All-America Award Celebration Honors Middletown
Nearly 1,000 Middletown residents and guests crowded the Manchester Hotel ballroom to toast the city’s All-America City Award. Speakers lauded civic action and looked ahead to expanded democracy, with remarks from Phil Ebeling and community leaders led by Charles R. Hook.
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Manchester
Middletown
Philip C. Ebeling
Dayton
National Municipal League
Roe
Ebeling
W. W. Sebald
Armco Steel Corp
Donald G. Driscoll
Sorg Paper Co
City Commission
Francis Carmody
Doris Doland
Look Magazine
N. J. Lawler
Journal
Knight Goodman
Carly Ebeling
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Carmody
Armee Steel Corp
Former Middie Edward Merchant Sworn Deputy
Edward Merchant 25 of 621 Lewis Place was sworn in as deputy to Sheriff Paul Pell yesterday. A Middletown native and 1951 Middletown High School graduate, he played end and halfback on the football squad and center on the basketball team. He attended Miami University graduating in 1955 and played both sports there. In 1955 he played football with the Edmonton Eskimos, returned to Ohio to be drafted into the armed services in October, and after service worked at Armco East Works until last November.
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Edward Merchant
Lewis
Paul A. Pell
Middletown
Merchant
Middletown High School
Miami University
Edmonton
Alberta
Armed Services
Armco East Works
Confidence Man Works Paper Route Near Park Place
Middleton police warn of a confidence man posing as a paper boy’s father in the Linden Avenue area. The well dressed stranger, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 pounds with brown hair, visited the same address three times asking for money for gas and collecting $1 on the third visit. The paper boy does not know the man and says this has happened on his route.
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Park Place
Upper Arlington
Linden Avenue
Jewelry Box Stolen in Two Break-ins Worth $30
Thieves took a pink musical jewelry box valued at $30 from 708 Orchard St. Tuesday evening between 5 and 9. Mrs. Anna Hawthorne reported the loss to Officer Louis Pierce. A second break-in at Wilson's Grocery, 1318 Baltimore St., yielded little evidence after entry via a forced front door. juveniles suspected.
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Louis Pierce
Orchard St
Anna Hawthorne
Wilson's Grocery
Baltimore St
Dets
Herbert Frazier
Ed Poling
Man 87 Aided By Fire Department After Breathing Trouble
Eugene Fuller aged 87 of 909 Lincoln Street was aided by the fire department’s emergency squad at his home early today and admitted to Middletown Hospital. He reportedly had trouble breathing and was transported by Jordan Hall ambulance. firemen received the call at 4 26 a m.
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Eugene Fuller
Lincoln St
Fire Department
Middletown
Fuller
Jordan Hall
Oldest U.S. Shipyard Sails Since 1767 in Norfolk
The Norfolk Virginia Shipyard, founded in 1767, stands as the oldest continually operating shipyard in the United States. It marks a long arc of naval construction and maritime history in the region.
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Norfolk, Va
United States
Police Briefs Reported Thefts and Arrests
Yesterday police logged thefts including galvanized pipe near Walter Brown's home 16 Baltimore Street bicycle from Joyce Ann Seiger 110 McKinley Street a map from Betty McMillan 420 Park Street four hubcaps from Fred Stamper 106 South Suthpin Street a bicycle from Rodney Mills 1006 Elwood Street four hubcaps from Howard Knopshield 3101 Roosevelt Avenue and two fender skirts from James Snowden 614 Louispi. Officers arrested Crit Mays 30 713 Yankee Road on assault battery and intoxication charges.
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Walter Brown
Baltimore St
Joyce Ann Seiger
McKinley St
Betty McMillan
Park St
Fred Stamper
S. Sutphin St
Rodney Mills
Elwood St
Howard Knopshield
Roosevelt Ave
James Snowden
Louis
Middletown All-America City Award honored at dinner
Speakers praised Middletown's selection as an All-America City. They highlighted community achievement, civic unity, and future growth from Dayton to Cincinnati, urging planned development, stronger regional cooperation, and continued pride in the city.
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Middletown
Donald G. Driscoll
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Dayton
Cincinnati
Spaghetti Dinner Planned by Altar Society
The Altar Society will host a spaghetti dinner from 5 to 8 PM Saturday at Seven Dolors Church Hall in Monroe. Chairman Mrs. Robert Bendel reported the event.
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Altar Society
Seven Dolors Church
Monroe
Robert Bendel
Sacred corn used in Pueblo and Navajo ceremonies
Corn holds ritual importance for Pueblo and Navajo peoples in the western United States, ground into meal and employed in sacred ceremonies.
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United States
Left Eye Removal Planned for Ohio Boy With Tumor
Three year old Roy Eugene Nickell of Excello Ohio undergoes surgery to remove his right eye after testing confirmed juvenile melanoma a rare tumor. Funds raised locally and by the American Cancer Society aided his care at Columbia Presbyterian. His left eye remains healthy and his overall condition described as good and the boy is described as happy.
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New York
Little Roy Eugene Nickell
Excello
Ohio
Roy
American Cancer Society
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Middletown
Hit-Skip Incident Damages Car on Tytus Avenue
Police logged a single traffic accident in the last 24 hours a hit and run on the 2000 block of Tytus Avenue. Dorothy Fitzpatrick 2822 Shattle Street owned a parked car struck by an unknown vehicle at 7 20 p m with $35 damage and no injuries.
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Tytus Avenue
Dorothy Fitzpartick
Shattle St
Fitzpatrick
Singers at Church Convention Tonight
The Church of God on Oxford State Road hosts a singing convention at 7 30 p m The Southernaires from Dayton will perform as the highlight of the program
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The
Church of God
Oxford State Rd
Southernairés
Dayton
Area Youths Nabbed At Gratis Station Burglary
Three Middletown area youths Gerald Hale Larry Ingram and Thomas French were arrested after allegedly breaking into a Gratis service station owned by Elwood Killen. They reportedly stole 13.35 in cash and goods before being captured by Gratis Police Chief Al Wiggington and sheriff's deputies. Police linked them to a Camden Highway Inn break in, where five Hamilton youths were later taken into custody.
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Gratis
al Wiggington
Hale
Ingram
French
Camden
Hamilton
Preble County
Earl Murray
Norman Smith
Orvin Hounshell
Woman Injured Falling From Car in Oneida
Mrs. Tom Gross, 24, of Lebanon Route 2, Lower Springboro Road, fell from a car in Oneida last night. She was admitted to Middletown Hospital with a cut on the right leg and facial bruises. Her condition today is listed as good.
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Tom Gross
Lower
Springboro Rd
Lebanon
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ED Edmiston
Hook
Land Look Magazine
Middletown Industrial Council
Cleveland
Citty
U. S
William Carroll
Commerce
William O'Neill
O'Neill
State of
Edwin Bobbitt
First Christian Church
Lawrence Krusling
Fenwick High School
Shepherd Sisters of
Bonnie Murray
Civic Symphony Orchestra
Mid-Chords
del Hodshire
Penes
Charles Reedier
Middie
Man
Firemen’s Squad
Crit
Mays
Yankee Rd
Hasemeir
McIntyre
Toastmaster’s Club
ALL America City
Welth
Commission
C. William O'Neill
Miami Valley
Vradelis
Rcavictor
Aldrich
Stenwyck
Uwelly
RCA Victor
RCA
RCA Victorial
Sunbeam
Elec
TRIC
Westinghouse
HAM
Ilton Beagh
Hamilton Beach
Sunbeam Irons
Westinghouse Irons
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