Trenton BINGO Closures Hit Churches and DAV Groups
St John s Catholic Church and the Disabled American Veterans face revenue loss as five local bingo operations close across Middletown and Trenton. Police urge suspensions while officials review legality with City Attorney Tilmon Ellison. Both leaders condemn the move but plan to wait for a ruling before resuming charitable bingo.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
The
Disabled American Veterans
DAV
John J. Jennings
St. John’s
al Williams
Trenton
Hubert Adams
Holy Name Catholic Church
Trenton Lions Club
Adams
Middletown
Tilmon Ellison
James R. Howerton
Ellison
Jim Combs
Jennings
Williams
Howerton
Lemon Township
Art Eliopolous
Forum
Eagle’s Lodge
Knights of Columbus
Father Jennings
West Chester 10-year-old killed in traffic accident
Kenneth Raymond Erftenbeck, 10, of 7506 West Chester Road, died after being struck by a car in front of his home about 6:55 p.m. Sunday in Butler County. Driver Gretel Carpenter, 31, of 9163 Congress Court, reported striking the boy and stopping. A witness and responders failed to revive him. The coroner and life squad assisted. the boy’s death marks the county’s second traffic fatality of the year.
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Hamilton
West Chester
Butler County
Kenneth Raymond Erftenbeck
Gerhard Erftenbeck
West Chester Road
Garret J. Boone
Gretel Anna Carpenter
Congress Court
Sheriff's Deputies
Bernard Horner
Union Township Life Squad
Carr
Bethesda Hospital
Chonau
County OKs Madison Rezoning Plan for 170 Acres
Butler County commissioners approved a rezoning plan for about 170 acres along Ohio 122 in West Middletown for a Madison Heights Inc. development. The project would add 800 apartments and 200 single family homes, with phased construction tied to the new highway, and included 11 zone changes with some modifications after a July 15 public hearing.
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Hamilton
Ohio 122
West Middletown
Butler County
Madison Heights Inc
County Zoning and Planning Boards
Chang
Nine Break-Ins Reported Across City This Weekend
City police logged nine break-ins over the weekend with investigations ongoing. Losses were not great, according to Sgt. Delbert Barker of the detective bureau. Locations included American Legion hall on South Main Street, Artistic Beauty Salon on Germantown Road, Doty House, Ritter's Pony Keg, Hom's Service Station on North Verity Parkway, a Germantown Road and Woodburn Avenue service station, 213 Vanderveer Street, MacDonald's Restaurant on North Verity Parkway, and Ohio Mattress Company on Roosevelt Boulevard.
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Delbert Barker
Detective Bureau
American Legion Hall
South Main ‘Street
Artistic
Germantown Road
Doty
Two Middletown Teens Injured In Ohio 73 Crash
Deputies report two Middletown youths injured around 11 40 p m Saturday when their car struck a culvert on Ohio 73 west of Trenton. Driver Timothy R Sorrell 19 of 3625 Fiesta Way and passenger Donald Rose 18 of 2100 Brell Drive were hurt. Sorrell was speeding along a curve when the vehicle left the road. the car was demolished.
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Middletown
Ohio
Trenton
Timothy R. Sorrell
Fiesta Way
Donald Rose
Brell Drive
Sorrell
Franklin's new solid waste plant opens to public tour
About 850 visitors attended Franklin's opening of a $2 million solid waste treatment plant hosted by City Manager Bernard Eichholz. The event showcased metal separation and paper reclamation processes, with samples of reclaimed fiber used for roofing tiles. Dedication ceremony planned for August 11 at 2 p.m. with invited dignitaries.
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Thom Hall
Franklin
Bernard Eichholz
Logan Long Co
Miami Conservancy District
Flushing Effort Fails To Clear Red Water Issue
Middletown faces ongoing red water concerns as two weeks of hydrant flushing yield no discolored water. Fire chief assistant Jess F Border says the annual program, now in week three, will run through fall with a four day schedule across five stations detailing areas served.
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Middletown
Jess F. Border
Border
Central Avenue
Verity Parkway
Mayfield
S. Highland Street
14Th Avenue
Kunz Avenue
Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
North Corporation
Clifton Farms
Grand Avenue
Jackson Lane
Extra Chuckle
A light quip notes that the prime period of a woman’s life spans ages 29 to 30, framing a humorous take on life milestones.
Telephones Restored Soon After Downtown Flood Cable Failure
About 200 downtown residents expect telephone service to be back tonight after a water saturated underground cable at Broad and Vanderveer streets failed yesterday around 2 p.m. Ohio Bell officials say the 1,500 circuit line shorted and will be replaced, with damages in the thousands. Saturation likely came from flooding of three manholes. Crews were on the scene by 4 p.m.
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Ohio
Be! Telephone Co
Broad
Vanderveer Streets
Gordon Tinch
Ohio Bell
Tino
Young Republican Meeting in Dayton Highlights Lukens Influence
Ohio Young Republicans met in Dayton for their annual convention. Lukens was unseen by many but his operatives ran parts of the campaign by phone. Key figures including Mary Jones and John Acomb echoed Lukens’ strategy while Columbus’ 80 delegates outpaced Montgomery County’s 57.
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Roger Cloud
Lukens
Roger Yurchuck
Columbus
Yurchuck
Montgomery County
Jean Blazer
Butler County Recorder
Middletown Board Names Lail New Vocational Education Director
Lail Richard W Lail coordinator of industrial arts and vocational education was named director of vocational and adult education. He has served since 1964, replacing Harold Figley who retired last week. The board also named two assistant principals for the Freshman High School Samuel Brewer and Norman Hayes. Brewer will replace Gene Wright who moves to Frankfurt Ky as high school principal. Hayes shifts from dean of instruction to assistant principal in charge of instruction.
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St. John’s
Jennings
Williams
DAV
Doty House
Big Brothers
West Middletown
Main Street
Wiliams
Richard W. Lail
Middletown
Lail
Harold Figley
Middletown High School
Samuel Brewer
Gene Wright
Frankfurt
Norman Hayes
Hayes
Johnson
Multiple Nonfatal Fires Reported Across City
A series of small incidents include a laundry motor smoking at McGee’s on Manchester Road and Vannest Avenue, a car smoking at Middletown Hospital, a Revco store air conditioning leak with possible damage, a kitchen range fire from a broken gas line at 618 Baltimore Street injuring Mrs. Lizzie Sullivan, a 75 year old man ill at Middletown Hospital, and a short circuit at 621 19th Avenue causing $20 damage.
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S. Breiel Blvd
Revco
Baltimore St
Ernest Sullivan
Lizzie Sullivan
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Latonia
Eichholz
Young Republican Meeting
By Fred Sennet
Roger Turrell
Turrell
Dunbar
U.S. Senate
Board
Black & White Film
Beckwith
MccGee
Manchester Road
Vannest Avenue
Middletown Hospital
N. Marshall Road
George Arkill
19Th Ave
Callie Holbrook
Gregory
THURS
Gregory's Steak House
Germantown RD
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