Butler County Fair beef and fruit judged as crowds flock
About 9 000 people visited the Butler County Fair on the second day with beef breeding judging at 4 p m and open class beef at 8 p m tonight Swamper Soccer Show junior talent contest and harness racing are on the schedule Tomorrow Grange Days begin with swine FFA steers 4 H rabbits and poultry judging plus home economics and fat barrow contests, tractor pulling and talent show noted. Robert Matson dominated apple divisions with multiple varieties and displays.
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Cindy Starr Journal
Hamilton
Butler County
Georgia
Matson
Niagara
Concord
Delaware
John Dimprich
Wayne-Madison Road
Trenton
Helen Woodruff
Somerville
12YearOld Franklin Boy Dies After Shotgun Mishap
In Franklin, 12 year old Charles M. Little died during surgery at Middletown Hospital one hour after being accidentally shot in the abdomen and hand by a companion cleaning a 20 gauge shotgun. Roger Alcorne, 15, of Franklin, was cleaning the loaded gun at Gerald Alcorne’s home. Charles, a Pennyroyal Elementary School sixth grader, died at 1 30 p m. Survived by two brothers and three sisters, plus paternal and maternal grandparents. Funeral plans set for Woods Road Pentecostal Church. Burial at Woodhill Cemetery. Arrangements by Eaton Funeral Home.
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Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Charles M. Little
Vernon Little
Bruce Drive
Roger Alcorne
Homestead Drive
Warren County
Roy Wallace
Gerald Alcorne
Alorne
Pennyroyal
Tommy
Stephen
Donna
Diana
Rebecca
Willie Little
Frenchburg
Buford McGuire
Woods ‘Road
Middletown
Charles
Fayetteville
N.C
Delora Fugate
Archie Martin
Clarksville
Ambrose ‘Martin
Camden
Jesse Martin
Minerva
Ohio
Minnie MclIntosh
Clay City
Southa McKippen
Felton
Nannie Stout
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Herschel Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral Home
City Manager Dan Kothe to retire September 30
City Manager Dan Kothe announces his official retirement date of September 30 leaving the city potentially without a manager after that day. He extended his stay from June to a longer period while eight candidates remain, with 76 applications received for the $22 000 yearly post and interviews planned next week.
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Dan Kothe
Kothe
City Commission
Theft Investigated At Doctor's Office
Detectives investigate a weekend burglary at Dr John Sawyer's office 1321 First Ave. Missing are a typewriter two peroxide bottles and two Protococaine valued at 184 dollars with no forced entry found and seven back door keys unaccounted for. Edith Bergan 112 Clark St. reports a break in through a screened side door with a missing diamond and amethyst rings. Also reported: a .38 revolver worth 85 dollars stolen from Henry Stedham 1415 Winona Drive and a car stereo tape player valued at 70 dollars taken from John Colwell's vehicle near Carmody Boulevard.
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John Sawyer
First Ave
Edith Bergan
Clark St
John Colwell
Carmody Boulevard
Commercial Zoning On Tonight's Agenda
City Commission to hold public hearing on a study of C-1 property on Tytus Avenue MaryEtta to Auburn Streets tonight prior to their regular meeting. The agenda also includes an ordinance amending a contract with Duane Hasselbr ing and Kuhlman for Breiel Boulevard work and a street signs protection rule.
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Tytus Avenue
Tytus
MaryEtta
Auburn
Ken Johnson
Duane, Hasselbring and Kuhlman
Breiel Boulevard
County And Hamilton Sign Landfill Deal
Butler County Commissioners approved a land fill use agreement with the city of Hamilton for the Woodsdale Road site. Hamilton will pay 500.2 monthly and operate the landfill with city equipment until it can run the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Riegel
Mason Considers One Per Cent Income Tax
Village Administrator Clarence Motz said a proposed one percent income tax has been presented to the council and is under consideration at a county budget hearing in Lebanon. He warned the village is scraping the bottom of the tax barrel but ruled out annexing the $20 million Coney Island Amusement Park, noting the city cannot offer services it lacks.
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Mason
Clarence Motz
Louncil
Motz
Lebanon
Coney Island
Here
Final Story Hour Planned at Middletown Library
The final story hour of the summer for children from pre school through third grade will be held Thursday at the Middletown Public Library. A guest storyteller will present at 9 45 a m in the Com area.
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Middletown Public Library
Apartment Hearings Tomorrow on City Planning Agenda
Two public hearings set before the monthly meeting at 7 30 p m involve a town house plan by National Homes Construction Corp at the southern end of S Marshall Road south of Roosevelt Avenue and an apartment complex by United Housing Development Corp at Lafayette Avenue and S Main Street Both seek preliminary approval. During the administrative session the commission will decide on the Chatham Village apartment by Foundation Housing Inc at Eaton Avenue East Street west of Breiel Boulevard southern extension. A report by Planning Commissioner Ray Fening covers nominees for a subdivision improvement specifications subcommittee.
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City Planning Commission
National Homes Construction Corp
S. Marshall Road
Roosevelt Avenue
United Housing Development Corp
Lafayette Avenue
S. Main Street
Chatham Village
Foundation Housing Inc
Eaton Avenue
East Street
Breiel Boulevard
Ray Fening
Forty Auto Radiators Stolen From Parts Store
Butler County police report 40 auto radiators valued at 400 stolen from Dennis Augo Parts at 59 Oxford State Road. A padlock was pried from a door to access a storage area.
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Dennis Augo
Oxford State Road
Butler County
Auto Strikes Kill 69 Year Old Woman in Butler County
A 69 year old Middletown area woman, Mrs Alice Conrad, died after being struck by an eastbound car on Oxford State Road near a shopping center. The driver Harold Lane Wise 69 said he failed to see the pedestrian while watching another car pulling from a parking lot. The accident remains under investigation.
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Butler County
Middletown Area
Oxford State Road
Alice Conrad
Morgan St
Middletown Hospital
Robert Wright
Harold Lane Wise
Sheffield Sf
Bond Sales Hit 8214 Million in July Ohio totals rise
Ohio series B and H Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares sales in July totaled 24.3 million with 58.7 percent of the 1970 goal achieved by month end. County manager James D Ferguson logged July county sales at 322 644 while county progress stood at 50.9 percent of annual target.
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Ohio
United States Savings
Freedom
James D. Ferguson
Clem
Cecil
William
Goal
Kings Island names winner in $20 million park contest
Rebecca Richards of Carroll Ohio Rt. 2 won first prize in a Kings Mills Kings Island naming contest. More than 15 000 entries were submitted with Kings Island among 45 finalists. Her family earns an all expense paid Hollywood trip for four and studio visits. the top 25 runners up receive a free day at Coney Island for four.
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Taft Broadcasting Co
Rebecca Richards
Carroll, Ohio
Rt. 2
Kings Mills
Kings Island
Park
Miss Richards
Coney Island
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