Clean-Up Paint-Up Weeks expand in Middletown drive
Ed Cohn announces the 1964 Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix-Up Weeks running through May 2 with city-wide trash pickups starting tomorrow. Goodwill and the Salvation Army will canvass April 20 to 30, collecting clothing, repairable appliances, and furniture by scheduled quadrant days. Telephoto photos will be taken for a Journal feature, and four winners will receive $10 gift certificates. Students will create posters and essays, with judging April 29 and 30 and two elementary schools planning paper drives.
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Ed Cohn
Middletown Area
Goodwill Industries
Salvation Army
Particu
Goodwill
S. Clinton St
Lincoln School
Edison
Public service director urges new refuse packing rules
C A Boeke director of public service requests packaging refuse in boxes or bundles not over six feet long. Residents should not use garbage cans for this purpose as crews—
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C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Lightning Strike Injures Local Fisherman at Lake Fort
Lawrence Rogers, 27, of 411 Jacksonburg Road, was struck while fishing at Lake Fort on Jacksonburg Road when a bolt hit his pole. Butler County sheriff's deputies transported him to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton. he was unconscious briefly and released after treatment.
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Lawrence Rogers
Jacksonburg Road
Lake Comfort
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Rogers
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Armco Founder's Day marked on 21st anniversary observances
Armco marks the 21st Founder's Day with work projects and observances at Middletown Works the Fabricating Plant and General Office. Ceremonies include a veterans luncheon for retired employees in the Middletown area and similar events nationwide and worldwide.
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Armco
George M. Verity
Middletown Works
Verity
General Office
Middletown
Middletown Works crews aid community projects at local camps
The blast furnace and coke plant departments fabricated cooking grills for Girl Scout Camp Stoneybrook at Waynesville and will build a new walkway. The masonry department will erect a small storage building at Butler County Children's Home. Workers donate funds and organize cleanup for a disabled colleague.
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Middletown Works
Stoneybrook
Waynesville
Middletown Works Masonry Department
Butler County
Calender In Works Power
Keene
Muhidteesham Sonnsaldletown
Fabricating employees join multiple projects at camps
The Hel Cor section at Camp Middlemoor engages in projects with other department groups. A painting effort is underway at the Fresh Air Camp while the maintenance group donates a television to the Butler County Children's Home. Armco Research Center plans visits to Camp Hook for improvements and repairs. Armeo Division schedules a project at the Butler County Children’s Home and Market Development focuses work at the Warren County Children’s Home near Lebanon.
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Hel Cor
Camp Middlemoor
Fresh Air Camp
Butler County Children’s Home
Armco Research Center
Camp Hook
Armeo Division
Market Development
Warren County Children’s Home
Lebanon
Red Bud Seedlings Likely for Arbor Day Gift This Friday
Northern red bud seedlings with rose pink blooms will be given to public and parochial sixth graders on Arbor Day April 24. The Federation of Women's Clubs sponsors the event, led by Mrs. Frank Hidy and Mrs. Thomas Beil. Since 16 years, about 1,700 seedlings have been distributed annually, with Doty House children also receiving plants delivered to schools by district trucks.
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Robert W. Bender
Central Store
Federation of Women's Clubs
Frank Hidy
Federation
Thomas Beil
Thei
Ben Bender
Central State
Doty House
The Centillion: A One With Six Hundred Zeros
The text explains the centillion as the largest named number defined as 10 to the 600th power. It describes it as one followed by 600 zeros, illustrating the extremity of large numeric values.
Trash load guessing contest ends April 30
Final campaign activity invites entries to guess two week total of city trash pickups. Past totals were 460 in 1963, 352 in 1962, and 236 in 1961. Mail one guess per postcard to Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce by April 30 midnight. Closest estimate wins one truckload of trash or a $25 gift certificate if tied.
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Doha
Middletown Area
Smiley Colin
Bicycle Crash Injures Eight Year Old On Baltimore Street
An eight year old rider sustained a skull fracture when his bicycle struck a curb in the 1800 block of Baltimore Street. Lawrence Marshall of 1205 Young Street was thrown to the pavement after losing control. He was transported to Middletown Hospital by Tri County Ambulance after the 5 3 p.m. incident.
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Baltimore St. Lawrence Marshall
Young St
Middletown Hospital
Tri-County
Several injuries in multiple city auto incidents
Four other persons sustained injuries yesterday in several accidents. Wanda Haworth faced operating left of center charges after her car collided with Gertrude Harper’s vehicle on Verity Parkway. Harper, Haworth, and Brenda Griffey suffered minor injuries, with total damage near $800.
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S. Verity Parkway
Wanda Haworth
Gladys Ave
Carlisle
Gertrude Harper
Louis Place
Harper
Haworth
Brenda Griffey
Hood Ave
Tilton to Speak on Taxes at Rotary Meeting
A. Ray Tilton Butler County auditor will address the Middle town Rotary Club at the Manchester Motor Inn Tuesday noon about the city tax rate, with Richard A. Wilmer noting the talk is timely. Tilton, a Xavier University cost accounting professor, has a background as Hamilton High football coach and Lebanon High School graduate.
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A. Ray Tilton
Butler County
Middletown
Manchester Motor Inn
Richard A. Wilmer
Tilton
Xavier University
Hamilton High School
Lebanon High School
Bliss Normal College
Columbus
Xavier
Obituary of Thomas L. Conley long-time resident and farmer
Thomas L. Conley 8 died 6 45 p m Saturday in a Lebanon rest home after two months as patient. Native of Malone Kentucky he lived here 233 years. Survived by wife Liza Jane seven sons John W James Ted in Phoenix Arizona William Middletown Raymond Ft Devens Mass Glenn Frenchburg Ky Clifton Dayton three daughters and one great great grandchild. Arrangements incomplete at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
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Thomas L. Conley
Manchester Road
Lebanon
Malone
Mr. Conley
Liza Jane
John W
James
Ted
Phoenix
Ariz
Wiliam
Middletown
Raymond
Ft. Devens
Mass
Glenn
Frenchburg
Clifton
Dayton
Daugh
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Elderly Hamilton Couple Die In Rainy Crash
An elderly couple, John Wharton aged 59 and Nettie Wharton 55, were killed in a rainstorm crash near Haldimand Avenue and Main Street. They were pronounced dead on arrival at Fort Hamilton Hospital. Autopsy planned. John was a Fisher Body employee. The Klaus-Weigel Funeral Home handles arrangements. they are survived by a son.
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Hamilton
Wharton
Haldimand Avenue
Main Street
Fisher Body
Kohler Returns to Moscow From Washington Talks
U S Ambassador Fay D. Kohler arrived in Moscow after consultations in Washington. The note about a whale living in water appears as an unrelated insertion, not part of the diplomatic report.
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Moscow
Fay D. Kohler
Washington
Dotson Services Held for Shirley M Dotson
Shirley M Dotson Tl a former Middletown resident who died in Dayton Thursday will be buried at Tobias Funeral Home Dayton. He worked for Armco Steel Corp before retiring and is survived by three daughters Mrs Walter Romans Middletown Mrs William Garmon Dayton and Mrs James Sewers Dayton and one son Joseph L Dotson Dayton.
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Shirley M. Dotson
Middletown
Dayton
Tobias
Dotson
Armco Steel Corp
Walter Romans
William Garnon
James Sewers
Joseph L. Dotson
Fire Squad Aids Two People Here
The Fire Department Emergency squad aided two persons on separate runs yesterday afternoon. Dorothy Blanton age 18 of 1514 Woodlawn Ave was treated for shock after a fall at 2117 Smith St at 1 42 p m. Jacob Chamberlain age 62 of 1919 Woodlawn Ave was given oxygen for stomach pains and shortness of breath at 1 13 p m. Both were taken to the hospital and admitted.
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Fire Department
Dorothy Blanton
Woodlawn Ave
Smith St
Jacob Chamberlain
Tri-County Ambulance
Portland Cement Named After Stone of Portland Isle England
Portland cement earned its name from its resemblance to a building stone found on Portland Isle, England, when it sets hard.
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Portland Isle
England
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