City Manager Interviews Set to Begin Next Week
Middletown moves toward selecting a city manager with 62 questionnaires mailed two weeks ago. Elliott D Levey chair of the Screening and Advisory Committee says 10 questionnaires have been returned and interviews will be scheduled promptly. The position was created by voters in the November 1949 election establishing a chief administrative officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott D. Levey
Levey
Fred J. Schatzmann
Clarence E. Ridley
We International City Manager's Association
Ridley
United States
Middletown
Fifteen Qualified To Take Police Exam Friday
About 18 men will take a Civil Service examination Friday for police patrolmen. P F Johnson secretary of the Civil Service Commission said 30 applications were received and 15 men accepted from new applications are qualified to take the examination. Several men from the old list may also take the test. The exam aims to obtain an eligible list for certification to the City Commission for four patrolman appointments.
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P. F. Johnson
The
Civil Service Commission
Johnson
City Commission
Paramount at the Movies Showings List
At the movies Paramount presents Yellow Cab Man with Red Skelton Gloria DeHaven at several showtimes Tuesday and Wednesday Tell It to the Judge with Rosalind Russell Robert Cumm ines and And Baby Makes Three with Robert Young Barbara Hale also shown Outpost in Morocco with George Raft Marie Windsor and Rider of Whistling Sage with Gene Autry Patricia White One Sunday Afternoon with Dennis Morgan Dorothy Malone and Sune Bride with Bette Davis Robert Montgomery across multiple daily slots
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Red Skelton
Gloria DeHaven
Rosalind Russell
Robert Cummines
Baby
Robert Young
Barbara Hale
Morocco
George Raft
Marie Windsor
Gene Autry
Patricia White
Dennis Morgan
Dorothy Malone
Bette Davis
Robert Montgomery
Registration At Middletown May 2 Primary Reaches 13912
Registration for the May 2 primary in Middletown totals 13 912 across eight Lemon Township precincts. First Ward 1364 Second 3162 Third 4424 Fourth 4962. Polls open 6 30 a m and close 6 30 p m with election staff arriving at 6 a m.
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Middletowns
Frank Dobrozsi
Brack Little
Middletown
Middletown Man Held At Hamilton
A Middletown man, identified as Boyd Amburgy, 27, of 418 Wilmore Dr., was picked up by Hamilton police on an FBI parole violation warrant and held. He reportedly failed to report to a federal probation officer, with the FBI seeking him for parole breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Middletown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boyd Amburgy
Wilmore Dr
FBI
Miami University Election Sparks “Riot” Noted as Student Pranks
Oxford police and Ohio officials say the pre election riot call was excessive. After extra officers deployed, several hundred students paraded through dorms, breaking windows and damaging a bus, while university spokesmen blamed typical pre ballot demonstrations and reported no serious damage.
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Oxford, C
Miami University
Oxford
Charles Shanks
Butler County
University
One Day For 119 Achievers Set For Tomorrow
Middletown Junior Achievement officers plan an afternoon program guiding 119 Achievers through 10 local plants. They meet at 1 p m at the Civic Association, with transportation provided to designated plant sites. Robert McDade, JA executive director, announced the event featuring 17 area companies including Armco Steel Aeronca Gardner Carton Sorg Crystal Clayton Lambert Inland Prior Shartle Wrenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Civic Association
Robert McDade
Junior Achievement
Arme¢o Steel Corporation
Aeronca’s Aircraft Corporation
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Sorg Paper Company
Crystal Tissue Company
Clayton and Lambert Manufacturing Company
Inland Container Corporation
Prior Products, Incorporated
Shartle Brothers Machine Company
The
Wrenn Paper Company
Ohio Generals to Visit Here
Ma. Gen. Leo M. Kreber and Brig. Gen. Kenneth Cooper will be honored guests at the Middletown National Guard Association annual meeting in the American Legion Auditorium. They will discuss Middletown armory construction and delays, with Col. George Schiele and officers of the 182nd Anti Aircraft Battalion also expected. Election of Board of Trustees members is a major agenda item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo M. Kreber
State of
Ohio
Kenneth Cooper
Middletown National Guard Association
American Segion
Richard Wilmer
Middletown
General Cooner
George Schiele
147Th Infantry
Middletown National Guard
Army worker Dortha Williams to receive top Salvation Army honor
Dortha Williams of 1822 Logan Ave will be honored as a General's Guard in the Salvation Army Girl Guard movement this Saturday at the Citadel. She is the first girl in the area to receive such an award after appearing before a Salvation Army Board of Review in Cincinnati. Patricia Shays and Janet Goforth also will receive tassels, the Sunbeam program's highest award, presented by Capt. Kay Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dortha Williams
Logan Ave
Salvation Army
Citadel
Kenneth Sharp
Dortha
Cincinnati
Patricia Shays
Curtis St
Janet Goforth
Franklin
Middletown Girl Scouts Leader Association Meeting
The Middletown Girl Scouts Leader Association will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday evening at the Jean M. Verity Lodge in Middlemoor Woods. Hamilton Girl Scout leaders will attend as guests. Mrs. Ray Bunnell serves as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Girl Scouts Leader Association
Jean M. Verity
Middlemoor Woods
Thte
Hamilton
Ray Bunnell
Indiana Youth Dies In Butler Car Crash
Connersville youth Robert Williams twenty died when a car overturned in a ditch on Old Oxford Road near Hanover School. Driver Carroll Patterson twenty escaped with minor injuries. Williams had been released from Hamilton jail shortly before. Williams worked at American Central Manufacturing Company and left parents Leo Williams and a sister Carol. The coroner noted the death was Butler County’s 13th this year.
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Hamilton
Connersville
Ind
Emanuel Schultheiss
Robert Williams
West Eighth St
Carroll Patterson
Eastern Ave
Schultheiss
Patterson
Oxford Rd
Route 130
Hanover School
Williams
Ft. Hamilton Hospital
Garrett
Third
Ludlow Sts
American Central Manufacturing Company
Leo Williams
Carol
Boone
Butler County
City will sell house and barn for reservoir site
The City Commission will consider selling a house and a barn on the Robinson farm to finance a new water works reservoir. The sale, approved last week, precedes construction. The meeting includes plans for an I Am An American Day parade May 21 and an American Week proclamation. Revised Harlan Park improvements and street sewer plans are discussed, with easements contested. Building code revisions are set for a second reading, and a Board of Building Standards and Appeals may face a third reading.
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Robinson
Fred J. Schatzmann
Edward W. Portsmouth
Charles St
Central Ave
Central
Main St
Yankee Rd
Harlan Park
Board of Building Standards and Appeals
Excavation Begins For Highview Road Elementary School
Excavation for the Highview Road School started this week with Knowlton Construction of Bellefontaine, Ohio, handling general work. The project is part of a 2.5 million dollar school improvement program approved by voters last November, and the one story building will house 12 classrooms an auditorium library and offices. Officials report satisfactory progress on relighting the city’s elementary schools with most equipment in place.
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Highview Rd
Knowlton Construction Company
Bellefontaine, O
Sixteen Scout Troops To Go To Camp Hook
Sixteen Boy Scout troops from the Mound Builders Area Council will join the 1950 summer camping program at Camp Hook. The Council Committee met last night to discuss promotion and preparation. Camp runs July 16 to August 12 in four six day periods.
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Mound Builder’s Area Council
Camp Hook
Boy Scout Room
The
Civic Association
Senior Scout Leader Committee Directs Evening Program
The Senior Scout leader committee will direct the senior leaders in conducting the program for the evening.
Butler County Court Divorces Filed in Middletown and Dayton
Mae Center of 1819 Carroll Ave Middletown sues Nick Cen ter of Dayton Route 3 for divorce alleging neglect. The suit is filed in Butler County Courts and lists residential and party details from the filing.
Appointments and probate filings in Middletown area
FE W Barker named executor for the estate of Dr. William Thomas Shipe who died March 13. Estate valued at 10,000 personal and 15,000 realty. Sue Pitts Baxter estate in Madison township appraised at 5,073.73 with Burke N Baxter as administrator. R Homer Long will directs widow Marie P Long to executrix. will dated May 1939 with Ella C Henry and C E Burke as witnesses. tester died April 1. Marvin Asher named executor for the Belle Asher estate of St Clair township who died April 13.
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FE. W. Barker
William Thomas Shipe
Middletown
Sue Pitts Baxter
Madison Township
Burke N. Baxter
R. Homer Long
Marie P. Long
Ella C. Henry
C. E. Burke
Marvin Asher
Belle Asher
St. Clair Township
Old Canal Locks To Be Restored As Ohio Landmark
Engineers and a development group met in Lockington to plan restoring the Erie Canal locks near Piqua as a public landmark. OSPE and multiple agencies back the project with the Anthony Wayne Parkway Board coordinating. S. O. Linzell notes Lockington’s 1883 water power features, with six locks nearby and a 67 foot fall, plus remaining structures like the lock-house fire station and mill race.
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Lockington
Piqua
Arch Robison
Middletown Gas and Electric Service
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Robison
Anthony Wayne Parkway Board
OSPE
Ohio Department of Highways, Public Works, Development and Publicity Commission
State Historical Society
Shelby County Engineer
Shelby County Historical Society
S. O. Linzell
State Department of Public Works
Piqua Hydraulic
Manslaughter Trial Opens in Butler County
Cincinnati man James E. Trent faces a second degree manslaughter indictment in Butler County Common Pleas Court for a crash on the Hamilton Middletown Pike January 28 that killed Anita Harris, 24, of Cheviot Route 1. The trial closes the recall session of the grand jury. the next session begins May 1 under Judge Fred B. Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Fred B. Cramer
Tax Collections Pass 33 Percent Monday
Butler County real estate tax collections reached one third of the goal with 673 695.01 dollars collected toward 1 833 086 02 dollars. County treasurer John W Wendel notes early payments and expects book closing about mid May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
John W. Wendel
Wendel
Clarence Bailey files bankruptcy petition in Cincinnati court
Clarence Bailey of 511 Gate Field St Middletown filed a bankruptcy petition in District Court at Cincinnati reporting 2078 dollars in liabilities and no assets. Bailey stated he worked as a bulldozer operator. Mt Etna has erupted about 30 times in recorded history.
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Clarence Bailey
Gatefield St
Middletown
Cincinnati
Bailey
Mt. Etna
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