Board Favors Blue Ball School Merger Move
Middletown Ohio board signals favorable stance to merge Blue Ball district into Middletown system following Warren County board letter. State law requires 5 percent petition, with 75 percent signers triggering action. Blue Ball families largely work in Middletown, boosting merger case. If approved, transfer must occur by Jan 1, 1959 or voters in a general election with 75 percent for merger.
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Board of Education
Warren County School Board
Blue Ball
Middletown
Warren County
Warren Board
Warren County Board
Franklin
Howard Cromwell
Middletown Schools
Cromswell
Cromwell
Monroe
Madison School Aid Approved for Madison District
The Madison Township School District in Butler County earned top priority status for state aid, with $47,469 approved to help build a high school. Twenty five other districts also gained priority funds. Kings Mills and South Lebanon were not included. The total for the 26 districts is $5,965,156 with possible later additions. The aid comes from a $10 million state allocation, leaving about $2 million for potential future distribution among remaining applicants.
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Madison Township
Butler County
State Board of Education
Columbus
Ohio
Kings Mills
South Lebanon
Warren County
Madison
Middletown
Trenton
Jackson
E. E. Holt
Holt
General Assembly
South 'Sebanon
Records Stolen From Home Here
Peggy Childs reported a break in at 2115 Arlington Ave last night with 15 or 20 long playing records valued at about 100 dollars and some food taken. She told Sgt. William Brewer and Pfc. Paul Frisby at 12 20 a m today that the entry occurred while she was away. Method of entry not yet determined.
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Peggy Childs
Arlington Ave
William Brewer
Paul Frisby
Roy Doing Okay After Eye Taken
Two year old Roy E Eu gene Nickell of Excello had his right eye removed in New York for a rare non malignant tumor. Doctors at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center reported his condition good after the operation. Parents Ernest and Mrs. Nickell attended. voyage and medical costs are funded by the American Cancer Society and local Southwest Ohio groups.
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Roy E Eugene Nickell
Excello
New York
Fye Institute
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Ernest Nickell
Oxford State Road
Roy
American Cancer Society
Ohio
Roy in Good Condition After Major Eye Operation
A hospital spokesman described Roy as doing fine and the operation as very successful. The tot, nearly three in April, has an excellent general outlook and may go home by week’s end. An artificial eye could be fitted in two to three weeks.
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Roy
Salesman Arrested After Burglary at Middletown Area Home
Ralph Goldsmith Jr. a 19 year old magazine salesman from Louisville was arrested in a kitchen near Middletown after allegedly burglarizing the Manning residence at Yankee and Todhunter Roads. Deputies recovered three wrist watches and 10.45 dollars. He is held for questioning.
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Ralph Goldsmith Jr
Pinewood Rd
Louisville
Middletown
Paul A. Pell
Goldsmith
F. S. Ratliff
Corbett J. Manning
Yankee and
Todhunter Roads
Pell
Manning House
Neff Re elected By Plan Body
The City Planning Commission re elected Allison C. Neff president and W T Printz vice president with William Helton as secretary in a 1958 meeting. Other members include Francis Carmody Paul Kordenat City Manager C W Thompson and Planning Director James A Cox.
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City Planning Commission
Allison C. Neff
Central Ave
W. T. Printz
Kenwood Dr
William Helton
Aberdeen Dr
City Commission
Francis Carmody
Paul Kordenat
C. W. Thompson
James A. Cox
Hamilton Woman Burned Critically in Heater Explosion
Mrs. Margaret M. Hunley aged 69 of 537 North Seventh Street suffered first second and third degree burns on about 75 percent of her body when a gas space heater she was lighting in a bathroom exploded. She was taken to Mercy Hospital in critical condition.
Golden Age Club to Screen The Best Things in Life are Free
Wilson of the Parks and Recreation Department will show a movie at tomorrow’s Golden Age Club meeting. The film titled The Best Things in Life are Free. Helianthus is the sunflower.
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Oan Wilson
Parks and Recreation Department
Golden Age Club
Journal Fabricating Capture Safety Oscars
The Middletown Journal swept the 11th Industrial Awards Banquet with triple honors including a safety Oscar for the Journal and a plant Oscar for Armco’s Fabricating Plant. Les Gilmore accepted for the Journal, citing a 100 percent safety record in 1957.
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Middletown Journal
Armco
Les Gilmore
Journal Machinist
Charles Stutenroth
Ross Motors, Inc
Hauselman Transportation Co
Shuttle
Black Clawson
Ross Motors
Heber Jones
Hughes Motors
Howe Motor Co
Riverside Concrete Co
Buckeye Paper Products
M. L. Bauer Construction Co
Jacone Glass Co
Middletown Lumber Co
Armco Drainage & Metal Products
Manchester Hotel
Middletown Safety Council
Wylie Mitchell
Charles Statenroth
Middletown Journal Safety
Journal
Asher
Time Change for Cincinnatian Railroad Service
G E Schiller freight agent announced a schedule update for the Baltimore and Ohio Cincinnatian through West Middletown. Southbound departures shift from 6:30 p.m. to 4:38 p.m. from Middletown, with arrivals in Cincinnati at 5:45 p.m. and connections to the National Limited to Washington. The change aims to improve evening connections from Cincinnati to the South.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Middletown
G. E. Schiller
Middletown
Detroit
Toledo
Schiller
Cincinnati
National Limited
Washington
B&o
Hamilton
Explorer Post 77 Receives Charter in Church Ceremony
Explorer Post 77 received its charter last night in a program at St. Pauls Evangelical Reformed Church. District Commissioner Sam Carruthers presented the charter to Rev H C Grunewald and J Everett Sams. Tom Hilton earned two merit badges, Ron Bales earned two merit badges and the Star, and the ceremony featured a film Explorers in Action. Post Advisor Richard Hopper led the program with Senior Crew Leader Ron Bales as master of ceremonies.
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Explorer Post 77
St. Paul's Evangelical & Reformed Church
Sam Carru Ithers
H. C. Grunewald
J. Everett Sams
Tom Hilton
Ron Bales
Post
Richard Hopper
Boy Scout Uses Good Deed To Ease Fine In Court
In Franklin city court Judge J. T. Riley presided over a day in city government with Boy Scout John Norton on the bench. Norton suggested a $10 fine and costs with a no-show penalty for a defendant guilty of intoxication. Other fines included James Spence $35 and 10 days jail suspended, J C Hipsher $10 and $25 suspended plus 30 day driving rights revocation, Elmer Cox $25 suspended, and bond forfeitures for Hollin Rowland $25, Richard Opikak $15, and Mortimer Hazlett $15 for speeding or reckless driving.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
John Norton
Lake Ave
Norton
Riley
O.K
James Spence
N. River St
J. C. Hipsher
Thirkield Ave
Elmer Cox
S. River St
Hollin Rowland
Franklin Rt. 2
Richard Opichak
Cincinnati
Mortimer Hazlett
Queen St
Prince Bertil of Sweden to visit Minnesota in May
Prince Bertil of Sweden will visit Minnesota during May as the state marks its 100th anniversary of statehood, reflecting a celebratory year for the North Star State and its ties to European royalty.
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Prince Bertil
Sweden
Minnesota
North Star
Oxford Man 4th Traffic Fatality
Virgil Lee Myers 48 of Oxford died at 2:45 p m in Mercy Hospital marking Butler County s fourth traffic fatality of 1958 Six people died in the county from traffic accidents this time last year Myers died of multiple injuries after his car skidded off U S 27 at Stahlheber Road overturned in a field His 9 year old son James passenger suffered back rib and ear injuries and was in fair condition Myers body was taken to the Marshall Smith Funeral Home Services set for 11 am Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church Oxford burial in Eaton Indiana
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Mercy Hospital
Butler County
Garret J. Boone
Myers
U.S. 27
Stahlheber Road
James
Marshall-Smith Funeral
Oxford
Trinity Episcopal Church
Eaton, Ind
Couple Sought As Witnesses In Crash on Jacksonburg Road
A Middletown couple who witnessed a Saturday crash on Jacksonburg Road is being sought by three Hamilton women in the wreck. Injured are Dora McCombs 44 driver Betty Bailey 27 and Jane Robinson 42. Bailey said the couple followed an auto forced into a culvert, helped push the wrecked car to a service station, then drove the injured to New Miami. Contact Mrs Bailey at Twinbrook 3 0719 Hamilton.
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Middletown
Jacksonburg
Hamilton
Dora McCombs
Betty Bailey
Jane Robinson
Grass fires reported at two homes in town
Burning rubbish blamed for two grass fires yesterday afternoon. Firemen from Company 2 checked both blazes. One blaze started in the back yard of George Sanders at 301 Burton Road, the other near Calvin Cole at 1801 Hill Avenue.
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George Sanders
Burton Rd
Calvin Cole
1801 Hill Ave
Accident Victim Still Critical at Mercy Hospital
Dewey Dixon age 33 of Lebanon Rt. 13 remains in critical condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a one car crash on the Warren Butler County line road yesterday. His southbound auto left the highway north of Barrett Road and struck a tree in Warren County.
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Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Dewey Dixon
Lebanon
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