Restoring Hydraulic Banks To Start Flood Curbs
Middletown to rebuild canal banks to 1915 level after January flood. H W Starick city manager says Hydraulic Company to cover costs. Miami Conservancy District will provide technical aid. Project may cost 300 to 500 dollars and start once crews are assigned. Possible future steps include petitions to extend district protections. hearings and surveys could take two to three years.
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Middletown
Harlcen Park
Germantown Rd
Barton Jones
Conservancy District
Jones
Conservancy
Starick
Wade O'Brien
the Conservancy
Harlan Park
Well Field
Aecronca
Miami Conservancy District Court
Egleston
Avalon Dairy
O’brien
I. D. Ryan
The
Hydraulic Company
City Commission Weighs South School Lease Today
City officials prepare for a two meeting day to discuss leasing South School to Catholics for a high school. A letter of opposition from Arthur Stubbs and a supporting note from John C. Erb arrive as debate grows. Storm sewer installation on Grand Ave and Highview Rd is slated. no action on employee pay requests or severance charges tonight.
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City Commission
South School
Arthur Stubbs
John C. Erb
Vanderveer St
Grand Ave
Highview Rd
H. W. Starick
Liberty Restaurant to Undergo Face Lifting
Gus Valen, owner of the Liberty Restaurant at 1212 Centre Ave, is obtaining a 15000 dollar permit for alterations to modernize the city’s venerable eatery. Work includes air conditioning, ceiling lowering, new tile and fixtures, a private dining room, stainless steel and aluminum accents, and a relocated bar, with the restaurant remaining open during renovations expected to last about six weeks. Valen has run the business since 1926 and says five contractors will handle the project, with operations continuing around the clock except Sundays.
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Gus Valen
Liberty
Centre] Ave
Valen
Airport Inn Liquor License Suspended in Ohio
The Ohio Board of Liquor Control suspended Anne C. Blumberg operator of Airport Inn at 1701 Germantown Road for 60 days. The charge cited Middleton night club for allowing obscene pictures and literature on premises and possession of whisky in unsealed containers.
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Anne C. Blumberg
Airport Inn
Germantown Red
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Board of Control
Middletonn Night Club
Police Briefs Include Car Crash Missing Girl and History Note
Police report a 39 year old man, Thomas Ortmann of 404 Bellemonte St, says another vehicle struck his car on McGee Ave around 9 p.m. with $150 damage. Patrolman Ralph Trimble suffered a bruised knee after falling while on duty at Gard ner Board and Carton Co. A 16 year old girl, Mary Jane Ingram of 425 Tytus Ave, is reported missing since 9:45 p.m. Tuesday. A Hindu note states cheese existed 3900 years before Christ, once called chaturanga.
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Thomas S. Ortmann
Bellemonte St
Ortman
McGee Ave
Ralph Trimble
Trimble
Gardner Board and Carton Company
West Central Ave
Mary Jane Ingram
Tytus Ave
Watch Recovered. Dayton Man Gets Reward
A Dayton man Frank White 31 of 49 Stillway Street found a $1,000 diamond and platinum watch lost by Louis Flagel 2414 Queen Avenue. White found it in an alley near a parking lot at Ludlow Street and Monument Avenue in Dayton and returned it to Flagel who paid a reward. Flagel confirmed recovery and thanked White for his honesty.
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Dayton
Middletown
Frank White
Stillway St
Louis Flagel
Queen Ave
White
Ludlow St
Monument Ave
Flaegel
Flagel
Comeback Vaudeville Show Brings Back Local Vaude
Middletown to stage an old-time vaudeville benefit at Middletown High School auditorium next Tuesday. Proceeds go to Butler County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Tickets sold by Armco Girls Association for 75 cents.
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Judy Garland
New York
Palace Theater
Middletown
Middletown High School
Butler County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Charles Reuthe
Armco Girls’ Association
Reuthe
Colder Rain Forecast For Middletown Ohio Tonight
The weather report calls for a return to winter conditions in Middletown Ohio with colder and rainy weather tonight and Thursday. Ohio overall stays mostly cloudy with eastern rain and low temperatures in the 25 to 30 degree range.
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Middletown
Ohio
At The Movies Paramount and Strand Showtimes
Paramount offers Room For One More at 1 15 and 3 00 and 5 00 with 6 TM4 and 10 p.m. plus Hollywood Sneak Preview at 8 30 p.m. Bannerline at 1 30 4 20 7 10 and 10 10 p.m Flaming Feather at 3 50 5 50 and 8 45 p.m. Strand shows Come Fill The Cup at 1 30 4 50 Brothers at 3 30 6 50 10 14 and 8 10 p.m. Younger
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Hollywood
Bannerline
Middletown's Bonded Debt Reaches 53 Million Figure
City bond statement shows total indebtedness at 53,928,750 up from last year by 44,750. Major increases stem from special assessment improvements in subdivisions including Fildorado, Wildwood, and street works. Water works bonds reduced to 1,464,000. overall general indebtedness sits at 2,000,000 with special assessments at 464,750.
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Middletown
Fildorado
Wildwood
Obituaries for Thompson Ebing Mick Doty and others
Funeral services are listed for Fzar Tony Thompson 83 retired painter at Gallimore Funeral Home 2 p m Thursday with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. He died Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati. Surviving include his widow Margaret two sons and five daughters. Also listed are Mary Ann Elizabeth Eb bing 78 mother of Sister Mary Regina with services 8:30 a m Wednesday Cahill Funeral Home Bernard Mick Sr 86 retired cigar store owner requiem high mass 9:30 a m Friday St Peter Church. Delbert Vernon Doty 71 Oxford services 2 p m Thursday Miller Funeral Home College Corner.
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MASON
Fzar
Tony) Thompson
Gallimore Funeral Home
E. Lee Niswander
Rose Hill Cemetery
Thompson
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Margaret
Mary Ann Elizabeth Ebbing
Mary Regina
Mercy Hospital
Cahill Funeral
Bernard Mick
Cleveland Ave
St. Peter Church
Delbert Vernon Doty
Oxford
Miller Funeral Home
College Corner
Obituary notices for church leader and publishing figures
The Rev Nathan R Methorn 80 former editor in chief of the Lutheran weekly died in Lankenau Hospital He was pastor emeritus of the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation in Philadelphia Frederick Ingate Thompson 76 owner publisher of the Mobile Register 1909 to 1932 former publisher of the Birmingham Age-Herald and Montgomery Journal ex director of The Associated Press Harry T Dunn 76 of Wellesley Mass former president of Fisk Rubber Co born in Gardner Massachusetts
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Philadelphia
Nathan R. Methorn
Lutheran Church
The
Lutheran
Lankenau Hospital
Jemeritus
Lutheran Church of the Incarnation
Mobile
Ala
Frederick Ingate Thompson
Mobile Register
Old Birmingham Age-Herald
Montgomery Journal
Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Harry T. Dunn
Wellesley
Mass
Fisk Rubber Co
Gardner Mass
Man’s Fingertips Lost In Accident At Middle Town Hospital
Robert Potters of Oregonia Route 1 lost the tips of his seconds and third fingers of his right hand when they were caught in a nuetal shears at Deerfield Manufacturing. The injury occurred at work and he was treated and released from Middle Town Hospital at midnight Tuesday.
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Robert Potters
Oregonia
Middletown Hospital
Potters
Deerfield Manufacturing Company
Who Makes America An Event at P.T.A. Meeting
Fifth grade pupils will present Who Makes America at Peasttown P.T.A. regular meeting in the school auditorium at 7 30 p m Thursday. A group paper drive ends this week.
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America
Peasttown P.T
Chamber Lands Armco Annexation Proposal Support
Middletown Chamber of Commerce congratulates Armco Steel on its 600 acre annexation request and offers assistance. In a letter to Armco President W W Sebald, chamber president Calvin Verity says the group will help and notes broad citizen approval of the move, reflecting Armco’s interest in the city’s welfare.
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Middletown
Verity
Smile Restaurant Burglarized for $200 in Loot
Thieves broke into Smile Restaurant at 1912 Tytus Ave after 1 a.m. and took about $200 in nickels, tens, ones, and change from a pinball machine. An earlier door-entry attempt foiled at another location. Police investigated with Patrolmen Harold Gray and John Combs. Additional reports include two youths fleeing Ohio Bus Station after breaking a latch, a Baltimore Inn rear-room arm reach attempt, a stolen car radio worth $45, a bicycle theft, and a tire theft from Aeronca parking lot. no injuries reported.
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Smile
Tytus Ave
Raymond Schommer
Manchester Ave
Schommer
Harold Gray
John Combs
Ohio
Clinton St
Louis Janka
Clifford Castner
Fred Wilson
Porter
Baltimore Inn
Baltimore St
Woodlawn Ave
Frank Guyler
J. and F
First Ave
Verity Pkwy
Guyler
Ova Kakaris
Jacoby St
Albert Bessel
Curtis St
Aeronca
Fire Equipment Needs Outlined For Safety Men
Fire Inspector Howard Gall told Middletown Safety Council the Fire Department will receive a $475,000 bond funded upgrade including relocation of Station One, construction of a new Station Four, two more Fire Prevention Bureau personnel, a new pumper and a new aerial engine. The city government already approved the bond and a February 12 meeting set the plan in motion. The 1951 report shows fire losses fell to about $29,516 from $54,516 with 332 runs. The division backs a joint Spring Clean up with the Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Howard Gall
Olf
Middletown Safety Council
William Fishbaugh
Fire Prevention Bureau
Gall
Middletown
Board of Control of the Safety Council
Safety Council
Paul Wilson
Fire Department
Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce
Vernon Moon
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance Advertisement
Itchy pimples and skin irritations threaten romance and happiness. Peterson's Ointment offers fast relief for pimples eczema and angry red blotches with one application guaranteed money refunded. Also promoted for tired cracked feet. Adv.
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Peterson
Beltane Tablets Promise Fast Heartburn Relief
An advertisement touts Beltane tablets as fast acting relief for acid indigestion heartburn and gas claiming doctors consider them the quickest option for stomach distress with a brief sales pitch and product name.
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Great Miami River
Aeronca Aircraft Corporation
Stubbs
Erb
Central Ave
Dial
Louis F. Jones
Mgr
McOy-Lefler
At the Movies
Paramount
Ezar Thompson
PTA
SEF
Billingsley Rose
Spode
Tern
Thrasher
Jewelry and Gift Store
Chamber
Armco
Buck Weaver
Douglas Barsett
Weaver
Stomac
Dixie
Oingean
Williamson-Ziegler Furnace CO
N. Broad ST
First National Bank
First National
Federal Deposit Insurance
Sutphin
Park Place
Armco East
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