Races To Be Petitioned For Central Committees In Middletown
The Middletown Board of Elections closed petition filings for the May primaries adding four more candidates for central committee posts. Republicans and Democrats filed for ward seats across multiple townships with contests in Morgan and Madison townships. Several incumbents seek state representative, county commissioner, and judicial posts amid a mix of unopposed or contested races.
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Middletown
Republican Central Committee
Dillon
Charles Henry Lukey
N. Broad St
Democratic Central Committee
Cleese
Dobrozsi
Robert E. Thompson
Middletown Rt
Lemon Township
Joseph Bayer
7Th Ave
Harold L. Agee
Highland Ave
Fourth Ward
H. O. Augspurger
Trenton
Madison Township
Mark Sheley
West Midgotown
Wayne Township
William R. Hendrickson
Austin-Smith Dr
Monroe
Central Committee
Morgan Township
Daniel Jo \Roberts
Morgan
Dilson
Harry Wilks
Marvin Kline
Hamilton
James R. Sexton
Ralph Colegrove
GOP
New Court of Domestic Relations
Alton H. Combs
Arthur Fiehrer
Frank F. Wessel
Jackson Bosch
Andrew Cherney
William Manroad
Oxford
Arthur Reiff
Gordon Augspourger
Edward H. Dell
William Beckett Hamilton
David Black
Robert L. Marrs
Charles H. Jones
Martin A. Singer
John W. Wende
Ben S. van Gorden
Joseph Kiep
Robert W. Smith
Smith
Jesse Pochard
Victor J. Simpson
Earl Hogan
Charles M. Sibert
Garret J. Boone
Pupils Pick the Illness As Big Story
At Trenton High School social studies pupils across grades eight through twelve ranked the year 1955 events. Eisenhower heart attack led with 916 points, followed by the Salk polio vaccine news at 857 and the Geneva summit talks at 816. Top ten also included Arab Israeli clashes, NATO entry for West Germany, peaceful atomic energy conference, Malenkov Khrushchev changes, Northeast floods, Red China releasing U S captives, and plans to launch an earth satellite.
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Trenton
Trenton High School
Eisenhower
U. S
Geneva
NATO
Malenkov
Bulgaria
Khrushchev
Pacific
Red China
Jefferson PTA Committee Prepares for Feb. 16 Meeting
Jefferson PTA officers and chairmen met at President Robert Easton’s home to discuss finances and plans for the February 16 session. They approved notebooks to document all projects for a permanent records library and considered how to address the shortage of school rooms and teachers. Refreshments followed.
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Jefferson Pta
Robert Easton
Erie Ave
PTA
Easton
Springhill PTO Names Lawn Fete Chairmen
The Springhill PTO named Mrs. Robert Francie general chair for the lawn fete this spring and announced other committee chairs at the meeting. The group approved buying several pictures for the school and heard Celia Long discuss child reading. Attendance prize went to Mrs. Lucille Paine’s first grade. lunch followed served by Mrs. Harold Helton and team.
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Robert Francie
Springhill
Celia Long
Miss Long
Lucille Paine
Harold Helton
City cracks down as resident told to dump garbage in trench
Last night the Middletown City Commission passed an emergency ordinance after a local taxpayer refused to haul his garbage to the disposal grounds. The rule requires self-haulers to place refuse in a designated trench and imposes a stiff fine for noncompliance, effective immediately.
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Middletown
Thompson
Arrest After 1 750 3 Car Wreck On Curtis Street
A $1 750 auto accident involving three vehicles in the 700 block of Curtis Street last night led to the arrest of George E Harris, 47, on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Harris’s car struck a parked auto, damaged the Armco lawn area, and hit another parked car as he allegedly tried to leave. Damages were about $600 to the Harris vehicle, $1 000 to the Cox auto, and $100 to Mangold’s car with minor building damage. Other minor city mishaps followed nearby locations and times.
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Curtis Street
George E. Harris
18Th Ave
Harris
Donald Cox
Manchester Rd
Armco
C. A. Mangold
Florence St
Cox
Cox Auto
Mangold
New York Central Railroad
Billy Stanley
Hamilton
Water Street
Elmer Stout
Navaho Street
Beulah Hughes
S. Sutphin St
Charlie Spicer
Grand Ave
Casper Avenue
Grimes Street
Ann Fossett
Spencer Sn
Shade Duncil
Brentwood St
Lorg Place
Stevens Avenue
Safety tips after three child molesting incidents in Middletown
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore urged Middletown parents to follow nine safety pointers after three incidents near schools. Children should go straight to school and home after dismissal, avoid strangers, never accept rides or candy, and report anything suspicious to parents teachers or officers. Children should run to safety, note car license numbers and describe suspects, and remember officers are allies.
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Joseph Blackmore
Middletown
Sherman School
Lincoln
Blackmore
Hills and Dales shopping center planned in Kettering
A 2 million dollar Hills and Dales shopping center will be built this year at the southeast corner of Dorothy Lane and Route 25 in Southern Hills Kettering. The 40 unit center will cover 130000 to 210000 square feet and construction will start when weather allows. Built by Huber Construction Co.
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Dayton
Dorothy Lane
Rt. 25
Hills
Kettering
Hills and Dales
Huber Construction Co
Girl Hurt When Car Leaves Road
A 15 year old girl Norma McKinney daughter of Clifford McKinney Somerville Rt 1 was treated at Middletown Hospital for a lacerated right eyebrow after a one car accident on Old Trace Road about a mile north of the Butler Preble County line. Driver Dudley Lee Bolser 16 Camden Rt 3 failed to negotiate a curve and the wet road sent the car into a ditch then into an embankment causing minor damage.
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Old Trace Road
Butler- Preble County
Norma McKinney
Clifford McKinney
Somerville Rt. 1
Middletown Hospital
Dudley Lee Bolser
Camden Rt. 3
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount shows Music Land and Lone Ranger on Thursday and Friday with multiple nightly times. Strand screens Kiss the Blood Off My Hands and Johnny Stool Pigeon Thursday and Run For Cover Friday. Colonial offers Running Wild Tarantula and The Lieutenant Wore Skirts on respective days. Dixie Cruise In presents Kentucky Rifles and South Sea Women with evening showings.
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Paramount
Music Land
Lone Ranger
Dixie Cruise
Kentucky Rifles
East End Mud Bound Prompts Commission Talk
East End residents newly built along Creek View Drive face mud-bound days as the city Commission hears the issue. Acting City Manager Charles W Thompson said the mud areas fall under the developer’s bond obligations, not city responsibility, with street improvements due by year end.
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Charles W. Thompson
City Commission
East End
Creek View Drive
Central Avenue
Charles W Thompson
Thompson
Boy Falls From Barn In Oxford In Serious Condition
An eight year old Oxford boy named Hargis Miller Jr. remained in serious condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a fall from a barn loft at his home on Oxford Route 2. The child was taken to the hospital by a Marshall Smith Funeral Home ambulance.
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Oxford
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Hargis Miller
Oxford Rt. 2
Marshall- Smith Funeral Home
Smoke from York Ave stove company call no fire
Fire department responded to a still alarm at 1705 1707 York Ave. yesterday as three firefighters found smoke issuing from stoves. No blaze or damage was reported and crews confirmed no danger. Alarm time was 10 28 a.m.
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York Ave
Wells letter backs fluoridation of city water
G S Wells of 812 Main St submitted a letter to the commissioners urging fluoridation of the city water supply. He emphasized the benefit to residents in the low income group who could gain most from fluoridation.
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G. S. Wells
Main St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wario Rs, Wison
Tytus Ave
Thomas A. Gateese
Bundy Apts
Frank Dobrorsi
Baltimore St
Thomas W Baird Sr
Central Ave
Third Ward
Walter Cisle
Millville
Paul Pell
Linda Lane
Charles B. Walke
George van Lieu
Edward Lubbers
Oscar Johnson
Eddie McDonald
John F. Dowd
Joseph W. Gillespie
Jefferson
Springhill Pto
Lawn Fete
First Methodist Church
Rees
Dayton Shopping Center
United States
Garfield ST
Porterhouse
Deckers
Bozz
Libby
Maxwell House
B. D. Morgan Construction Co
Reynolds Electric Co
Champion Heating Co
Department of Public Utilities
Audi
Breeze
Vradelis
Monthly
Broad St
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