Close shave incident ends with garage fire
Wilbur McCarty of 5979 Yankee Road found his water pump frozen. A head lamp near the pump ignited a hunting jacket, causing shells to explode and a small fire in the garage. Firemen arrived to find McCarty had already extinguished the blaze. damage to the pump wall noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur McCarty
Yankee Road
McCarty
Sheriff's Deputies
McCarthy
Charles Gibson
Sheriff's Department
Liberty Township
Casco Inot Tan an Investment Buys CG&E Building
The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. building on N Broad Street Middletown was sold to Casco Inot Tan an Investment Co. Inc led by George Coomer as president with Jack Casper and I A Casper as officers. The $95 000 purchase keeps CG&E lease until 1972 while plans for a new office near Central Avenue and Main Street are considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
N. Broad Street
Middletown
Casco Inot Tan An
Vestment Co., Inc
George Coomer
Jack Casper
I. A. Casper
I. A
Main Street
Casper
Fred
Jane Gorman
Atlanta
Butler County
Hamilton County
Shobal Vail
The
Chew Publishing Co
Xenia
Journal
First Avenue
Fred Gorman
Calvin Verity
George M. Verity
First National Bank
Gorman
Cadillac Auto Agency
Extra Chuckle
A humorous line notes a human being as someone who laughs at family photos yet avoids smiling at himself in the mirror. It frames self irony and social behavior with a witty contrast.
Hospital Estate To Be Aired At City Council Meeting
FRANKLIN The city council will air the Conover estate and the 1968 Franklin budget at a special session. iMia Learie Stanley will explain the will and related legal actions. Funds from Howard and wife Conover may not cover hospital costs. council aims for a community project. Water system, sewer studies, solid waste plans, traffic signals, garage, street work to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Conover
iMia
Learie Stanley
Howard Conover
John B. Tracy
Tracy
Miami Conservancy District
600 Scouts Compete In Klondike Derby At Camp Hook
In 6 degree conditions over 600 scouts and leaders joined the Klondike Derby at Camp Hook. Teams in junior and senior divisions competed through six Alaskan city trials and cooked meals, with prizes including axes for best sleds and nuggets for performances. Josef Kugler directed the event with 37 troops represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Hook
Mound Builders’ Area Council
Mason
Middletown
Josef Kugler
Budget sets record spending and revenues for 1968 plan
The 1968 budget projects receipts of 1 106 565 and expenses of 951 691 with a 154 874 carryover into 1969. City Manager John Griffin notes salaries are the largest cost and lists police and fire department increases. Planned items include a council tape recorder, public information expansion, a summer intern, improved court facilities, new radio base, two vehicles, reserve tightening, Legion auxiliary, sergeant exam, and condemned unsafe buildings program. Canal land acquisition and drainage work proceed, insect fogging returns in the buggy season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Griffin
J. T. Riley
Miami - Erie Canal
Kiwanis Sweetheart Luncheon Planned at Manchester Inn
The Kiwanis Club schedules a Thursday noon Sweetheart Luncheon at the Manchester Motor Inn. Wives are invited and Howard Cromwell will serve as program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kiwanis Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Howard Cromwell
VANDALS DAMAGE CONVERTIBLE IN BELMONT NEIGHBORHOOD
Police report shows unknown vandals cut the top of Toni Brown's convertible parked behind her home on Central Avenue last night. Early yesterday police arrested 20 year old James Ray Alexander of Anne Drive Franklin on a military warrant for being absent without leave from Ft Polk Louisiana since Oct 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toni Brown
Central Ave
James Ray Alexander
Anne Drive
Franklin
Tytus Ave
Ft. Polk
Dress Stolen From Home on Harrison Street
A valued evening dress worth 40 dollars was stolen from the residence of Mrs. Hellen Steinmer at 100 Harrison Street sometime last week according to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hellen Steinmer
Harrison St
Completion of YMCA Addition Seeks New Bids
The B P Allen YMCA reports two bids fell short of funds for completing the new building addition. Plans call for readvertising with a $100000 budget to finish locker rooms two handball courts hallways and stairwells funded by Z W Ranck Memorial gift from Crystal Tissue Co. and donors. Bids will be sought in three divisions general mechanical and electrical with opening set for Friday noon March 15 and construction hoped to start April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Allen Ymca General
YMCA
W. C. Higdon
Z. W. Ranck
The
Crystal Tissue Co
Eugene Betz
Dayton
Suspect Captured in Florida Return to Warren County
A man wanted on an assault and battery charge in a Waynesville beating was brought back from Orlando, Florida, after being spotted by former deputy Mike Randolph. Police Chief LeMay and Sheriff Kennard coordinated the capture, noting the weapon was a snow shovel used in the attack on Howard Stanley of Waynesville. Reynolds faces Warren County Court proceedings in Lebanon LeMay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Countain
Florida
Waynesville
Warren County
Lebanon
LeMay
Reynolds
Roy Reynolds
Corwin
Charles LeMay
Howard Stanley
S. Main St
Orlando
Fla
Mike Randolph
Randolph
Parents Without Partners Meeting in Middletown
The Middletown chapter of Parents Without Partners will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the party room of the university branch of First National Bank. A panel discussion and social period will follow the business meeting and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Parents Without Partners
First National Bank
City Commission Set To Address Roadway Matters
City commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. in the regular session to finish last week’s business and review new items. They will dedicate several part lots for widened Brevier Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue rights of way and consider declaring the York 14th Avenue link a limited access roadway. Also on the agenda are three invoices for payment. The meeting will be held in the City Building auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevier Boulevard
Roosevelt Avenue
New York 14Th Avenue
Yankee Road
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
City Building
Three Break-ins Reported With Loot and Damages
Police investigated three burglaries with loot totaling 93 dollars and damages over 55 dollars. At J W Service Station fours tires worth 88 were stolen after breaking glass in an overhead door. Holy Trinity and Fenwick High School reported break ins with minor loot and unknown losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Breiel Blvd
Holy Trinity School
Tires and goods stolen in multiple local break-ins
Sixteen white wall tires valued at 239.62 were stolen from Bob's Sohio Station at 6301 Germantown Road Peasttown after a break in through an overhead door. A pry bar was used to gain access to the residence of Mrs Ora Burdge 4333 Jacksonburg Road Trenton where a portable TV set and a table radio were taken. In West Middletown 32 boxes of candy three cartons of cigarettes a box of assorted candy bars a 12 gauge shotgun and about 70 in change were stolen from West Middletown Variety Store after a window was found broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sohio Station
Germantown Road
Peasttown
Ora Burdge
Jacksonburg Road
Trenton
West Middletown
S. Front St
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Dennis Bowman
Mary Catherine Vogelsang
Fenwick High School
Cg&e
Dletown
Stephen Vail
Pomeroy
Thomas Wilson
Armco Steel
George M
Verity
Middletown Journal
Armco
Esther Price
Don
Fred Wilson
Wendt
Chautauqua
Twenty Mile Land
Allen
General Contractors
Mechanical, and Electrical
Jack Thornton
Glenn
Glenn J. Tullis
Insurance With Service
Moon & Adrion Insurance Agency, Inc
S. Broad
Bill Uhl E
Dave Uleman
Charles St
Ohio
CUPID
Crawford ST
S. Brezel Blvd
Trenton Shopping Center
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