur Haworth and Christine Risner and Gretcher Smith who fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Erick Gregory
17Th Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Young Street
Louie Cox
Young St
Yearold Marving Burgemeir
Lebanon
Opal Dunham
Dorvro
Christine Risner
Crawford St
Gretcher Smith
Curtis Street
Girard Avenue
Grass Fires Kept Middletown Firefighters Busy
Middletown firemen battled three grass fires yesterday. They were summoned to a vacant lot behind 1312 First Avenue to extinguish a blaze caused by a cigarette. A second fire broke out near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks by Armco Steel at the city line, and a third fire occurred in a vacant lot in the 4309 block of Roosevelt Road, attributed to burning rubbish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
Cmarette
Baltimore and Olin
Corporation Line
Armco Steel
Roosevelt Road
Sax
Youth Bound Over In Print Thefts
Ronald Lester Kinner, 19, of Loveland, bound over to the Butler County grand jury on $2,500 bond after alleged thefts of Currier Ives prints valued near $11,000 from an Monroe art dealer. Two juveniles were arrested in connection with the burglary where 45 prints and 14 glass paperweights were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Lester Kinner
Loveland
Currier & Ives
Monroe
Butler County Grand Jury
Kinner
Butler County
Herbert H. Harlan
Herlan
Insurance Reminder Prompting Early Policy Review
A service urges readers to arrange coverage before an accident occurs, emphasizing proactive policy writing ahead of incident timing. The message frames early planning as a safeguard against delayed claims and underinsurance.
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Madison- Wayne Project
Liam R. Stitsinger
Martin Littmann
Madison Township Improvement Association
Robert C. Bush
Middletown-Eaton Road
James H. van Atta
Hill St
Littmann
F. L. Gilman
Moshaan Road
Civic
John Paschel
Ben
Jack Baltzell
Ralph Connor
Journal
Weith
Mrs
Eunice Brown
Christ Church
N.Y
Ottis Johnson
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Bonde
Borden's
Chamber Board
Charles Street
Middletown, Ohio
Glenn W. Gibbs
Wilbur Haworth
Brentwood St
Lefferson Road
Frankfort
Northern Kentucky
Attorney Generals Office
James Reed
Milton Court
J.T. Lamb
Barnitz Street
Robert Morris
Ninth Ave
Leemage
Morris
Cannédon
Lester Sweeny, H
Seine Highway
Callahan Construction Co
Robert Callahan Construction Co
Crawford
John Dobrozsi Jr
Ins., Inc
First Ave
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