Fenwick High School Closed By Burst Pipes
Fenwick High School faced an unexpected holiday while two burst pipes caused flooding. Firefighters from Middletown worked from 6 58 am to 9 30 am moving books and desks and cleaning floors as Principal Father Lawrence Krussing said the first floor classroom would be blocked off and classes resume tomorrow.
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Fenwick High School
Lawrence Krussing
Father Krusling
Middletown
Ladder
Krusling
Franklin Fire Destroys Home. Pet Dog Perishes
A Sunday morning blaze on Wilson Drive in Franklin destroyed a small home owned by Chester Banks. Residents David Ballard his wife and two children escaped as firefighters battled flames. A pet dog inside was located and perished despite rescue efforts.
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Franklin
David Ballard
Wilson Drive
Chester Banks
Ballard
Middletown School Board Reorganizes With New Members
The Middletown Board of Education reorganizes at 7 30 pm with two new members Mrs Mary Litsch optometrist and James O Finley Coca Cola Bottling Co manager taking seats. A M Kinney architects will present soil test findings for Amanda Junior High School. Vacancies include legal counsel school physician and temporary business manager.
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Middletown Board of Education
Mary Litsch
Thomas Wilson
James 0. Finley
Middletown
Coca- Cola Bottling Co
A. M. Kinney Firm
Amanda
Poal
Police Briefs Arrests on Disorderly Conduct Charges
Police early yesterday arrested Charles Keith 36, William Centers 21 and J B Horn 21 in the 1900 block of Central Avenue on disorderly conduct charges. Keith was treated at Middletown Hospital for left ear and scalp cuts and dismissed. John Taylor 38 was treated for a stab wound to the right shoulder from an ice pick incident at the Poor Boys Cafe and released. A 17 year old boy admitted cutting 160 rods of fencing on Stubbs Road owned by Charlie Fall and Ray Weber. the case referred to juvenile authorities.
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Charles Keith
N. Leibee St
William Centers
N. Clinton St
J. B. Horn
Waittier St
Central Avenue
Keith
Middletown Hospital
John Taylor
Yankee Rd
Poor Boys
Jess Dennis
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Stubbs Road
Charlie Fall
Ray Weber
Juvennile
Pell
Robert Jones
Tony Barker
Wayne-Madison Road
Faye Proffitt
Kings Mills
Denver Proffitt
Delmar Proffitt
Evlliot, Sr
Cincinnati
David W
Proffitt
Kings Pie
Albert B. Cecil
Orlando Pi
Cecil
David Proffitt
Andrew
Hamilton
Butler County
Simpson
Dewey Simpison
West Middletown Rt. 1
David
Paul Stamper
Miamisburg
Annie Mattie O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Mary Ann Howdyshell
Germantown Rt. 1
Lear
Anna Frost
Burning Of Greens Set For Tonight
The burning of the greens event starts at 7 30 tonight in Goldman Park to ignite over 3000 discarded Christmas trees. Trucks from the park and street departments collected trees today and curb pickups run until 5 pm. Residents may deliver missed trees to the park. The Epiphany ceremony hosted by the Middletown Department of Parks and Recreation and the Middletown Ministerial Association will feature Tom Carlson and Rev William Calvert. Fire Chief William Fishbaugh and assistants will supervise the flaming display.
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Goldman Park
Middletown
Bethlehem
Department of Perks and Recreation
Middletown Ministerial Assa
Tom Carlson
William Calvert
Zion Bethlehem Church
William Fishbaugh
Ward Store Not in Strike Fuss
The Montgomery Ward stores nationwide are in strike talk but the Middletown Ward Store will not be involved. Manager Harold Warner said the Middletown shop is not part of the Retail Clerks International Association bargaining, which seeks rights for about 4,000 clerks in over 50 cities.
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Montgomery Ward and Co
Ward
Middletown
Harold Warner
Retail Clerks International Assn
Fire Auxiliary Installs Box 45 Middletown Officers
The Middletown Box 45 Fire Department Auxiliary named its officers. Earl Combs is chief, James Chapue first assistant, Ralph Williams second assistant, Lyman Nein secretary-treasurer, Roy Summers communications, and Carl A tossfeld public relations.
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Box 45
Middletown
Funston To Speak At Civitan Club Meeting
Robert Funston of Armco International Corp will be featured speaker at the Civitan Club tomorrow. He will present a program on sides taken last year of his trip to Hawaii and Japan. Program chairman is Arthur H sborn.
WAC Private Jeanette Werk Hangs Self in Barracks
Sp 2.c. Jeanette Werk, 30, of Elyria Ohio, hanged herself in a rest room in the WAC barracks near Jackson. Office said she was found late Saturday or early Sunday.
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FT. Jackson
S. C
Wast Public Information
Jeanette Werk
Elyria
Ohio
WAC
Court Hearing Expected Today In Biggest Butler Raid
A municipal court hearing was set for today on aiding and abetting charges after one of Butler County’s largest cockfight raids. Forty people were arrested and 38 game cocks confiscated in a barn on Harold Burton’s Howe Road farm east of Miltonville. Non county residents faced $100 bonds and juveniles were referred to authorities. Several residents from Trenton Hamilton and New Miami were among those arrested.
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Butler County
Paul A. Pell
Harold Burton
Howe Road
Miltonville
Middletown
List of Names and Addresses From Hamilton Middletown and Dayton
A roster-like listing provides numerous individuals with ages and addresses across Hamilton Middletown Dayton and surrounding towns. The fragment names C Harold Burton Clarence Brown William Arrowood George Burton Joe Sizemore Estill Webb Virgil Martin James Schenk Charles Schneider Robert Hils...
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C. Harold Burton
West Middletown Rt
Clarence T. Brown
Hamilton
William Arrowood
Yankee Rd
Middletown
George L. Burton
Buena Ave
Joe W. Sizemore
Mohawk St
Estill Webb
Virgil Andrew Martin
James Schenk
Trenton
Charles F. Schneider
Ferrer St
Excello
Robert Hilsercop
Arnold Lander
Herman Davidson
Marion Davidson
Carl Hendrickson
Dayton
Donald J. Lehman
Jack Clay
Howe Road
West Middletown
Willis Brockman
Tony Barker
Wayne- Madison Road
Donald Brockman
Joe Wheeldon
Cincinnati
Lawrence Brockman
Carol Gene Whitman
Springield
Billie Brenon McCormick
James C. Duckett
Davidson Kash
Eugene Cook
Ham
Middletown Horticultural Society Meets Tuesday Evening
Robert Stewart, president, announced the regular meeting of the Horticultural Society of Greater Middletown is moved from Wednesday to Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Shanty at Elwood Street and Verity Parkway. The program features color slides and installation of new officers. all Middletown men are invited.
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Robert Stewart
Horticultural Society of
Greater Middletown
Elwood Street
Verity Parkway
Middletown
Franklin's New Council Gets Start
Franklin's five member council begins its first regular session at 7 30 tonight in the city building. They named 33 year old Pennsylvanian John H Heintz as city manager. Councilman Carl Minnich reports Heintz will arrive January 20 to assume duties. The first five are Harold Bennett chairman Charles Moore vice chairman and re elected incumbents Paul Smith and Herbert Daniels.
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Franklin
John H. Heintz
Carl Minnich
Heintz
Harold Bennett
Charles Moore
Paul Smith
Herbert Daniels
Auto Flips After Crash Driver Cited
Billy King aged 23 of 904 Lafayette Ave was arrested for careless driving after his car hit Derryl Fraser 45 of 2216 Fernwood St and overturned into a ditch on Lefferson Road near the Armco scrap yard at 2 40 a m No injuries. The King auto was a total loss and Fraser suffered only minor damage. Also two hit skip incidents were reported with Lewther Jack 31 of 124 Curtis St and Esta Cox 47 of 1627 Lawn Ave involved.
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Billy King
Lafayette Ave
Lefferson Road
King
Derryl Fraser
Fernwood St
Armco
Fraser
Lewther Jack
Curtis St
Esta Cox
Lawn Ave
Cox Auto
Boy Avenges Accident With Fatal Revolver Test
In Salt Lake City Edward Hastings Kilburn, 21, joked about pulling a loaded .44 revolver to prove it was unloaded. He warned a friend but discharged it, and a bullet struck Barcass Kilburn in the head, causing death.
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Salt Lake City
Edward Hastings Kilburn
Kilburn
Akron Opens Rink With $100000 Bond Issue
Akron Ohio opens a municipal ice skating rink financed by a $100000 bond issue drawing 700 skaters and 6000 spectators on opening day. Mayor Leo Berg attends dedication ceremonies at the Rubber Bowl Sunday.
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Akron
Ohio
Leo Berg
Making Up For Slow Start 4 Area Accidents Injure 16
In the Middletown area 16 people were hurt in four weekend accidents, seven hospitalized in Hamilton. A Dayton woman remained in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after a U S 42 crash. A head on collision near Somerville injured three Williamsdale residents, while another crash on U S 42 near Pisgah hospitalized eight, with several in serious condition. Driver Charles C Herring faced intoxicated driving charges as authorities continued investigations.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Dayton
Mercy Hospital
U. S. 42
Williamsdale
Rt. 127
Somerville
Ft. Hamilton Hospital
Howard Statzer
John St
Ruth
Johns St
Pisgah
Sharonville Post
Francis Andrew
Watervliet St
Virginia
Champion Names New NYC Head
Champion Paper & Fibre Co of Hamilton announces George D. Kennedy as manager of its New York City sales office serving New York and New England. Kennedy, 31, led Rowland Paper Co in Louisville from 1952 to 1957 and was a district sales manager for Scott Paper Co. John Osborn will stay in New York to assist with major contract work.
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Champion Paper & Fibre Co
Hamilton
George D. Kennedy
New York City
New York
New England
Kennedy
Rowland Paper Co
Louisville, Ky
Scott Paper Co
John Osborn
Champion
String of Pearls Club Meet Tonight at Mrs Smith Home
The Colored News reports the String of Pearls Club will assemble at 8:00 PM tonight at the home of Mrs Annie Sue Smith located at 1406 Young Street. The gathering venue and hostess are specified, inviting local participation.
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String of Pearls Club
Annie Sue Smith
Young Street
December 1957 Weather Report Sets Records in Middletown
The Middletown area saw a record warm and wet December with 63 degree highs on the 17th and 23rd, and 5.31 inches of rain, the warmest December since 1920 and near yearly rainfall highs. January 1957 brought subzero temperatures, while the year overall neared 42 inches of rain and an annual high of 98 degrees.
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Middletown
C. T. Morningstar
U. S
Crash Ends Franklin Safe-Streak With Weekend Collision
In Franklin a two car wreck at 2nd and Wall streets Saturday broke an 11 day stretch without accidents. Christina Hoffman 17 and Leyburn Post 28 collided as Hoffman turned from 2nd onto Wall. Hoffman's car damage $200 Post's $50. Franklin Police Chief Frank Harbach noted the record run and said it proves such gaps can occur.
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Franklin
Frank Harbach
Leyburn Post
LeSourdsville Rt. 1
Bull Shoals Dam Turns Reach Across Arkansas Missouri Line
Bull Shoals, once a cattle crossing, has grown into a massive hydroelectric dam straddling the Arkansas Missouri border, reshaping regional water control and power generation.
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Bull Shoals
Arkansas-Missouri
Overheated Heater Causes Minor Fire at Otis Trammell Home
Firefighters responded to a blaze at 1116 Baltimore Street yesterday driven by an overheated gas heater. Units 1 and 3 and the emergency squad arrived at 9 43 am. the fire caused 83 in building damage and 30 in contents with total property damage estimated at 80.
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Otis
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Fenwick
Franklin Fire Department
Middletown Journal
Middletown High School
H. H. Lawrence
William J. Miller
King Features Symficate
Jones
Barker
William A. Allen
Kennedy Road
Luther Powell
Cletus Todd
Earl Wilhoit Jr
Camden
Jack Watkins
Herbert Davidson
Charles William Farthing
James Jordan
Barbourville
Everett Hodge
Mead Purvis
New Miami
William T. Woosley
3Rd St
Bruce Stapleton
Carson Hensley
Miram Watkins
Trenton Rt. 1
Charles C. Herring
Maton Rt. 2
State Patrol
William Hendrickson
Fairfield
Herring
Patricia
Franklin-Trenton
Peasttown
William Simpson
Hill Ave
Rt. 4
Butler‘Montgomery
New Nyc
Colored News
Akes
Iyeater
Charles
Miller
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