Clyde locals chafe at Winesburg portrayal as Clyde roots loom
Clyde residents recall Sherwood Anderson and the small town used as model for Winesburg Ohio. Thaddeus Hurd notes locals feel exposed by vignettes, while the author’s Clyde childhood and later career are traced from Spring Street to Chicago. The piece links Clyde’s 19th century railroad boom to its lasting literary fame.
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Clyde, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
Clyde
Winesburg
Ohio
Anderson
Thaddeus Hurd
Anderson Hurd
Nel
America
Hemingway
Faulkner
Steinbeck
Sandusky County
Sherwood
Andersons
Spring Street
Hurd
Elyria
Cleveland
Chicago
Durin Anderson
Cincinnati
Toledo
County plans to aid expectant mothers during snowbound roads
Butleria Engineer William Oster coordinates a county list of expectant mothers to prioritize road clearing during storms. Residents with Middletown contacts should notify the engineer to have crews clear drives and provide swift access to emergency services. Staff may perform second plow passes to reach homes near hospitals and health facilities.
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Hamilton
Butleria
William Oster
Foster
Ohio
Middletown
Rosin Health Center Dedication Rescheduled for Feb 9
The Rosin Health Center dedication, canceled by bad weather, is set for February 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Butler County Administrative Center at 130 High St. Open to all Butler County general health district residents, with services including health checks, immunization, child health, counseling, and home visits. For more information call 867-5951.
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Hamilton
Rosin Health Center
Butler County
High St
Butler County General Health District
Services County
Simon Rosin
Fenwick Orientation Day for Eighth Grade Prospects
Fenwick High School schedules a February 10 Orientation Day for current eighth graders. The program runs from 9 a.m. with academic and vocational discussions, followed by an afternoon spirit program featuring the Fenwick Falcons and drill team under Elaine Schweller, plus volleyball and basketball demos by the girls’ varsity teams led by Jim Orr. Principal Rev. Stanley Neiheisel asks non John XXIII feeder eighth graders to contact Fenwick in advance.
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Fenwick High School
Fenwick
Fenwick Falcons
Elaine Schweller
Jim Orr
Jury awards 5300 in Streifthau appropriation case
In Butler County Common Pleas Court a jury awarded Edgar Streifthau of Middletown $5,300 in an appropriation suit arising from a B & O Railroad action against Streifthau, operator of Fantasy Farm amusement in Sourdsville Ohio. The land involved totals 14 acres of a 57 acre tract north of Fantasy Farm, not 1.4 acres as previously reported.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Edgar Streifthau
Middletown
B & O Railroad
Streifthau
Fantasy Farm Amusement Rn
Ohio 4
eSourdsville
Fantasy Farm
Miami Township Trustee Appointed to Fill Vacancy
Herman Myers of 1213 Wise Drive was named Miami Township trustee by Miamisburg Municipal Judge Daniel Shell to fill the vacancy after Oscar Page joined the Montgomery County Commission. Myers, a National Cash Register Corp. employee, replaces the dissenting trustees Shirley Omietanski and James Cogan, who could not agree. Omietanski was elected president and Cogan was re elected vice president.
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Miamisburg
Herman Myers
Wise Drive
Miami Township
Oscar Page
Montgomery County
Myers
National Cash Register Corp
Daniel Shell
Shirley Omietanski
James Cogan
Omietanski
Cogan
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Middletown Mall
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Central Avenue
Haddock
Wieners
Sao Pen Wren
LiveAn
Sirloin Steak Porterhouse
U.S.D.A
Central Ave
Miami
Henderson
Lincoln School
Americard
Fourth and River
Franklin
Cauek Oast
Ane Hoase
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