Class of 1927 Reunites at Middletown High
About 164 graduates from the Middletown High Class of 1927 held a 50th reunion at the Manchester Inn. Fifty-one attended from states including California and Florida. Organizers Velma Voegele and Ann Bruck led calls, locating many classmates and sharing memories of the new high school on Girard Street and earlier landmarks.
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Middletown High School
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
St. Louis
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Manchester Inn
Velma Voegele
Ann
Bruck
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Alabama
Florida
Carol (Williamson) Ward
la Jolla
Calif
Middletown
75th Anniversary of 4 H Clubs in Ohio Celebrated
Hamilton marks the 75th anniversary of 4 H clubs with a 5 p.m. program at the Butler County Fairgrounds. A quilt showing county club activities will be auctioned by Vaughn and Anglin. Helen Baker and Joseph Graham, children of 4 H founder A B Graham, help review the history with Luella Engel Estella Schaefer and Robert Flickinger. A 6 30 p.m. picnic by Okeawa Methodist Church costs 2 50. Reservations via the Butler County Extension Service. A square dance led by John Hackworth follows the supper with 1 ticket. County switchboard number 424 5351 extension 5925 for new phone listings.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Butler County Fairgrounds
Vaughn & Anglin Auctioneers
Helen Baker
Middletown
Joseph Graham
Trenton
A.B. Graham
Luella Engel
Estella Schaefer
Robert Flickinger
Butler County
Okeawa Methodist Church
Butler County Cooperative Extension Service
John Hackworth
Camden
Money Problems Hit Ohio Schools This Fall
Ohio districts face tardy starts and early closures due to cash shortages. A record 31 districts seek late openings or year-end closings, potentially affecting 146,792 students across 617 districts amid rising costs, inflation, and tax resistance.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank Walters
Walters
Oakland and Prospect park plans reviewed in public meetings
Two public meetings will review proposed Oakland and Prospect neighborhood parks. R. Paul Christiansen says preliminary park plans will be presented. Oakland meeting is Thursday at 7 30 p m in Central Elementary School cafeteria. Michigan Park in Prospect will be discussed Tuesday Aug 30 at 7 30 p m on Yankee Road Fire Station No 3. Improvements are funded by the federal Community Development block grant program.
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Oakland
Prospect
R. Paul Christiansen
Oakland Park
Michigan Park
Prospect Area
Yankee Road
Collision injures bicyclist near Yankee Road
Jeffrey Gaston a 9 year old resident of 317 Yankee Road was reported in satisfactory condition at Children's Hospital Cincinnati after a Sunday crash on Yankee Road north of Sixth Avenue. He rode into the street in front of a car then turned and entered the path of a pickup driven by Thomas French 30 of 2197 Renee Drive. The vehicle skidded on wet pavement as brakes were applied and struck the bicycle.
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Children's Hospital
Cincinnati
Yankee Road
Sixth Avenue
Jeffrey Gaston
Cincinnati Hospital
Middletown Hospital
Thomas French
Renee Drive
French
Four Constitutional Amendments Set for November Ballot
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown assigns numbers to four proposed amendments. No. 1 bans election day voter registration and No. 2 bans leg hold traps. No. 3 allows loans for housing rehabilitation by government entities. No. 4 repeals the fixed debt limit of 750000 and lets the General Assembly set a new limit. Brown notes most signatures remain valid and boards have time to prepare ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ted W. Brown
Brown
General Assembly
Boards of Election
Ice cream shop robbed by youth on Crawford Street
A youth robbed the Elite Ice Cream and Candy Shop at 320 Crawford St yesterday around 10 p.m. After asking for a lunch sack, the robber grabbed a sack back and demanded it be filled with cash. He fled south on Crawford and remained at large as police searched the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford St
George Revelos
Revelos
Crawford
Engineer to Stockpile Surplus Salt Bids Opened
Hamilton commissioners opened bids for 3 000 tons of rock salt to be used on Butler County roads with International Salt Co. of Clarks Summit Pa. as the low bidder at 15 30 per ton. Engineer William Foster plans to stockpile 2 200 tons after using 2 200 last year to avert shortages.
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Hamilton
Butler County
International Salt Co
Clarks Summitt
William Foster
Area woman to undergo surgery after Middletown crash
Lillian Combs 54 of Salzman Road was scheduled for surgery at Middletown Hospital after a two car collision at Roosevelt and Breiel Boulevards. She suffered injuries to her right leg and hip as a passenger in Richard M. Maclean's northbound car. Maclean 52 of 320 Clark Street reportedly entered the intersection against a red light, failing to yield to Gerald R. Kelhoffer 43 of Johns Road who was westbound.
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Middletown Area
Middletown Hospital
Roosevelt and
Breiel
Lillian Combs
Gerald R. Kelhoffer
Johns Road
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