Middletown to Spend Millions on City Improvements
City manager H. W. Starick outlined proposed capital needs totaling millions for Middletown, including a $3,000,000 sewer program, $925,000 for a Neibar Shafer underpass, up to $1,000,000 for street surfacing, $125,000 to $175,000 per new fire station, and $1,000,000 for a sewage treatment plant. He urged careful revenue review and citizen input to determine what can be funded this year and next.
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Middletown
H. W. Starick
Rotary Club
Manchester
Starick
Neibar-Shafer
Rotarians
Safety Council Backs Ban on Extra Crosswalks Here
Middletown Safety Council votes to recommend no additional intermediate crosswalks in the city, forwarding the plan to the City Commission and city manager. The 60 day review begins after January 1, with Walter H. Spindler citing studies showing more crosswalks raise accidents.
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Safety Council
Paul Wilson
Middletown
Board of Control
Frank Myers
Middletown Journal
Myers
Xenia
Paul Day
The
Journal
George Crout
Sherman School
Fleming-Central-Grand
Sherman
Lincolnn
Wilson
Crout
Employees Seek $50 Monthly Pay Rise For Police Fire
Middletown city officials meet tonight as police and fire units press for a $50 per month wage increase. The group cites 1950 earnings of 3285 including a 25 monthly raise, higher living costs, and increased taxes. Signers include Patrolman Harold Gray and Sgt Joseph Alberts along with Firemen J T Huntsbarger L F Yeager Freeman Sauter John S McCue and Harold Fisher. Parking restrictions recommendations from Police Chief Joseph Blackmore also on the agenda.
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City Commission
Middletown
H. W. Starick
Committee of Police and Firemen
Stark
Commission
Police
Fire Departments
Harold Gray
Joseph Alberts
Joseph Blackmore
Starick
News-Journal
First Ave
Blackmore
Middletown Gas and Electric Company
Clayton St
Maryetta
Journal Carriers Put On Feedbag At Christmas Party
The Middletown Journal hosted its annual big feed for 130 city and suburban carriers at First Presbyterian Church. Prizes totaled $20, $15 and $10 for the top circulation winners Sam Wilson Robert Youtsler and Jack Fishbaugh. awards were handed by circulation manager F. W. Chew. The event honored private newspaper carriers, many saving for college, with a turkey dinner, western film Boots and Saddles, and multiple prize categories including theater tickets and Red Bag recognitions for perfect months.
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Middletown Journal
First Presbyterian Church
Sam Wilson
Robert Youtsler
Jack Fishbaugh
F. W. Chew
Journal
Russell Galloway
Chew
Dave Regan
Howard Murray
Kiwanis Club
Paul Wilson
Safety Council
Murray Jacobs
Harry Jackson
Wallace Gix
Esther Paul
Martha Taylor
Roland Heller
Harold Jackson
Bud Lukey
Dale Graham
Paul Rothwell
Harry
Lukey
Graham
Gene Autry
At the Movies: Paramount and Strand Showings
Paramount screens The Fireball and Holy Year 19/9 with listed times plus Two Flags West and Armored Car Robbery on Thursday. Strand offers Prisoners in Petticoats and Tarnisheha with showings across the evening. Colonial presents Dark City with multiple nightly showtimes.
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Paramount
Two Flags West
Castner Denton Named President of Dentons Inc
E Castner Denton general manager of The John Ross Store was elected president of Dentons Inc by the board of directors. The company owns The John Ross Store Edward Wren Store of Springfield and the Robinson Schwenn Store of Hamilton. A I Bishop of Springfield was elected first vice president and Mrs Margaret D Strong Fr Thomas Ky was named treasurer.
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E. Castner Denton
John Ross
Denton's, Inc
Denton’s, Inc
Edward Wren
Springfield
Robinson Schwenn
Hamilton
Bishop
Margaret D. Strong
Thomas
Paroles Granted for Two Ohio Burglary Cases
Richard Isaacs of Hamilton and Henry Ritchie of Lemon Township are slated for parole from the Ohio penitentiary on January 15. Isaacs pleaded guilty to burglary in 1948 in New Miami with $300 loot. he was sentenced January 5, 1949. Ritchie pleaded guilty to attempted burglary at Kemplin storeroom in Lemon Township and was sentenced January 20, 1949.
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Richard Isaacs
Hamilton
Clara Schramm
New Miami
Ohio
Columbus
Isaacs
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Henry Ritchie
Lemon Township
Common Pleas
As Kemplin
Local Woman's Father Succumbs In Hamilton
Hamilton Perry Sink 72 of 645 Minor Ave died yesterday at home. Survivors include widow Mae, son Howard of Hamilton, daughter Mrs Jane Shalley of Middletown, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild, two brothers William and Ether, two sisters Mrs Pearl Millard of Franklin and Mrs Charles Harding of Detroit. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Griesmer Grim Funeral Home burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Hamiltonn
Perry Sink
Minor Ave
Mae
Howard
Hamilton
Jane Shalley
Middletown
William
Eather
Franklin
Pearl Millard
Charles Harding
Detroit
Mich
Knife Fight at Luneford Cafe Leaves Two Wounded
Police say two men were wounded and three men arrested after a gun knife fracas at Luneford Cafe 1300 Garfield St about 10:30 last night. Victims Cleveland Smith 27 and T L Curley 42 suffered gunshot and stab injuries. Suspect Edward Lunsford 34 allegedly armed with a knife and fired. Curley and Smith were involved along with George Snow and Lunsford. Detectives recorded statements this morning.
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Luneford
Garfield St
Cleveland Smith
Michigan Ave
Smith
T. L Curley
Edward Lunsford
George Snow
Calumet Ave
Lunsford
Snow
Curley
Edward Poling
Larry White
Howard Watson
Robert Walton
Adrian Smallwood Elected President of Sportsman's Club
Adrian Smallwood is named the 1951 president of the Middletown Sportsmen's Club at a membership meeting. Officers include Don Dazey as vice president and Francis Ditmyer as secretary with Fed Stein as treasurer. Board members named: Harry Lewis Sam Kitchen Don Dazey and others. David Lin of Miami University spoke on postwar rural famine and Communist groups in the county.
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Adrian Smallwood
Sportsman’s Club
Middletown Sportsmen’s Club
Don Dazey
Francis Ditmyer
Fed Stein
Harry Lewis
Sam Kitchen
George Koeppel
Eddie Drayer
Melvin Kelson
Smallwood
Bill Long
Roy Davidson
David Lin
Miami University
China
Girl suffers eye injury from sled runner
A 12-year-old girl, Margaret Spencer of 1003 Columbia Ave, sustained an eye injury at 7 p.m. yesterday when a sled runner struck her eye. She was taken to Middletown Hospital by the McCoy Leffler ambulance, treated, and released. Officials said the wound was not serious.
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Margaret Spencer
Columbia Ave
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
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American Legion Committee On Civilian Defense
Harry Hadley
Gardner Board and Carton
Blevins Speedway
Charles Stutenroth
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John Fitzgerald
Middletown Police Department
Robert Bell
Middletown Fire Department
Ramsey McGuire
Terry McGuff
William Holton
Eddie Cole
Jerry Green
William Seevers
Tim Kneisel
van Sauter
Roger Warren
James Myers
Jerry Greene
Richard Knox
Leon Taylor
Castner Denton
Denton, Inc
GEM City
Lin
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Ronson G Evans
Sam’s Airport Inn
Germantown Rd
Dial
Central Ave
Sylvania
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FBI
WPFB
First National Bank OF Middletown
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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