Letter Found After 41 Years Reveals Dayton Couple
A sealed letter postmarked December 31 1925 and addressed to Robert D Burtnett of Dayton was recovered from a Middletown YMCA baseboard. The widow Gertrude Kramer Burtnett identified the missive, confirming her late husband’s hospital pledge and his 1929 marriage to her. He was an architect and vice president of Caldwell Eisenmenger Construction Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Robert D
Gertrude Kramer Burtnett
Robert D. Burtnett
Port
Burtnett
Middletown
Caldwell & Eisenmenger Construction Co
YMCA
Three Drivers Cited In City Auto Accidents
Police logged four accidents yesterday with estimated damage at 1310 dollars. No injuries were reported. Claton Stacy, 17, of 110 Park St, cited for excessive speed after passing a truck on the right, causing his car to hit two parked cars. Other drivers included Gladys Benton and Mary Alexander, Cope and Moriarty, and Linda Mason and Lillian Walters, with charges for failure to yield and maintaining an assured clear distance.
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Claton Stacy
Park St
William Peck
Jewell Ave
Stacy
Hortense Carter
Gladys Marie Benton
East Ave
Monroe
Mary Alexander
Monroe St
Verity Parkway
First Avenue
Alexander
Mary
Cope
Winton St
Garrett J. Moriarty
Kensington St
Sutphin St
Linda Mason
Cincinnati
Lillian Walters
Berwick Lane
Manchester Road
Vannest Avenue
Walters
Middletown Hosts Open Q and A On Zoning Map
Middletown residents can attend a special Monday 7 30 p m question and answer session about the proposed zoning ordinance and map. R Paul Christiansen says session in Municipal Courtroom second floor City Building is public and not linked to Tuesday planning commission hearing.
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Middletown
R. Paul Christiansen
Planning Commission
Christiansen
Middletown Honors 32 City Employees With First Service Pins
City officials William W. Donham and Dan W. Kothe presented pins recognizing 852 collective years of service among 32 employees. Longest tenure belongs to Detective Lieutenant Roy E. Crout who starts his 37th year March 1, followed by several 35 and 30 year recipients across police, fire, finance, health, and welfare with notable names and dates from 1930 arrivals.
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City Commission
William W. Donham
Dan W. Kothe
Donham
Middletown
Kothe
Roy E. Crout
Division of Police
James Mattson
Robert Quinn
John S. McCue
Martha Class
Department of Finance
Gerald Horn
Mothers Of Twins Plan Club In Middletown Area
Middletown area mothers of twins plan forming a Mothers of Twins Club with potential 30 prospects. A meeting is set for Monday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Barbara Doench’s home 5393 Middletown Oxford Road near Jacksonburg. The Preble County Mothers of Twins Club in Eaton, with 13 members, will provide organizational help and host the state convention in Dayton in June 1968. Interested locals may call Mrs. Doench for details.
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Middletown Area
Mothers of Twins
Mothers of Twins Club
Barbara Doench
Middletown
Oxford Road
Jacksonburg
Preble County
Eaton
Ann Gomin
Spencer Lane
Eaton Club
Dayton
Doench
Lukens Campaign Funds Club Formed in Butler and Warren Counties
Butler and Warren County GOP leaders confirmed a 24th District Club to raise campaign funds for newly elected Rep. Don Ald Lukens of Middletown. The anonymous 250-anon attorney Edward Cran head will lead the club with a $200 membership fee yielding a $50,000 reserve to fund Lukens’ campaign and allow more Washington time. Warren County Chairman Fred Jones calls clubs common and a sound way to raise funds without a last minute rush.
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Butler
Warren County
Donald E. Lukens
Middletown
Edward Cranmember
Tew County
Eric Subroneous
Lukens
Billy Pulley
Central Committee
Edna Fath
Moser
Washington
Fred Jones
Lebanon
Father Sent To Workhouse
Middletown man Danny Eugene Short 23 pleaded guilty to failing to support one minor child and was sentenced to 9 days in the Cincinnati Workhouse by Domestic Relations Judge David Black. Ballard Jackson 40 pleaded guilty to failing to support five minor children and received a suspended one year sentence and probation. Merritt Lenear 37 entered a guilty plea to failing to support three minor children and was continued for 30 days.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Cincinnati
David Black
Danny Eugene Short
Beatrice Drive
Ballard Jackson
Young St
Merritt Lenear
17Th Ave
Larceny By Trick Charged in Northern Kentucky Burglaries
Jerry Spencer, 24, of Middletown, is charged with larceny by trick in a spate of northern Kentucky burglaries. He allegedly posed as a gas and electric company rep to inspect wiring at Mrs. Helen M. Guth of Walton, then left with $700 missing from a pocketbook upstairs.
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Middletown
Kentucky
Jerry Spencer
Gas and Electrics Company
Helen M. Guth
Walton
Cubs, Boy Scouts Set For Big Races
Tomorrow two Scout events unfold with 85 Pinewood Derby winners from 19 packs and about 550 Scouts in the Klondike Derby. Pinewood Derby begins at 1 p.m. in Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church after registration. Klondike Derby at Camp Hook starts 9 30 a.m. with six patrols and dog sledges weighing at least 50 pounds. Rewards awarded for fastest times, most nuggets, sledge decoration, and construction. Tom Tuttle chairs the Klondike Derby and Donald Perander heads the district activities committee over the Pinewood Derby.
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Pokey Griffith
Mound Builders Area
Tom Tuttle
Donald Perander
District Activities Committee
Deadline Extended for Middletown Police Applications
The Middletown Division of Police extends the application deadline to January 2 to fill five vacancies. Only 12 candidates have applied since the drive began last Friday, with five passing the written test but subject to further screening. A list of six potential men will be submitted for selection, with starting pay around 6,063 dollars and top patrol pay at 7.62 dollars. requirements include U.S. citizenship, high school diploma, ages 21 to 35, height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 145 pounds, and clean legal record apart from minor traffic offenses. Fringe benefits include vacation, holidays, sick leave, insurance, retirement, and a credit union.
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Shoup
Police Department
Pipefitter Injured in Fall at Armco Project 600
Voracona C. Woods of Reily suffered a sprained back and bruises after a 4%-year- old pipefitter for Kaiser Engineers fell from a scaffold at Armco Steel Corporation's Project 600 yesterday. The injured worker was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital today.
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Kaiser Engineers
Middletown Hospital
Armco Steel Corporation
Voracona C. Woods of
Reily
Armco Steel No 3 Blast Furnace Sets National Pig Iron Record
Armco Steel Corp No 3 blast furnace at the Middleton Works produced 114 417 tons of pig iron in January alone, an average of 3691 tons per day, surpassing the prior high. The plant also claims the U S yearly production record for 1966 with 1 172 948 tons, averaging 3213 tons per day.
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Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Amanda
Ashland
Don Osborne
Middleton
U S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Sullivan
B. P. Allen
Frank Dobrozsi
Dobrozsi
Roy Crout
Bohman
Louis Janka
City Health Department
Donald Wallace
Division
Raleigh Trent
Robert E. Johnson
Alma& Alarms
Thelma L. Mc Johnson
Central Reproduct
Intosh
Tion
Milan Alexander
Eugene J. Fish
Daniel Pelfrey
Edward Poling
Mothers of Twins Plan Club
Lukens Campaign Funds
Jonestation
Johns
R. Moser
Boy
Camp Hook
John Shoup
Furnace
Shaddock
Ofa Ronly Sale
Wieners
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