Middletown Board Approves Five Textbooks For four years
Middletown Board of Education approves History of a Free People by Bragdon and McCutchen for eleventh grade with caveat to show both sides. It adopts Our American Government and The History of Our World for four years, plus new German and physiology texts. President Woodruff urges readiness for later texts and stresses vigilance against anti American ideas.
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Jody Terney
Middletown Board of Education
Henry W. Bragdon
Samuel P. McCutchen
Diamond and Pflieger
Boak, Slosson
Anderson and
Bartlett
Donald Reichelderfer
Reichelderfer
Boards of Education
Middletown
Josep Woodruff
Woodruf
Board of Education
Fairfield Man Second Polio Case
Butler County reports its second polio case of the year as Raymond Ober, 27, of 826 Walter St Fairfield, was hospitalized in Cincinnati with paralytic polio after not receiving Salk vaccines. Health officials disclosed clinic totals showing thousands immunized and no further clinics planned.
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Butler County
Raymond Ober
Walter St
Fairfield
T General
Hamilton
Alexander Witkow
Witkow
Rolling Mill Park
New Miami
Liberty-Union Township
Auto Strikes Road Worker in Ohio. Two Leg Fractures
Hamilton report states Wyatt Hill of 1062 Noyes Ave an employee of Don Cisle Paving Co suffered fractures of both legs when struck by a westbound auto on Ohio 129 and 732 west of Millville. The driver, an Indianapolis man, was not held. Deputies said the vehicle hit Hill after cresting a hill then struck a pickup at the roadside. Cisle Paving Co is repairing Ohio 732.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Millville
Wyatt Hill
Noyes Ave
Don Cisle Paving Co
Indianapolis
Cisie Company
Middletonians Named as Democrats Central Committee Members
Two Middleton residents were named to fill vacancies on the Butler County Democratic Central Committee. James Beatty becomes committeeman for the First Ward after Joseph Bayer resigned, and Mrs. Bess Hoover Smucker is named committeeman for the Second Ward replacing Eugene McGraw. Robert Johnson is appointed committeeman from Fairfield Fourth Ward succeeding Robert Woods. Appointments announced by Harry B. Grevey.
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Middletonians
Sesercar
Butler County
Democratic Central Committee
James Beatty
No County Mishaps For Over 35 Hours
The state patrol reported 35 hours without an accident on Butler County highways. The last incident was recorded early Thursday morning.
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State Patrol
Butler County
Fatal highway crash claims three in Oregon
A Bend Oregon highway crash Friday killed Theodore Grombo of Wickliffe Ohio and Mr and Mrs Albert K E Servas of Gladstone Oregon.
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Bend, Ore
Here
Theodore Grombo
Wickliffe
Ohio
Albert KE. Servas
Gladstone
Ore
Five Middletown youths injured in Germantown crash
Early Saturday a one car accident on Anthony Road five miles north of Germantown sent five youths to St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton. Driver James White 20 and Ivan Lawson 21 suffered head injuries. James Ellis 22 head lacerations. James Dunn 21 scalp and shoulder injuries. Rob ert Hartman 24 treated and released with minor injuries. The car overturned after driving onto a bridge and became wedged. The Montgomery County sheriff investigated.
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Middletown
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
Anthony Road
Germantown
James White
Orchard St
Ivan Lawson
Tytus Ave
James Ellis
Erie Ave
James Dunn
Robert C. Hartman
Montgomery County Sheriff's Department
Arpo Ambulance
Germastown
Middletown Police Log Reports Three Minor Accidents
Three minor accidents were reported to Middletown police last night and this morning with no injuries. Involving Harry Case 28 Dayton and Harold L. Dakin 54 Central Ave damage $25. A truck driven by Ralph W. Scott 72 Grand Ave and Huey Turner 51 Clark St damage $25. Julia Adkins and Hubert Bowman 59 Main St parked vehicles at 4th Ave and S Main St with $75 damage.
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Middletown
Central Avenue
Harry Case
Dayton
Harold L. Dakin
Central Ave
DeXord
Crawford Street
Ralph W. Scott
Grand Ave
Huey Turner
Clark St
4Th Avenue
S. Main St
Julia Adkins
Trenton
Hubert Bowman
Bike Backfire Trips Up Youth
A 17 year old boy was cited to juvenile court after police gave three warnings for backfiring his motorbike in front of a Howard Avenue home. A resident complained the engine racing and backfiring kept her month old baby from sleep, marking a fourth complaint.
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Howard Avenue
Officerg
Local Obituary Highlights Mrs Viola Mahone and Judson Neal
Mrs Viola Mahone 47 died at home after a year of illness. She led church groups and belonged to several local clubs and the American Legion Auxiliary. Survived by husband Frank Sr and two children, with eight grandchildren. Judson Neal 58, longtime Pollock Paper Co employee, died at Middletown Hospital. Services set for Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial at Woodside Cemetery. calling hours listed.
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Viola Mahone
17Th Ave
Northend
Frank Sr
Frank Jr
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Afb
Emma Marshall
Middletown
Rance
George
Miles Hunter
Albert
Dayton
John
Philadelphia
Gwendolyn Singleton
Magnolia Mosley
Jordan-Hell Funeral Home
Judson Ray Neal
Mary Etta
Middletown Hospital
Pollock Paper Co
Pollock
Raymond Bay Co
James
Virginia Penquite
Blanchester
Thurman Spence
Richlands
Miller Necessary
Taswell
Services for Mrs Lelia Armitage Held in Kentucky
Mrs. Lelia Armitage aged 60 of 24 Cherokee Dr Hamilton Ky died yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church at Upper Salt Lick with burial in the cemetery. Friends may call McCoy Leffler Funeral Home tomorrow 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Richardson Dickson Dotson Funeral Home in Owingsville Ky Monday afternoon and evening.
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Lelia Armitage
Hamilton
Upper Salt Lick
McCoy- Leffler
Richardson, Dickson, Dotson
Owingsville
Mrs Clara Jorden 70 dies after brief illness
Mrs Clara Jorden of 2715 Central Ave died at 8 10 a m in Middletown Hospital after being admitted yesterday morning She served as Verity Hall house mother for 12 years retiring January 1958 She was a Cincinnati native survived by son Frederick and sister Alma Speckman two grandchildren Funeral at Riggs Funeral Home.
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Clara Jorden
Central Ave
Verity Hall
Middletown Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Jorden
Cincinnati
Frederick
Arlington Heights
Ill
Alma Speckman
Riggs
Premature Baby Dies in Miamisburg
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Lucas of 900 N 12th St Miamisburg was born July 30 but died at 4 30 a m today.
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Jack Lucas
12Th St
Miamisburg
Middletown Hospital
Services for Cleveland Lattimore Held at New Era Church
Cleveland Lattimore, 68, of 1425 Baltimore Street, died Wednesday. Services are at 1 p.m. Monday at New Era Baptist Church with Rev. J. H. Price officiating. Burial follows at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Sunday at the church. Arrangements are by Bailey Funeral Home.
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Cleveland Lattimore
Baltimore St
New Era Baptist Church
J. H. Price
Woodside Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Lattimore
Middletown Hospital
Woman Burns From Grease Fire on Stanley Street
A Stanley Street woman suffered first to third degree burns on her right hand face and arms yesterday while trying to extinguish a stove grease fire with water. Mrs. Oliver Homan was frying shrimp when grease splattered and ignited. she was treated at Middletown Hospital and released. House damage estimated at 1500 with furnishings about 600 to replace. In a separate incident Hazel Smith’s home at 508 Heffner Ave reported grease burner fire but no damage. Inspectors at 31 S Main St investigated a smoke smell revealing an overloaded fuse box and wiring at the Link’s Apparel Shop.
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Stanley Street
Oliver Homan
Homan
Middletown Hospital
Company No. 1
Link's
S. Main Street
Lane signaling violations lead to seventy five tickets
Lt. James Combs, head of the police traffic bureau, said seventy five drivers were cited for ignoring overhead lane signals since Tuesday. Most tickets were written on Clinton Street and Central Avenue as motorists fail to use the center lane for left turns, with straight-ahead movements instructed to use the right lane.
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James Combs
Police Traffic Bureau
Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Lt. Combs
Middletown Cook Dies From Fall Spine Injury
Mrs. Marie Rose Witt, 39, died at 2:30 p.m. yesterday at Middletown Hospital from injuries suffered in a July 29 fall at her home on S Main Street. Dr. Garret J. Boone, coroner, said spinal cord compression caused the death. She had worked as a cook at Carfax Restaurant for three years and lived in Middletown seven years after moving from Springfield, Massachusetts. Funeral arrangements noted for Joseph Eugene and two Mauro brothers in Harrisburg and California.
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Marie Rose Witt
Middletown Hospital
Lorg
S. Main Street
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Carfax
Middletown
Springfield
Mass
Joseph Eugene
Ellsworth Mauro
Harrisburg
Robert Mauro
California
McCoy-Leifier Funeral Home
Willard Marsh, 92, dies in Hamilton hospital
Willard Marsh of Middle town died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton at 5 30 p m yesterday. The retired farmer had lived at Fairfield Rest Home the past year after living with his niece Mrs William Ashburn of Silverton for three years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church with no immediate survivors. Funeral arrangements through Wilson Memorial Home.
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Willard Marsh
Middletown
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Fairfield Rest
William Ashburn
Silverton
First Baptist Church
Wilson Memorial Home
Obituary for Opal Ruth Woodmansee at Christ Hospital
Mrs Opal Ruth Woodmansee 49 of 4984 Betsy Dr Franklin died 10 30 am yesterday at Christ Hospital Cincinnati Born Purcell Missouri survived by husband William LeRoy superintendent of Texas Eastern at Yankee and Tod hunter roads two sons Ronald St Louis Fred Marcus Hook Del two daughters Lena Lightford Eureka California Marilyn Shiller Washington Indiana mother Loretta Mast Purcell Missouri and six grandchildren. Funeral at McCoy Leffler Funeral
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Opal Ruth Woodmansee
Betsy
Franklin
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Purcell
William LeRoy
Texas Eastern
Yankee and
Todhunter Roads
Ronald
St. Louis
Fred
Marcus Hook
Del
Lena Lightford
Eureka
Calif
Marilyn Shiller
Washington, Ind
Loretta Mast
Purcell Mo
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Raymond L. Reedy Dies After Apparent Heart Attack
Raymond L. Reedy 70 of 2 N Highview Rd was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 2 30 am today after an apparent heart attack at home. He had been released from the hospital last Tuesday after a two week stay. Surviving are his wife Esther three sons Leonard Luther and Donald who operate Reedy's Market here four daughters Phyllis Young Jeanette Reedy of Albuquerque N M Virginia Hassen of New Carlisle and Ruby Lange of Mission Kan two half brothers Roy Brown of Mid
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Raymond L. Reedy
N. Highview Rd
Middletown Hospital
Esther
Leonard
Luther
Donald
Reedy's Market
Phyllis Young
Jeanette Reedy
Albuquerque
N.M
Virginia Hassen
New Carlisle
Ruby Lange
Mission
Kan
Roy Brown
Mid
Stolen Car Reported from Rob erts Home Lot
Police report a 1952 four door sedan with Oklahoma license 21 5441 was stolen from the rear parking area of James C Roberts 523 Orchard St. A break in at Gray's Drug Store in the shopping center is under investigation. Estel Collins 1123 Kunz Ave said his windshield was smashed naming suspect Russell Brown of Springfield and half-sister Mrs Stella Shock of Germantown.
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James C. Roberts
Orchard St
Oklahoma
Gray's Drug Store
Estel Collins
Kunz Ave
Russell Brown
Springfield
Stella Shock
Germantown
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Shideler Wallace Ratliff at area churches
Mrs Katherine Shideler 72 widow of Dr W H Shideler of Oxford will have services at 2 p m tomorrow at Memorial Presbyterian Church. John A Wallace 60 of Hamilton will have a 10 a m Tuesday service and Harry T Ratliff 84 of Hamilton will have a 10 a m Monday service at Webb Funeral Home.
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Katherine Shideler
W. H. Shideler
S. Campus Ave
Oxford
Memorial Presbyterian Church
John A. Wallace
Stahlheber Rd
Hamilton
Klaus Funeral Home
Harry T. Ratliff
N. D. St
Webb Funeral Home
Deaths Elsewhere in AP Dispatches Highlight Noted Figures
Melbourne editor Sir Harold Campbell 66 died of a coronary occlusion. He directed the Australian Associated Press and served on the 1945 United Nations delegation. Bishop Michael Keyes 83 of Savannah died. Matthias Daiger 87, former Maryland Jockey Club official, also noted in AP dispatches.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
Harold Campbell
The
Age
Campbell
United Nations
Washington
Michael J. Keyes
Savannah
Baltimore AP
Matthias IL Daiger
Maryland Jockey Club
Middletown plans add 127 acres to park system
Middletown Planning Commission approved a master park plan to add 17 park sites and about 127 acres, bringing total parks to 443 acres across 58 sites for roughly 45 000 residents. The plan aims to place most new parks near schools and higher growth areas while excluding eastern suburb annexation.
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Middletown
Tom Carlson
Parks and Recreation
Carlson
Armco Park
Planning Commission Approves Split In Ore Splatted Easement
Planning commissioners approved a split involving an easement and a second related matter, advancing local land use actions and potentially altering property boundaries. The decision reflects ongoing adjustments to development plans and rights of way in the area.
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Split
Injuries Reported In Multiple Middletown Accidents
A youth injures his hand at an ice cream machine at LeSourdsville Lake and a girl sustains neck injuries after diving into a pool. Others treated include Carolyn Roth with a lacerated foot, Bill Zornes after a Jackson Lane crash, and Albert Howard with abrasions. All were treated at Middletown Hospital.
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Carolyn Roth
John Scalf
iVannest Ave
Bill Zornes
Omaha S
Jackson Lane
Al‘bert Howard
Letteron Rd
Cramer Named Ohio Delegate To Judges Meet In Miami
Judge Fred B Cramer of Butler County Common Pleas Court will be one of two Ohio delegates to the national conference of trial judges in Miami Florida August 24 29 He will represent Ohio alongside Judge James McCrystal of Evie County after appointment by Chief Justice Carl Weygandt of the Ohio Supreme Court The conference coincides with the American Bar Association annual meeting.
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Fred B Cramer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Ohio
National Conference of Trial Judges
Miami
Fla
Cramer
Middletown
Common Pleas
James McCrystal
Evie County
Carl Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
American Bar Assa
City approves tract reservation for future street plan
The board also approved eight lot splits that require no plats, enabling parcel adjustments while keeping the street layout concept intact.
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