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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1968

Page

2

Franklin City panel scrambles over downtown land buy plan

Franklin City Council delays a land purchase for a new city building after lack of second ends Baxter motion. The bank profit and site concerns spark debate as council weighs depot site and price quotes amid a push for a new fire truck and levy.

Franklin Joe Baxter Jr Franklin National Bank Baxter John Griffin Dick Berger Paul Smith Berger Smith Riley Boulevard Fourth Riley Bank

Who Fits Your Children's Shoes Should Be Asked

The piece compares choosing children's shoes to selecting a hairdo, urging careful fitting over speed or price. It suggests gaining experience in shoe fitting or observing careful salon decisions to ensure proper fit and health. It emphasizes that fit matters more than pace or trends.

Bid Openings Set For Rt. 48 Lebanon Bypass

Ohio 48 Lebanon bypass bid openings were rescheduled to Sept 5 by state highway officials after a July change removed the project from the today schedule amid a dispute over minority workforce reporting rules. Division 8 engineer J L Oswald cautioned it may indicate a settlement but noted uncertainty remains.

Lebanon Ohio 48 State Highway Department Division 8 Highway Department Rt. 48 Federal Bureau of Public Roads J. L. Oswald Division 8

Man given suspended jail term after assault plea in Butler Co

Curly Milton, 32, of Middletown, pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to 90 days in county jail. Judge Fred B. Cramer suspended the sentence on restitution to victim Rufus Mack, 32, of Middletown, for an April 1 cafe robbery attempt where a knife was brandished.

Hamilton Middletown Butler County Common Pleas Court Fred B. Cramer Curly Milton 9Th Ave Rufus Mack S. Verity Parkway Milton Yankee Road Mack

Warren License Tag Tax Returns To Court In Lebanon

Warren County's license tag tax challenge resumes in common pleas court with a hearing set within two weeks to decide the legality of a referendum petition. Judge Warren C. Young weighs whether the petitions meet the voter eligibility rule and if the measure will appear on fall ballots.

Lebanon Warren County Warren C. Young Common Pleas Court Stan Markey Board of Elections Markey Les Spaeth James Conner Mason

Man Mugged Outside Campbell's Corner Cafe

A Monroe man William Waddell 215 S Main St was beaten and robbed after leaving Campbell's Corner cafe at 11 20 pm at S Main St and Ninth Ave He was found in a car in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with injuries and four young men attacked him with Fred McClain 1205 Yankee Rd also present Their billfold and keys were taken by the assailants.

Monroe Middletown Hospital S. Main Street Ninth Avenue Waddell Campbell's Corner Fred McClain Yankee Road McClain

Antiques Show Plans Set at Middletown Dealers Meet

The Middletown Area Antique Dealers Association outlined committees for its fifth annual antiques show and sale to be held September 28 and 29 at the National Guard Armory on South Main. The publicity group includes Kent Leibcap Gilbert Sheard O.L. Lanson Bob Barnhart Karl Banzhaf Frank McClains and Russell Oglesby. The next meeting is September 9 at the McClains home on Moore Street.

Middletown Area Antique Dealers’ Association Harvel’s Miamisburg National Guard S. Main St Kent Leibcap Gilbert Sheard O.L. Lanson Bob

Obituary of Mrs Hannah Kiley Watertown Mass

Mrs. Hannah Kiley 83 of Watertown Mass mother of John Kiley plant supervisor for Philip Carey Corp died yesterday in Cambridge after hip surgery from a fall. Survived by three other sons Edward James Francis and two daughters Miss Margaret Kiley and Mrs William Bowes all of Massachusetts. Requiem High Mass to be sung Thursday at St Patrick's Church Watertown Arrangements by Martin Conroy Funeral Home Newton Mass where friends may call tomorrow.

Hannah Kiley Watertown Mass John Kiley Miami - Carey Philip Carey Corp Monroe Cambridge Edward James Francis Margaret Kiley William Bowes Massachusetts St. Patrick's Church Martin Conroy Newton Mass

Mrs Lelia Weishampel Rites Set at Swart Funeral Home

Lelia V Weishampel 36 native of Middletown and member of Grand Avenue Church of God will be buried at Highland Memorial Cemetery after services at 2 p m tomorrow at Swart Funeral Home West Carrollton Rev Henry Howard officiating. She died Sunday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after residing in Miamisburg 15 years. Friends may call today at the funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m.

Lelia Weishampel Lelia V. Weishampel Middletown Grand Avenue

Obituary Notices for Four Seniors Across States

Mrs. Lourana Underwood 84 of 826 Buckeye St Mt. Calm W Va dies a service at 2 p.m. Thursday Carolyn Hillenbrand 84 of 701 Ross Ave Requiem High Mass 10 a.m. tomorrow at St Marys Church Roy Lenchan 70 of Bradenton Fla formerly Hamilton services 11 a.m. Thursday Darrtown Cemetery Johnnie Baker 77 of 1900 Chapel Road services 10:30 a.m. tomorrow Webb James Burns 75 of 613 S 13th St services today Volligan.

Lourana Underwood Buckeye St Mt. Calm W. Va Carolyn Hillenbrand Ross Ave St. Mary's Church Roy Lenchan Bradenton Fla Hamilton Llam Darrtown Johnnie Baker Chapel Road Webb James Burns S. 13Th St Volligan

July births at Middletown Hospital reveal boys tie with girls

Middletown Hospital recorded 95 boy births and 95 girl births in July. Local residents produced 122 babies, Franklin 32, and several communities posted smaller counts from 15 to 1 births each including Trenton Miamisburg Somerville Monroe Lebanon Carlisle Waynesville Hamilton Morrow Dayton Germantown Cincinnati New Lebanon Loveland.

Middletown Hospital Middletown Franklin Trenton Miamisburg Somerville Monroe Lebanon Carlisle Waynesville Hamilton Morrow Dayton Germantown Cincinnati New Lebanon Loveland

Longfellow Mountains of Maine Named Appalachian Range

Maine designates the Appalachian range locally as the Longfellow Mountains. This regional naming reflects the state’s geographic terrain within the Appalachian system.

State of Maine

Trade School Vote Is Today

Butler County residents outside Middletown and Hamilton vote on a 1.8 mill bond and 1.3 mill operating levy to create a county wide vocational high school. If approved bonds would raise 3 million for a site and construction with tax funded operating support and federal grants covering half construction and operating costs.

Butler County Middletown Hamilton Carroll Augustin Madison Edgewood Liberty Union Fairfield New Miami Talawanda Ross Augustin

Area Break-Ins Reported Across Middletown Area

Hamilton deputies investigated four break ins in 24 hours. Ruthies Truck Stop on Omaha Street and Oxford State Road saw a wall breach with two pinball machines and a cigarette machine damaged and a small amount of change and cigarettes taken. Main Bar on S Main Street lost about $5 from a cigarette machine after a front window was broken. Middletown Eaton Road site on West Middletown had a forced front window and a power saw taken valued at 296 dollars. Club Guyrosa on Cincinnati Brookville Road east of Okena reported a break in with a pried lock and ransacked drawers.

Hamilton Thhree Middletown Ron Parsley Ruthie Omaha Street Oxford State Road Rodney Steenbergen S. Main St John B. Mullins Middletown - Eaton Road West Middletown Guyrosa Cincinnati - Brookville Road Okena

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