Armco Park Opens 36th Season For Middletonians
Armco Park will start its 36th season at 8 a.m. Saturday with 260 acres ready for an expected 150000 visitors this season. New picnic tables and 12 steel grills will boost capacity to 55 tables and more grills. Park hours are 8 a.m. to dark daily, first come, first served, with no reservations. Closed July 6 for the Armco Colored Assn. outing and July 27 for the Armco Veterans' Assn. picnic.
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Armco
F. D. Dartford
Danford
Armco Colored Assn
Armco Veterans’ Assn
Trade Labor Group Backs Pay Raise for City Workers
The Middletown Trades & Labor Council urged the City Commission to raise preset wages now to the Public Administration Service 1951 survey scale. Salaries are about 8 percent below PA recommendations. A committee will ensure fair salary practices and that raises go into the annual budget for January 1 each year.
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Middletown
Bob Mediey
Middletown Park Tightens Admission to Out of Town Visitors
Armco Park, opened in July 1921 and run by Armco Steel Corp, grew from rolling hills to a popular community site with picnic tables, shelters, and fireplaces. This year admission will be denied to visiting parties unless at least one member hails from the Middletown area, covering Monroe, Trenton, Franklin, Germantown, Gratis, Carlisle and nearby communities.
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Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Middletown
Monroe
Trenton
Franklin
Germantown
Gratis
Carlisle
Park Rules for Public Access and Safety
No admission fee for the park. Automobiles must stay on roads and not exceed 15 mph. Alcohol is prohibited. The park closes at sunset daily. Guards, stop signs, and crosswalks aid safety. visitors should watch for children and yield to them.
Young GOP To Skip Primary Endorsements
Middletown's Young Republican club adopts a hands off policy on endorsing or opposing candidates before primaries at Middletown High School. Club president Roger Turrell says the rule prevents splits in interests while preserving goals to recruit youths, train workers, and promote loyal Republican candidates.
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Middletown
Young Republican Club
Middletown High School
Roger Turrell
Republican Party
Franklin Court Session Is Brief
Franklin Municipal Court, held yesterday, disposed of four traffic violation cases. Judge J. T. Riley ordered bond forfeitures for Lowell Stacy, 48, 115 S River St, reckless operation. Volney Sarbird, 36, Cincinnati, speeding. Jerome Oliver, 22, Versailles, speeding. and Charles Baker, 19, 115 N River St, speeding.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
Lowell Stacy
S. River St
Volney Sarbird
Cincinnati
Jerome Oliver
Versailles
Charles Baker
N. River St
Bystander Recovers Stolen Money from Teens at Bee Hive
A 19 year old Middletown man chased two juveniles from the Bee Hive Restaurant on Central Ave after witnessing the theft. He retrieved $25.59 and alerted police. The 13 and 14 year olds were later found and jailed for juvenile authorities.
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Middletown
Bee Hive
Central Ave
Gilbert Morningstar
Reynolds Ave
Strand Theater
Morningstar
Reynolds Avenue
Curtis Street
Marvin Amburgey
Break-in at Moonglow Cafe Steals Cash and Goods
Thieves entered the Moonglow Cafe at 1600 Garfield St by breaking a glass pane. They took about 38 dollars in coins and 10 to 12 cartons of cigarettes, a case of wine, and 800 pennies. Patrolman Lloyd Brewer investigated at 7 a.m.
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Moonglow Cafe
Garfield St
Lloyd Brewer
Break-in at Howe Motor Co leaves offices ransacked
Police report thieves found nothing of value after a break-in at Howe Motor Co located at 1701 Central Ave. Officers said entries were not clearly known. strong boxes pried open and wall pictures removed. Capt. Fitzgerald and Pt. Amburgey investigated at 6:30.
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Howe Motor Co
Central Ave
Capt
Fitzgerald
Amburgey
Golden Age Club Forms Central Unit Board Officers Named
The Golden Age Club held its first official board meeting appointing Harry Gordon as head of trustees and naming Elmer Kelso as vice president Mrs Mabel Hall as secretary and Albert Roof as treasurer The board adopted a monthly meeting schedule and created a central unit to supervise future city groups under an executive director Gordon serves temporarily as executive director.
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The
Golden Age Club, Inc
Harry Gordon
Elmer Kelso
Mabel Hall
Albert Roof
Golden Age Club
Gordon
Commissioners Seek Quiet Title on Courthouse Property
Ben S. Van Gorden, Ross Snyder and Gordon Augspurger, Butler County Commissioners, filed a petition in Common Pleas Court against heirs of Israel Ladiow and the public to quiet title to land where the courthouse sits. They seek to dissolve an ancient trust restricting use of lots 95 through 98 so the county may sell the property in the future. The deed dates to 1813, with action by the 1908 court order, and the petition asks for nullification of the trust and fee simple ownership. The filing was handled by assistant prosecutor William Rathman.
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Hamilton
Ben S. van Gorden
Ross H. Snyder
Gordon H. Augspurger
Butler County Board of Commissioners
Common Pleas
Israel Ladiow
Butler County
Ludlow
Snyder
City of
Common Pleas Court
Board of County Commissioners
William Rathman
Middletown
Robertson Returns as Champion Paper President
Reuben B. Robertson Jr. elected president of Champion Paper & Fibre Co. after resigning as deputy secretary of defense. He previously led the company from 1950 to 1955 before joining Eisenhower's defense team. His father, Reuben B. Robertson Sr., had chaired the board and remains as chairman.
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Hamilton
Champion Paper & Fibre Co
Reuben B. Robertson Jr
Robertson
Washington
Washington Post
Champion Paper
Eisenhower
Department of Defense
Champion
Reuben B. Robertson Sr
Woman Hit By Big Truck While Crossing Street
A local woman Mae Ledford 35 was struck by a Sherman Paper Co tractor trailer driven by Kenneth Bell 41 while crossing Garfield Street with her eight month old granddaughter Shelley Joe Ledford 8 months near Woodlawn Avenue. Ledford suffered a fractured left leg and right shoulder abrasions. The baby sustained head abrasions and was treated. Bell faces charges for improper brakes and failure to yield to a pedestrian. Time of mishap 4 55.
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Middletown Hospital
Woodlawn Avenue
Garfield Street
Mae Ledford
Garfield St
Shelley Joe Ledford
Grand Ave
Kenneth Bell
Hamilton
Bell
Three Bands Unite for Middletown High Concert
Three local school bands join for the Middle Band Festival at Middletown High School auditorium. Roosevelt junior high, McKinley junior high, and Middletown High perform with Roosevelt leading at 8 p.m. featuring pieces such as The H. M. S. Pinafore and The Banana Boat Song plus solos by John McGraw Connie Ross Lawrence Brewer.
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Middletown High School
Roosevelt
McKinley
Middletown High
John McGraw
Connie Ross
Lawrence Brewer
Don Francis
Harold Koerber
Joe Franklin
Middletown High concert features varied orchestral and band pieces
The program includes Challenger March Allan a Dale Overture Dixie Patrol Crime Does Not Pay narrated by Susan Davies The Happy Whistler March Lorraine Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Minor Moehlmann Bach A Trumpeter S Lullaby with Ross Finkelman Pepperino with Bill Brown and Mary Ann Margerum Storm King March directed by Robert Mucha instrumental music instructor Asleep In The ....
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McKinley
Susan Davies
Lorraine
Middletown High
Moehlmann
Bach
Ross Finkelman
Pepperino
Bill Brown
Mary Ann Margerum
Robert Mucha
Magazine sales scam targets Middletown Hospital nursing school
Middletown Hospital denies any affiliation with magazine salespeople claiming to work for the School of Nursing. James Elder, personnel director, warns residents not to be misled by a recurring scam reported in past years.
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Middletown Hospital
School of Nursing
Middletown Hospital School of Nursing
James Elder
Elder
Fisher Installed as 1957 Middletown Moose Governor
Arthur Fisher was installed last night as the 1957 governor of Middletown Moose Lodge 501. Ceremonies conducted by Walker Rowland Sr. also installed Harold Pate junior governor William Wheeler prelate James Kilbane treasurer Walter Sauter trustee Amos Wells sergeant-at-arms James Pate inner guard Paul Huff outer guard Harvey Current secretary and Leo Bronnenberg junior past governor. Lunch was served by wives of the officers.
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Arthur Fisher
Middletown
Moose Lodge
Walker Rowland Sr
Harold Pate
William Wheeler
James Kilbane
Walter Sauter
Amos Wells
James Pate
Paul Huff
Harvey Current
Leo Bronnenberg
Vehicle crash on Curtis Street injures none and totals damage
A city accident yesterday involved a parked auto owned by Donald Jones 34 of 332 Curtis St and a car driven by Bob Taylor 22 of 325 Curtis St in the 300 block of Curtis Street at 7 35 p m. Dam age totaled $15.
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Donald Jones
Curtis St
Bob Taylor
Curtis Street
Armco Worker Loses Fingers in Cold Strip Accident
Ronald Longworth of 1009 Second Street remains in good condition at Middletown Hospital after an East Works cold strip mill incident. He slipped while straightening a telescope coil, lacerating three right hand fingers and two left fingertips as wands slipped into a breaker troll in the decoil machine. surgery followed the accident.
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Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Hospital
East Works
Ronald Longworth
Second St
Longworth
Train Hits Mine West of Jordan Border
An Israeli freight train struck a land mine about a mile west of the Jordan border and four cars derailed with no casualties reported.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Easter poison scare hits Middletown woman
Mrs. Alice Johnston age 27 of 710 Buena Avenue was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after becoming ill from food poisoning traced to a hard boiled Easter egg eaten yesterday. Deputy James Davis reported the incident.
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Alice Johnston
Buena Ave
Middletown Hospital
James “Red” Davis
Police Briefs Update on Gas Tank Theft and Hubcap Theft
Mrs Hazel Petersime of 413 McKinley St reported a hole broken in a gas tank and about 14 gallons of gas stolen from her auto on Wednesday night. Janet McCloud of 3203 Manchester Rd reported two hubcaps stolen from her car on Wednesday night.
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Hazel Petersime
McKinley St
Wher Auto
Janet McCloud
Manchester Rd
Auto thefts and arrest report in city
Price Robinson reported two shutcaps stolen from his auto at 1852 Centra Ave. Clay Lawson said his car with license 2745 MZ was stolen from Cherry Street and Brown Avenue. Officers arrested Norris Walters, 37, of 3111 Navaho St, on an assault and battery charge. hearing set in Squire Lammie Bailey's court this afternoon.
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Price Robinson
Centra Ave
Clay Lawson
Cherry Street
Brown Avenue
Norris Walters
Navaho St
Squire Lammie Bailey
Festival Meeting at Blue Ball School May Festival
A Blue Ball School meeting is set for tonight at 7 30 to discuss plans for the May festival. Parents teachers and others concerned are urged to attend as preparations begin for the event.
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Blue Ball
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