Easter Egg Hunt crowns Armco Park champions
Spring fun drew over 15000 people to Armco Park for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Rita Kay Franklin, seven, won the main title after seizing the Golden Egg within minutes, while four-year-old David Chris Ferlise claimed junior champion in a roped preschool area.
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Armco Park
Manchester Rd
New City
Rita Kay Franklin
Rita Kay
Robert Franklin
Goldman Ave
David Chris Ferlise
David Chris
Middletown Egg Hunt draws crowds at Armco Park
A 15000 crowd attended the Armco Park egg hunt hosted by the Middletown Retail Merchants Association. A large golden egg worth 5 dollars and a smaller one worth 2.50 led prizes among 2400 hidden eggs. Authorities and volunteers guided traffic and safety while families enjoyed rides and refreshments. many prize eggs unclaimed will be paid at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Louis Ferlise
Ellen
Middletown Retail Merchants Association
Merchants Committee
Armco Park
Middletown
Chamber of Commerce
Manchester
Rash of Dog Bites Prompts Warnings Across Towns
Health Commissioner Dr L C Neer and Police Chief Joseph Blackmore warned parents to keep children from petting strange dogs after six bite incidents over the weekend. Hamilton reported 11 rabies positive cases since March 28 with 21 bite victims. a 90 day dog quarantine was ordered there. Middletown, Franklin and Springboro also reported cases including a recent Middletown incident. Treated at Middletown Hospital were Michael Lawson four year old son of Patrolman Clarence Lawson and Joanne Lawwill two, daughter of William Lawwill.
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L. C. Neer
Joseph Blackmore
Middletown
Hamilton
Franklin
Springboro
Middletown Hospital
Michael Lawson
Clarence Lawson
Wayne Ave
Joanne Lawwill
William Lawwill
More Than 25 Arrests Mark Busy Weekend for Patrol
A weekend high for the State Highway Patrol included over 25 arrests for major and minor traffic violations, plus investigations of a dozen minor accidents and three major ones. Injuries from a Route 25 Monroe crash led to four Cincinnatians treated and fined. Multiple reckless driving and stop sign violations occurred across Middletown, Franklin, Trenton, and Dayton with various fines and court appearances. The patrol logged numerous incidents on Routes 4, 73, 122, and 48, involving Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown, and surrounding towns.
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State
Anna Sanders
Albert Gaeb
Emma Gaeb
Otto Faust
Sanders
Thomas Linn
Monroe
Roosevelt Williams
Dayton
Highway Patrol
Squire Lammie Bailey
Williams
Thomas Rd
Thomas Day
North Ave
David Osborne
Harry Stretcher
Trenton
Osborne
Luther Schaeff
John Leonard
West Middletown
Carl Carver
Middletown
Archie Phillips
Willie Goodpastor
Hamilton
Squire Otto Grafner
Millville
Harry Miller
Cincinnati
Squire Grafner
Jack Auville
Winona Dr
Michael Moren
Squire Granner
William Hill
Squire Lewis Bolser
Miami
Thomas Shaaf
Versailles
Ind
Clifford Reutershaw
Oxford
Mohawk St
Raymond McKinley
Squire Bailey
James Browning
West Chester
Squire Hobart Mercer
Maud
James Brown
Squire Bolser
Ernest Murphy
Morrow
Mang
Francis Sanders
Linn
Roy MacIntosh
Wiley Perkins
First Ave Closure Delayed To Tuesday
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore said the closing of First Ave will be delayed one day and the street will not be blocked until tomorrow morning. Construction work will necessitate the blocking at Canal and Curtis Streets.
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First Ave
Joseph Blackmore
Canal and
Curtis Sts
Commission Meeting Time Moved to 4 P.M.
The City Commission advances the meeting to 4 p.m. Wednesday so members may attend the Jackson Day dinner at the Manchester Hotel where Vice President Alben Barkley and Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche speak. Chairman Francis Carmody says the change respects these offices and lets attendees hear the speakers.
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City Commission
Manchester
Alben Barkley
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Francis Carmody
Commission
All-County Grange Banquet At Germantown
More than 200 Grange members of Montgomery County gathered at Germantown School for the all county banquet. Dr Clyde N Rogers led the after dinner program with Marion Wallace as toastmaster. Local and state officials and guests were introduced by Albert Wetzel.
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Montgomery County
Germantown School For
Norbert Kaffenberger
Charter Oak Grange
Germantown
Clyde N. Rogers
Ohio Council of Churches
Marion Wallace
Albert Wetzel
Dellas Worley
Lebanon
Worley
Orville Shell
Shell
Ceres
Everett Carbaugh
Carbaugh
Near Dayton
Dan Hartman
Hartman
Trey
Warren County
W. Ralph Melampy
Pomona
Paul Holweger
Holweger
Brookville
County Home Economics Committee
Wallace
John W. Bench
EUB Church
Charter Oak Grange Home Economics Committee
Hamilton Councilman Edward Beckett in Critical after Attack
Hamilton councilman Edward Kett, 55, of 132 North C Street, suffered a heart attack Sunday afternoon. He was revived by the Fire Department and taken to Mercy Hospital where his condition was listed as poor. Beckett, a machinist at Baldwin-Lima Hamilton, served as mayor in 1948-49.
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Hamilton
Edward Kett
North “C” St
Mercy Hospital
Baldwin-Lima, Hamilton Corporation
Beckett
Spine vertebrae count and fusion facts
The normal human spine contains about 33 or 34 vertebrae. Nine or ten vertebrae are fused, forming the sacrum and coccyx, two pelvic bones.
Pedestrian Struck At Crosswalk Injures Local Pedestrian
A Muskegon man, Irvin Kelly, 47, suffered abrasions to both legs after being struck by Blanche Weishaar's car at 33 North Broad Street crosswalk at 11 25 p.m. He refused medical aid. Police charged Simpson Clemons, 23, with careless driving after his vehicle hit the rear of Victor Sweeney's car at Verity Pkwy and Titus Ave noon yesterday. Moon cited for failing to yield after a separate Arpo Alley Vail Ave crash. Damage estimated at 400 dollars for Sweeney and Clemons incidents, and 100 dollars for Cairns car in the Moon crash.
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James Lakes
Waynesville
J. T. Riley
Franklin
Lakes
William F. Hurtt
Hurtt
Maxine
Irvin Kelly
Fifth St
Muskegon
Mich
Blanche Weishaar
Clark St
North Broad
Kelly
Simpson Clemons
Second Ave
Clemons
Victor B. Sweenney
Minor Ave
Hamilton
Verity Pkwy
Tytus Ave
Larry Leroy Moon
Baltimore St
Arpo Alley
Vail Ave
Moon
Vail
Maude Cairns
Harrison St
Cairns
Lebanon Phone Board Damaged By $10,000 Fire
A short circuit at the Ohio Central Telephone Company caused a $10,000 fire at midnight Saturday damaging two long distance switchboards and reducing facilities. Manager L. W. Schrockengast said crews would work 24 hours a day and repairs could take four weeks. Night operator Mrs. Belle Putman called firefighters, limiting the blaze to two boards. Customers were asked to be patient as calls may require more time due to reduced services.
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Lebanon
Ohio Central Telephone Company
L. W. Schrockengast
Telephone Company
Belle Putman
Schreckengast
Rossman To Stay On for Three-Year Nazarene Pastorate
The Rev. L. P. Rossman will continue as pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene for three more years, following a Nazarene Church Board vote. It marks the first use of a three-year term, replacing the prior one-year recall standard.
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Rossman
L. P. Rossman
First Church of the Nazarene
Nazarene Church Board
Ohio Health Official Plans April Food Establishment Check
John Otterbein of the Ohio Department of Health said a district sanitarian Jonnee will inspect eating establishments in the city on April 28 29 and 30. A report will follow after the checks are completed.
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Ohio Department of Health
John Otterbein
Otterbein
Jonnee
Flood Submerges Fields As Evacuees Return Progress
Heavy rains flood the Missouri River basin around Omaha and Council Bluffs, driving about 39,000 people from their homes in two cities with officials expecting many to return by midweek. Further downstream over 10,000 have evacuated, according to engineers estimates.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Missouri
Blitz Paint-Up Drive Sparks City Clean-Up Plan
Junior Chamber of Commerce kicks off annual Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix-Up with a Saturday paint blitz at a 607 Highview Rd house. Twenty AFL Painters Local 608 and Deco rators members join Jaycee volunteers to sand and scrape before painting in under an hour. Public trash pickup runs April 28 to May 10 with Armco Steel trucks aiding city pickups.
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Chamber of Commerce
Highview Rd
Jaycee
AFL
Robert Nerenberg
Paul Deger
Middletown
Luhn Paint Company
Local Appeal Case Before Liquor Board
One Middletown case is on the appeal docket scheduled for hearing before the Ohio State Board of Liquor Control. Mary Boyd doing business as the Kingpin Cafe at 27 South Clinton St is asking renewal of D-1 and D-2 permits. Hearings start at 9 a.m. in the board hearing room at 33 North Third St Columbus.
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Middletown
Ohio State Board of Liquor Control
Columbus
Mary Boyd
Kingpin Cafe
South Clinton St
Board Hearing
North Third St
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount presents Jack and Beanstalk with showings at 1 45 3 45 5 45 7 45 and 9 45 p m Strand shows Rodeo at 1 15 3 45 6 20 and 8 50 p m Jet Job at 2 35 5 05 7 05 and 7 20 p m Colonial screens African Queen at 1 35 3 30 5 30 7 30 and 9 20 p m Dixie Cruise-In features My Friend Irma at 8 02 and 11 13 p m South Side at 9 43 p m
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Paramount
DIXIE
Irma
South Side
Friday Deadline for Posters in Clean-Up Drive
The Junior Chamber of Commerce and Safety Council sponsor the Clean-Up Paint-Up Week April 28 May 9 with Jaycees. Posters by students in grades 7 to 12 must be at the Safety Council offices by 5 p.m. Friday to be eligible for prizes. Winners earn 5 3 2 1 dollars and are forwarded to Washington for national judging.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Middletown Safety Council
Civic Association
Paul Wilson
Jaycees
Wilson
The
Safety Council
Washington, D. C
Eaton Man, 63, Killed As Car, Truck Collide
A 63 year old Eaton man Oscar Cabaniss died when his car collided with a northbound semi on Route 127 in Eaton. John C Eckhardt 29 of Cincinnati swerved to avoid the vehicle but the truck overturned and the cab and trailer broke apart. Police said Cabaniss entered the highway from St. Clair Street. Eckhardt was not held. Cabaniss survived by his widow Emma a daughter Esther Fisher of New Lebanon and four brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements pending.
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EATON
Route 127
Oscar Cabaniss
Eaton Route 3
Cabaniss
St. Clair St
John C. Eckhardt
Spring Grove Ave
Cincinnati
Eckhardt
Emma
Esther Fisher
New
New Attempt To Pick Up Youth Listed
An 11 year old boy was chased from a bus stop to his home by a man in a blue car. Police said several similar attempts have occurred in the past weeks. Police Chief Joseph Black urged parents to warn children against accepting rides or money from strangers and to monitor their whereabouts.
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Joseph Blackmore
Tuesday Outlook Not So Hot With Showers Expected
The winter heat wave pushed to 77 degrees Sunday, with today forecast near 83 before clouds and showers move in by tonight. Expect a low around 50. Sunday’s low was 52 and today’s low 53 as Tuesday turns cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Twins of the same sex are noted as more common than opposite sex.
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Mercury
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