Mason Site Fight Reaches State Board of Education
Mason village and the school district clash over a new elementary school site on Kings Mills Road. The village council demands a stop to Miller site development citing master plan conflicts and safety concerns, while considering the Smith property as an alternative. State guidance may settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
State Board of Education
Columbus
Charles Anderson
Mason Planning Board
Miller
Kings Mills Road
Sam Jones
The
Planning Commission
Janes
Smith
Robert Middleton
David J. Frey
General Telephone of Ohio announces long range expansion plan
General Telephone Co of Ohio unveils a 105.6 million expansion program covering 1968 to 1970, aiming to reduce party lines, expand exchanges, and keep pace with technology. President Robert M. Wopat cites growing communities and future needs, with capital construction around 19.3 million annually and operating costs of 33.6 million in 1968. The company serves 34,000 telephones in 630+ cities across 70 counties as a subsidiary of General Telephone & Electronics Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ohio
General Telephone Co
Robert M. Wopat
Wopat
General Telephone & Electronics Corp
Christmas Story Told In Monroe
Dr. Robert Logan narrated a Christmas story at Mt. Pleasant Home Monroe using colored and Holy Land slides to recount Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. He integrated religious and modern imagery and led hymns at intervals while displaying Madonna and Christ child depictions by renowned artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Steigerwald Monroe
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Logan
Logan
Mary and
Joseph
Bethlehem
Holy Land
Dr. Logan
The
Presbyterian Church In
Wyoming
Valley News Lebanon Tests Garbage Liners
Lebanon schedules a four week test of plastic garbage liners to improve home trash removal. City manager Charles Guard says residents will receive liners and instruction before Jan. 3 and must place only the liner at the curb on collection day. The program aims to speed pickups, reduce curb clutter, and assess cost feasibility for possible permanent adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Charles Guard
Assweeee Nile Fae Ene
Exter Nee
Guard
Gured
Carlisle Council Approves Various Payments and Ordinances
Carlisle Village trustees ordered payment of $7.70 to Weidle Sand and Gravel for street drainage and paving on Willard Hillcrest avenues and W. Lamar Drive, with a hold on $0 to Victor Parying Co. until work meets engineer specs. They also adopted traffic and speed regulations, license plate rules, accident penalties, and updated park drive and Jamaica Road speed limits to 35 mph with school zone exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Weidle Sand and Gravel, Inc
Germantown
Willard and
Hillcrest Avenues
W. Lamar Drive
Victor Pary
Park Drive
Jamica Road
Grand Jury Names Picked for Warren County
Warren County residents were named to the grand jury and petit jury for the Warren County Common Pleas Court with sessions set to begin Jan 3. Names span Franklin Lebanon Waynesville Mason Car lisle German town Oregonia Pleasant Plain Springboro Care lisle Harveysburg and South Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Warren County
Grand Jury
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Ruel Webb
William H. Perrin
Mildred Bussel
Bloyd Japple
Lora T. Jeffery
Daniel C. Moore
Franklin
Emma Lou Barton
Ray C. Baker
George A. Voix
William R. Fisher
Richard D. Irons
James H. Robbins
Howard H. Wallace
Lucina M. Poore
Waynesville
Mildred Smith
Lawrence Cox
Chester Hansel
Mason
Mary Bernice Smith
Carlisle
Ralph Willson
Germantown
Richard L. Robbins
South Lebanon
Adelma Wilson
Kings Mills
Doris R Elson
Oregonia Rt. 1
Bonnie C. Burdett
Pleasant Plain
Harverysburg
Luther Welch Jr
Oregonia
Clinton Oldham
Scotch prices to rise in Ohio state stores
Deputy State Liquor Director William MacKenzie announced that many popular Scotch whiskies will rise about 15 cents in Ohio state liquor stores effective January 3. The increase comes from distillers, not from an Ohio markup change, as the department applies a 3 percent legal markup with a 25 percent cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
William
MacKenzie
Trenton Names Top Christmas Decoration Winner
Rob ert Sortman of 399 Kerry St won Trenton's Christmas decorating contest with a manger scene and three angels on the roof and a Santa display. Leo Hetzel of 700 Author St took second, Lloyd Spicer of 2200 FE Home Ave third. 41 entrants.
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Trenton
Robert Sortman
Kerry St
Trenton Rescue Squad
Leo Hetzel
Author St
Lloyd Spicer
Home Ave
Sortman
Monroe Highs and Junior High Present Christmas Program
Monroe high schools joined to stage a Christmas program in the high school auditorium. The Triple Trio opened with a medley and Cindy Anders performed White Christmas while the Junior High Orchestra played three selections including Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cindy Anders
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Santa
Julie Jordan
John Jordan
Lebanon Street
Monroe
Santa Claus
Julie
Karmen
Steigerwald
Best
Stan’s TV
Peerless Mill Inn
Miemisburg
Onio
Grog
Rom Shrubs
Het Rom Grog
Midwest
State
Middletown
Mason Heights
Valley News
Carlisle Council
Nadine Kirkpatrick
Herb Beerman
H. F E. C. Electronics
Cincinnati
Lewlie Spaeth
Cashway
East 4Th Street
Franklin, Ohio
Petit Jury
Sterling Peters
Joseph Richardson
Betty J. Howard
Vina M. Work
Clifford L. Glancey
William J
Miller Ins., Inc
N. Verity Pkwy
ANG Nin
David “Bud” Armbruster, Mgr
Middletown Shopping Plaza
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