City approves 115000 for three major street projects
Middletown City Commissioners authorise 115000 in expenditures for three street programs. Actions include purchase of 28 acres from P Lorillard for 46000, land on West Ave for widening, and a 35000 bond issue to pave Verity Parkway. Also set plans for a city manager search, housing veterans, and other city business.
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Middletown
Fred . Schatzmann
Verity Pkwy
Hatzmann
P. Lorillard Company
West — Ave
Oglesbyarnitz Bank and Trust Company
West Middletown Bridge
Verity Pkvy
Yankee Rd
Schatemann
Filiett D. Levey
Levey
Richd Siegel
C. J. Tranter
Robert Millan
Jack Linzie
Ibert Isbell
T. Peterson
Elsbell
At the Movies Parmount Showings Spotlight Several Titles
Thursday and Friday programs list Guilty of Treason starring Charles Bickford and Paul Elly with showtimes 1 22 3 32 5 42 7 52 and 16 00 p m I Married a n e with Zorita at 1 15 5 45 May and 10 35 p m Flaming Fury with Roberts at 2 20 4 40 9 30 p m Girl from Jones with Virginia Mayo Donald Regan at 1 30 9 15 and 10 05 p m Also with Jimmy and Cannonball at 3 20 6 15 and 9 10 p m
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Jimmy
Cannonball
Mayfield Fire Fighters Plan Tonight Meeting
The Mayfield Fire Fighters Association will meet at 7:30 this evening in Mayfield School to discuss a stronger organization and a new fire truck building. Ernest Cracraft was named chairman by the association board. officials will meet Lemon Township trustees in Amanda tomorrow night.
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Mayfield Fire Fighters Association
Mayfield
Association
Ernest Cracraft
Lemon Township
Amanda
New Local Pastor to Be Installed at Eleventh Ave Church
Installation service for the Rev. William Reynolds the new pastor of Eleventh Ave Church of God will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m Guest speakers include Rev J Q Christian of Cincinnati Dr R C Caudill of Crawford St Church of God Rev Francis Cummings of Meadowlawn Church of God and Rev Hershel Caudill of Germantown
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William Reynolds
Eleventh Ave
Church of God
Reynolds
J. Q. Christian
Cincinnati
R. C. Caudill
Crawford St. Church of God
Francis Cummings
Meadowlawn Church of God
Hershel Caudill
Germantown
St John Knights Held Initiation at Middletown Meeting
Paul Orth was initiated into the Knights of St John at the monthly meeting. A report covered second and third degree initiations at Holy Trinity parish in Dayton on January 22. A membership drive was in progress with Bernard Sora, chairman, saying all Catholic men in Middletown would be contacted and detailed plans to follow.
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Paul Orth
Knights of St. John's
Dayton
Holy Trinity Parish
Bernard Sora
Middletown
Wage contract grants extra vacation and holiday
In Portsmouth Ohio last night Vulcan Corporation and the CNO United Shoe Workers of America signed a wage contract. The agreement provides additional vacations and an extra holiday for workers.
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Portsmouth
Vulcan Corporation
Cno-United Shoe Workers of America
Tilmon Ellison Named 1950 MHS Boosters President
Tilmon A Ellison was elected Middletown High School Boosters president for 1950 at a meeting of new directors. Officers include Bill Doench vice president Kelly Haddix recording secretary and Jack Siegfried treasurer. The group plans a band trip to the Middletown Hamilton game in Cincinnati Garden and a membership drive with 5900 invitations to residents.
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Tilmon A. Ellison
Middletown Booster Club
Bill Doench
Kelly Haddix
Jack Siegfried
Zelda Lane
Doench
Mary Combs
Ellison
Middletown High
Middletown
Driver Fined After Accident in Municipal Court
Mary Lou Wash, 18, of 911 Garden St, was fined 25 dollars for lacking an operator license after appearing before Judge Alton H. Combs. She was arrested at 4 55 p m yesterday when her car struck a parked vehicle on Yankee Rd, driving without the owner's consent and failing to stop.
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Mary Lou Wash
Garden St
Alton H. Combs
Yankee Rd
Hi Ys Hear Tommy Blake Tonight at YMCA
A joint meeting of all Hi Y groups is set for 7 15 p m today in the YMCA auditorium. Tommy Blake former Miami Hi Y member and last season with the New York Bulldogs will speak about his experiences in professional football.
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Tommy Blake
YMCA
Miami Hi-Y
New York Bulldogs
Judge Brillat Savarin Noted for Gastronomy Classic
The renowned bearer of a famed culinary name, Brillat Savarin, was not a cook but a French judge. He authored the influential Physiology of Taste, shaping food literature.
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Brillat-Savarin
Franklin Man Hurt In Crash
A Franklin man Foster L Turbin 22 of 455 South Main St Franklin was injured in a crash on Route 25 south of Amisburg at 1125 p m. He was taken to Miami Valley Hospital Dayton with leg cuts and facial injuries after his car skidded into a fence. He allegedly tried to leave the scene grabbing doors of slow moving cars. Investigators said the hand cuts happened at a tavern before the crash. A school bus was also struck by a truck injuring no one. The truck driver Milton M Brown 22 Cincinnati was cited for failure to stop. Shelby Estep 30 New Miami was fined 10 and costs for failure to yield. Dallas J Thomas 23 Muncie Ind swerved to avoid a left turning car and the truck overturned.
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Veteran's Village
South Main St
Schatzmann
Henry Tesley
Atmco Steel Corporation
An Ory
Nelbar_ St
R. E.hockman
Nelbar St
Electrical Examining Board
Lacy Lane
Wwa@s
Stamann
Fisher Company
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Franklin
Foster L. Turbin
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Turbin
Amisburg
Brough Ambulance
Miamisburg
Jesse Moon
Monroe
Milton M. Brown
Neave St
Cincinnati
Brown
Squire J. E. Jackson
Shelby Estep
Seven Mile Ave
New Miami
Squire Louis Bolser
Seven Mile
Armco Steel Output Won't Be Affected By Coal Strike Yet
Armco Steel will not have production affected in Middletown by the coal strike immediately according to officials. Some hiring curtailment is planned at the Ashland Kentucky plant with two blast furnaces to shut Friday and possible layoffs. Middletown reportedly has coal to run at full capacity for 10 days to two weeks and the Hamilton coke plant has a 35 to 40 day supply. If the strike lasts longer, production may be reduced.
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Armco Steel
Armco
Middletown
Ashland
Hamilton
Cash Register Stolen From Filling Station
A cash register valued at 616 dollars containing 78 in cash was taken from Sohio Service Station at 530 South Sutphin Street after a break in last night. A rear north window was found broken and unlocked. The register held checks and a polio fund box with about 1.50. Montgomery Ward Store on South Main Street also reported a break in with doors pried open and drawers rifled at 1120 Baltimore Street. A man on a porch roof flashed a light at a residence occupied by Mr and Mrs William Neal but no entry was gained.
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Sohio
Sutphin St
James Oak
Pleak
Montgomery Ward
South Main St
Robert Trimble
Baltimore St
William Neal
Camden Man Dies In Louisiana Car Crash
Camden man Rodney Neff fifty five, an official of Neff and Fry Company, died from injuries after his car hit a parked unlit truck on a Louisiana highway. He died at St Landry Clinic in Opelousas from rib fractures and internal injuries. Survived by widow Frances Neff, son Lee of Eaton, daughter Grace Crumbaker of Camden, and three grandchildren. The family left Camden by plane after the accident. funeral arrangements pending at R C Nein and Sons funeral home.
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Camden
C. Rodney Neff
Neff and Fry Company
Louisiana
Opelousas
Frances Neff
Lee
Eaton
Grace Crumbaker
Legal Technicality Cited on Lincoln St Closing Plan
Lincoln Street closing cannot be part of a land sale. Fred Schatzmann, Director of Law, said the Board of Education request to buy Oglesby Park as a school site hinges on closing the street end to join with McKinley yard. The vacation of a street must be for unused streets, not conveyance of ground. The board will be informed of the technicality.
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Lincoln St
Fred J. Schatz
Mann
Law
Board of Education
Ary Oglesby Park
McKinley
Schatzmann
Dixie Heights Lighting Plan Included in Township Contract
Dixie Heights will receive street lighting under a contract signed Tuesday by Lemon Township Trustees and Middletown Gas and Electric Service. Nine subdivisions are covered with 55 lights at 2.50 monthly and 109 lights at 2.65 monthly, prorated by the county auditor. Installations expected by April 1. Benefiting subdivisions include Dixie Heights Avalon Roselawn Maple Park Graham Subdivision Maple Ridge Buena Vista Clifton Farms and Mayfield.
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Dixie Heights
Lemon Township
Middletown Gas and Electric Service
Paul Mehl
Mehl
Clyde Pence
Avalon
Roselawn
Maple Park
Graham Subdivision
Maple Ridge
Buena Vista
Clifton Farms
Mayfield
Greenacres
Omeda
Section 19
Rolling Mill Park
Diamonds Stolen From Los Angeles Jewelry Dealer
Two robbers held up a jewelry salesman in his west Los Angeles home and escaped with a case of diamonds valued at more than 200000 dollars. The gems were on consignment from a New York brokerage and were insured.
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Los Angeles
Milton Cohen
New York
Lemon Township moves on 300000 school expansion plan
The Lemon Township School Board declared the necessity of a 300000 bond issue for real estate, new fireproof buildings, additions, and furnishings. Voters approved the bond last November. Superintendent Co W Young said bids will be sought for bonds, construction, and furnishings with outside tax levies to cover principal and interest. The new building will serve elementary grades in the Amanda district, likely in Omeda, with additions at Maple Park Mayfield and Monroe Schools and playgrounds planned for Amanda. A refrigeration unit contract was awarded to Refrigeration Products Corporation of Cincinnati.
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Lemon Township
Co. W. Young
Amanda
Omeda
Young
Maple Park
Mayfield
Monroe
Refrigeration Products Corporation of
Cincinnati
Spe
Moon on Mars Phobos orbits in 7 hours 39 minutes
Mars has two moons Deimos and Phobos. Phobos orbits the planet in 7 hours 39 minutes, shorter than a third of Mars’s rotation. As a result Phobos rises in the west and sets in the east.
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Mars
Deimos
Phobos
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Joseph Thomas
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