Real Estate Plan Auctioned for Two City Subdivisions
Chester W. Harden announced plans to plat 164 acres from Mrs. Hannah H. Tullis and Terrace Hills Corp into 110 homesites in two subdivisions. The Terrace Hills block will yield 42 lots, with homes averaging 16300 dollars, and the Chet Harden subdivision on Fulton Lane will offer 20 lots with homes from 25000 dollars upward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester W. Harden
Harden
Hannah H. Tullis
Terrace Hills Corp
Kreiger
Miller Road
Che Harden
Fulton Lane
Central
Grand Avenues
Terrace Hills
Tullis
Chet Harden
Terrace Hills Sie
Thieves Busy Over Fourth Reported in City Break-ins
City police investigated five weekend burglaries with unknown stolen amounts. The Bender home at 2700 Superior Ave saw entry through a basement window while the family was away, six bottles of whiskey worth about 21 dollars were taken. Cash was taken from vending machines at Long's Service Station and Avalon Gulf Station. Ohio Oil Co. on Woodlawn Ave. had a restroom-window entry with no theft. A Yankee Pool cash register was pried open by youths, with no confirmed cash recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bender
Superior Ave
Long's
Germantown Rd
Avalon Gulf Station
N. Verity Pkvy
Ohio
O11 Co
Woodlawn Ave
Yankee Pool
Weekend patrol reports minor injuries from two crashes
Post 9 officers worked heavy July 4th traffic and logged two injury crashes. 34 citations and 8 misdemeanor charges were issued, with 49 total warnings. In one crash on Manchester Road Billy Caudill 27 collided after a tire blowout injuring Gilbert Lafayette and Ann Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Edward P. Goffos
Manchester Road
Middletown
Billy Caudill
Manchester Rd
Gilbert Lafayette
Franklin Rt. 2
Lafayette
Ann Russell
Franklin - Madison Rd
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Caudill
Noted German Painter Georg Grosz Dies in Berlin
Georg Grosz, 6, noted German American painter, died of a heart attack in West Berlin today. He had returned to Germany recently after leaving in 1932 when his satirical drawings clashed with the Nazi rise to power. He later became an American citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Georg Grosz
West Berlin
Grosz
Germany
United States
Real Estate Transfers and Cancellations in Local Listings
A series of real estate transfers shows multiple parties exchanging parcels with prices listed, including Otto Aderholt to Butler Realty Co Inc and James Vernon Hargis to Paul Barnes. Cancellations note Frances Worcester to Citizens Building & Loan and multiple county transfers such as Edith Brewer to Standard Building & Loan. An outlier line mentions Hubert Booth of London inventing the vacuum cleaner circa 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Aderholt
Butler Realty Co. Inc
James Vernon Hargis
Paul Barnes
Louise Hess
Robert Pennington
Aleta C. Frisby
Harold Frisby
Aleta Frisby
Robert Sheerin
Harry Kolb
Sheerwood
Edith Brewer
Lee Caskey Jr
Mayfield
Walker Hasty
Arbet Builders Inc
Richard Acres
James Elizer
Harlan, Banks, Et
Paul Pell
Prudential Ins
Co J of America
Monroe
Foreign exchange students to visit Middletown Thursday
Seventy teenage students from Argentina Brazil Costa Rica Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Indonesia Italy Japan New Zealand Norway Pakistan Philippines Spain Switzerland Austria Belgium Great Britain Sweden and Turkey arrive for a two day visit sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Host families are named and the group travels on two Greyhound buses as part of a three week U S tour meeting 90 000 Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Upper New York State
American Field Service
Europe
Central and
South America
Near
Far East
George Nardin Jr
Walter Mischley
Reuben Pieters
League of Women Voters
Argentina
Brazil
Costa Rica
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Philippines
Spain
Switzerland
Austria
Belgium
Great Britain
Sweden
Turkey
Michigan
Indiana
West Virginia
Virginia
Greyhound
Warbles Put To New Use
New York marbles once used as shooters in schoolyard games are now used by paint manufacturers to mix spray on aerosols. A marble in each can breaks up settled pigment and rattles to aid mixing. One maker uses over 20 million marbles annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Schoolyard Marble Champs
New lake opens as eclectic boats sail in
In Goochland a new lake opens inviting visitors with boats of all sizes. A guest arrives with an army DUKW and must remove a support to fit through an 11 foot wide gateway. A humorous winner uses an inflated inner tube, umbrella, and knee-supported paddle to glide across the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goochland
Val
Fatal Cavern Accident at Texas Eastern Depot
Kenneth Leroy McCullum of Missouri died from a severed spine after a high lift vehicle toppled in an underground cavern at the Texas Eastern Toolhunter storage depot under construction. Officials say the accident occurred underground though first reports listed the surface. The cavern project serves Texas Eastern Cincinnati Gas & Electric Dayton Power & Light and Phillips Petroleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Eastern
Fenix & Scisson, Inc
Kenneth Leroy McCullum
Missouri
Carlisle
Garret J. Boone
Couny
Fenix & Scisson
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Dayton Power & Light
Burglary in Trenton Claims Cash and Jewelry
Mrs. Lora Duke of 437 East State Street reported a Saturday night break in that netted about 385 dollars in cash and over 1000 dollars in jewelry. Police said entry was gained through a back window and valuables including a Masonic diamond ring and diamond pieces were taken along with a checkbook and personal items. Duke planned a trip to Wisconsin despite the loss and expects more items may be found missing after the home is checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Lora Duke
E. State St
Carl Ennis
Arthur Reed
Police Briefs Prompted by a Death Hoping Incident and Local Arrests
A 24 year old Hamilton woman attempted suicide on 1st Avenue by swallowing 3 to 35 headache tablets and was treated at Middletown Hospital. Deputies and state liquor agents arrested Austin Tester 58 operator of the Red Bud Inn for intoxication and carrying a concealed .45 pistol. Thefts included Jaycee hats from John Baker's car and popcorn from a laundry machine on Yankee Road. A bicycle from Gustin Mattison and a rim and tire from Omer Sexton's car were reported stolen. State patrolmen arrested Garnett Carpenter 30 on a charge of driving while under the influence on Route 4 south of Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
1St Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Austin Tester
Red Bud Inn
Middletown
John Baker
Manchester Avenue
Duds and Suds
Yankee Road
Gustin Mattison
Logan Ave
Omer Sexton
Charles St
Garnett Carpenter
Glendale Rd
Franklin
Rt. 4
School Board Sets Budget Study for Tonight
A special Board of Education meeting is called for this evening at 7 30 at the high school to review Howard Cromwell s proposed 1960 budget. The session fast tracks the process to meet legal ad requirements before submitting to the county tax commission on July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Howard Cromwell
Cromwell
County Tax Commission
Ringgenberg Attends NEA Meeting in St Louis
McKinley Junior High School teacher Ralph A. Ringgenberg joins about 15,000 educators at the National Education Association convention in St. Louis. The event emphasizes standards ethics new teaching tools and in service education. NEA president Ruth Stout delivers keynote on integration and federal education support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Ringgenberg
McKinley Junior High School
National Education Assn
St. Louis
Ruth Stout
NEA
Two Firms Chartered by State Secretary
Two Middletown firms have charter documents filed with Secretary of State Ted W. Brown. The Middletown Town & Country Cleaners, Inc. lists Huntington V. Parrish, Bertha Derrer and Betty Atchley as incorporators. Broyles Sports, Inc. lists Cora Sue Stokley, Natalia D McLaughlin and Joan Calloway as incorporators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted W. Brown
Middletown
Middletown Town & Country Cleaners, Inc
Huntington V. Parrish
Bertha Derrer
Betty Atchley
Broyles Sports, Inc
Cora Sue Stokley
Natalia D) McLaughlin
Joan Calloway
Husband Charged In Wife's Slaying Here
Vernon Dennis 42 bound to Butler County Grand Jury on first degree murder charge in the death of his estranged wife Louise Russell Dennis 35. He is held without bond after waiving a preliminary hearing following a suicide attempt in jail. The Dipsy Doodle Cafe shooting left Mrs Dennis wounded and dying from a bullet caused brain infection, coroner says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Dennis
Baltimore St
Butler County
J. T. Lam
Dennis
Ralph Bauer
Letown Hospital
Louise Russell Dennis
Park St
Garret J. Boone
Yankee Rd
Jess Dennis
long-Uame
Middletown
Sheriff's Office
Hebron
Tenn
Grunewald Elected To Synod Board
The Rev H C Grunewald of St Pauls Evangelical and Re formed Church was elected to a six year term on the National Board of Christian Education at the General Synod meeting in Oberlin He has chaired the synod committee on Christian Education for 10 years and served 14 years on the committee He studied at Eden Theological Seminary Webster Groves Missouri and has worked in Middletown since 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Grunewald
St. Paul's
Middletown
Blood components and their approximate percentages
Plasma makes up about 55 percent of blood while red and white blood cells account for the remaining 45 percent.
Four Suits Seek 95000 in 1957 Middletown Accident
Gladys May Crawford and William Crawford sue Rollie Lee Gibbs for 95000 over a July 9 1957 crash on Curtis Street that sent Crawford and two children to the pavement. Mrs Crawford claims permanent crippling injuries including fractures of both legs. The suit covers medical costs and damages for the couple and their two young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Middletown
Gladys
May Crawford
William Crawford
2Nd Ave
Rollie Lee Gibbs
Somerville
Crawford
Gibbs
Coner
Curtis Street
Michael Lee
Butler County Court Notices Lack Full Details
Court notices list cases involving minors and adults across Middletown and West Middletown. Names include Barker against Barker and Thompson against Thompson, with neglect and cruelty claims noted. Domestic party addresses appear alongside two parenthetical home locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Lou Barker
Woodlawn
Perry Lee Barker
16Th Ave
Lovella Thompson
Middletown
John L. Thompson
Garfield Sr
Ralph B. Murphy
West Middletown
Nellavene Murphy
Henry Cundiff
Martha Cundiff
Lafayette Ave
Enterprising Youth Causes City Traffic Jam
A youth selling an out of town daily at a busy intersection backed up traffic for blocks, contributing to a closure of both St. Louis daily newspapers and creating a major disruption in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert S. Minke
Anderson
Ind
Mercy Hospital
Minke
Rt. 177
Darrtown
DEEDS
Mipoletown
Frances Worcester
Citizens Bidg. & Loan
Elmo Lawson
E al
Midd
Fed
Dixie Hghts
Standard Bidg & Loan
Arlie Whitt
Home Fed
James Reid
Harold Shear
Buena Vista
Spurrier
People’s Bldg & Loan
Union
Hubert Booth
London
George F. Nardin Jr
Journal
Lalendorf
T. F. Abernethy
Harry J. Aronoff
Ralph Barbour
Harry W. Barr
Raphael Black
William Bohman
John Bonini
Raymond W. Brown
Philip Cade
Frank Clark
Donald Cryer
R. L. Davidson
Harry Finkelman
James Finley
Cal Grier
Harry Holiday Jr
McKnight Kinne
James E. Kinkier
William T. Maxwell
E. H. McCandlish
George H. McClure
Marion Meyer
Anne Middlemiss
James Murphy
William Neel
John Owen Ralph Parment
Wilbert
Ringgenberg
TEDS
Charles
Central Store
Camp Middlemoor
Frank Herd
Colorado Springs
Thomas
Grunewald
Synod
Butler County Courts
Rogers
Mayflower
P.U.C.C
Hauselman
Central Ave
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