Cutting Torch Signals Opening of New Firm
Two cutting torches opened Middletown area’s newest small industry at Chandler. Wilbur M. Ellis leads the effort with MADE and Middletown Area Development Enterprises backing the plant built by M id-Weld Inc. The firm, on Yankee Road south of Oxford Switzer and along Dick’s Creek, will fabricate steel and machine tool components. The 5 800 square foot facility houses $250 000 in equipment. six plant workers and two office staff are employed. Ellis expects annual gross sales between 375 000 and 375 000 at full operation. sighted by Frank Myers MADE vice president and Middletown Journal manager, and others from the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Wilbur M
Bill) Ellis
Dustrial Development Agency
Pera
idd-Weld, Inc
Chandler
Haselton
Total
State Road
Dick’s
Coomer & Creek
Ellis
Monroe
Paper
Aniold United Welding Co
Vandals damage three trucks at Middletown High site
Police report Thursday damage at the construction site on Breiel Boulevard. Three trucks were burned and vandalized with flares and upholstery damaged. Rob in Wells, 21, of Hill Avenue, was arrested on a warrant for delinquency. An earlier incident involved two 14-year-olds breaking a soft drink machine. A baby carriage valued at 15 dollars and an envelope containing 20 dollars were reported stolen. Two public address speakers valued at 50 dollars were taken from Sunset Pool bathhouse roof.
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New Middletown High School
Breie
Robin Wells
Hill Ave
Sunset Pool
Gilkerson Arrested For Driving While Intoxicated
Robert N. Gilkerson age 31 of 14 Elm Street Germantown was arrested by highway patrolmen last night and charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Robert N. Gilkerson
Elm St
Germantown
Death of Spain's Primate En cique Cardina
Primate of Spain Cardinal En cique Cardina died Friday night in Toledo at age 91. The Roman Catholic leader was a longtime ally of Chief of State Francisco Franco.
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Toledo
Spain
Encique
Cardina
Deniel
Francisco Fran
Seven Mile Creek Swim Ends In Boy's Drowning
In New Miami Butler County Ohio a 11 year old Willie Dunnivant died after drowning in Seven Mile Creek near the bridge on Seven Mile Avenue. Firemen and life squad member Arthur Riley pulled him from about five feet of water after he and others swam upstream. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Garrett. Funeral arrangements were set for Pulaski Tennessee.
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Hamilton — Eeleven
N. B St
Willie Dunnivant
Garrett
New Miami
Boone
Butler County
Miami
yester-Dunnivant
Danny Dunnivant
Seven Mile Creek
Mile
Claude Dunnivant
Miami Village
Willie
Danny
New Miami Firemen
Fire Department
Arthur Riley
Brenda
Evie
Brown - Dawson
Pulaski
Tenn
Danny Leo Glancy
Augspurger Road
Riverside Drive
Augspurger Avenue
Child blamed for fire at Mulberry Street home
A fire at 314 Mulberry St in Lebanon caused 5500 in damage to a two story frame house and its contents. Fire officials say a child playing with a cigarette lighter started the blaze discovered at 2 pm. Firemen contained the fire quickly but checked for smoldering rafters for hours. The Larsen family with four members evacuated to relatives.
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Lebanon
Mulberry St
William Rainey
Ruth Larsen
Larsen
Geese Migrate to Maine by Truck From New Jersey Refuge
About 300 Canadian geese are being relocated to Maine by truck from a New Jersey wildlife refuge near New York City. Officials say the birds’ nesting choices were causing problems for New York City residents.
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Augusta
Maine
New Jersey
New York City
Youth and adult charged after Askew Street scuffle
Two Middletown police officers and a 14th Avenue man were treated at Middletown Hospital after a fracas on 1200 block of Askew Street. L. C Johnson, 25, was charged with interfering with a police officer and resisting arrest as a 16 year old boy faced disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
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Middletown
14Th Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Askew Street
Paul Lewis
Wayne Hall
L. C Johnson
14Th Ave
Johor Cer Ps
Hidar Cortus
Askew St
Johnson
Lewis
Juvenile Court
Foothill Electric Faces NLRB Hearing Over Firings
Three individuals filed unfair labor practice charges against Foothill Electric Corp of Middletown and Local 648 of the Electrical Workers. The NLRB says the company discharged Leslie D. Fleming Antonio Cerro and Stanley Thomas Arnold for joining the union. A hearing is set in Middletown for August 13.
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Cincinnati
Foothill Electric Corp
Middletown
National Labor Relations Board
Leslie D. Fleming
Antonio Cerro
Stanley Thomas Arnold
Foothill Electric
House Damaged in Jacksonburg Vandals Sweep Vacant Home
Kenny Neal of Jacksonburg told sheriff deputies vandals caused about $1,000 damage by breaking kitchen windows and doors of a vacant house he owns at 5964 Jacksonburg Road.
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Kenny Neal
Jacksonburg
Sheriff's Deputies
Jacksonburg Road
Burglary at Church and School Yields Air Conditioners and Cash
Police report two air conditioners valued at 300 dollars taken from University Baptist Church on Manchester Road. From Doris Harrison’s Old Towne Apartment 10778 Park Lane, 165 dollars was stolen while she was away. Vandals damaged Wilson Elementary on Highview Road breaking six windows and ransacking lockers, but nothing else appears missing.
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Wilson Elementary School
Highview Road
University Baptist Church
Manchester Road
Doris Harrison
Park Lane
Old Towne Apartments
Obituary Ernest H. Wolf of Miamisburg Dies at 59
Ernest H. Wolf 59 of N. Miami Ave. Miamisburg died Tuesday. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Gebhart Schmidt Funeral Home Miamisburg with burial in Highland Cemetery. Calling hours tomorrow 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. He was a member of the Moose Lodge Eagles Masonic lodges in Miamisburg and United Commercial Travelers of Dayton. Survived by wife Nancy three sons Charles Dayton Don West Carrollton Larry Miamisburg a daughter Mrs Betty Park Miamisburg and 13 grandchildren.
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Ernest H. Wolf
N. Miami Ave
Miamisburg
Barbara Duhamel
Middletown
Gebhart & Schmidt
Highland Cemetery
Wolf
Moose Lodge
Eagles and Masonic Lodges
United Commercial Travelers of
Dayton
Nancy
Charles
Don
West Carrollton
Larry
Betty Park
Vandals Hit Laundromat Window on Oxford State Road
Reed Banks, owner of the R and M Laundromat at 1514 Oxford State Road, reported to sheriff deputies after vandals threw a rock breaking a large plate glass window causing 150 dollars in damage yesterday afternoon.
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R and M
Oxford State Road
Reed Banks
Sheriff’s Deputies
Two Lemon Boys Arrested In Rebel Inn Burglary
Lemon Township police arrested two boys aged 13 and 15 in the burglary of the Rebel Inn at 2000 Yankee Road. Police said two more youths were released and a third is still sought. A suspect admitted the break in, with two breaking a side door and a lookout remaining outside. Loot included liquor beer cigars gum crackers and cheese.
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Yankee Road
Lemon Township
Inmate slips 13 floors to basement during escape attempt
Frank A. Phillips, 29, was in Los Angeles County Hospital prison ward when he slid down a laundry chute 13 floors to the basement. He suffered leg and back injuries Friday while attempting to escape during treatment for narcotics addiction in a robbery sentence.
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LOS Angeles
Frank A. Phillips
Los Angeles County Hospital
Phillips
Permits Issued For Area Businesses By Liquor Control
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control issued new permits for area restaurants and clubs. Greegory's Steaks at 1809 Germantown Road received D-1 and D-2 permits for beer and wine on and off premises. Martin's Grill at 1726 Central Ave got a D-3A permit to stay open until 2 30 a.m. The Armco Association Club on Lebanon Route 3 received a D- permit for on premise and carry out beer. Herb's Carry-Out at 1815 E Second St seeks a C-2 permit for beer and wine carry out. A transfer seeks to move C-11 and C-2 permits from Margaret Catering Service to Eva T Bush at 904 Eighth Ave.
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Middletown
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Liquor Control Board
Benjamin Bernstein
Gregory Palioyras
Greegory’s Steaks
Germantown Road
Eleanor
Charles B.martin
Martin’s Grill
Central Ave
Armco Association Club
Lebanon
Rt. 3
Herbert Kidwel
Herb’s
E. Second St
Franklin
Margaret T. Calhoun
Margaret Catering Service
Eighth
Five Viet War Veterans Mark Reunion at Prudential Tower
Five Vietnam veterans gathered Friday at the 750 foot Prudential Tower in Boston to honor a reunion begun two years earlier during service. Their tickets were quarters from a dollar bill, four pieces joined by tape, with Lee Balzano, Stephen Mahoney, Stephen Harvey, Rodney Julian, and John Ferolite as coordinators. a building rep refunded the 50 cent elevator fee.
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Boston
Prudential
Lee Balzano
Concord
Skept
Stephen Mahoney
Everett
Stephen Harvey
Stoughton
Rodney Julian
Brookline
John Ferolite
Marlboro
Man Cuts Wrecked Car On Tytus Avenue
Hawthorne Street man Newt Bowen suffered hand cuts when his car rear ended Earl Neff’s auto on Tytus Avenue at 1 15 p m. Neff’s car hit a fence post after the collision causing about 550 dollars damage. Bowen 39 of 2214 Hawthorne Street was treated at Middletown Hospital and released and cited for following too closely.
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Hawthorne Street
Tytus Avenue
Newt Bowen
Hawthorne St
Middletown Hospital
Bowen
Earl D. Neff
Tytus Ave
Neff
Nothing Funny About Cost Of Comic Books
New York AP reports 10 cent comics now fetch up to 150 dollars at the first International Convention of Comic Art. Editors, cartoonists, and teens crowd the event as Howard Rogofsky, 21, sells a 1939 Marvel Mystery First Edition for 330 dollars. Glenn Farley, 15, says he reads old comics to learn what people liked then.
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New York
Howard Rogofsky
Glenn Farley
Madison Graduate Wins Middletown Soroptimist Scholarship
Ingrid Marien, a Madison High School graduate and Miami University Middletown Campus freshman, is awarded the Soroptimist International of Middletown Club scholarship. The $300 stipend supports registration fees as she pursues chemistry and a PhD.
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Ingrid Marien
Miami University
Middletown
Soroptomist International of Middletown Club
James C. Walters
Marien
Francis J. Marien
Germantown Road
Miss Marien
Madison High School
National Honor Society
Junior Red Cross
Girls’ Athletic Association
Miami
Janet M. Walsh
Miggletown Club
Woman Hurt in Rt 73 Accident in Franklin
Barbara Cole 22 of 260 Allen Drive was treated and released from Middletown Hospital for minor head injuries after an accident on Rt 73 in Franklin. No further details were available.
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Franklin
Barbara Cole
Allen Drive
Middletown Hospital
Rt. 73
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MADE
Frank Myers
The
Middletown Journal
Reed
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce
McGraw Construction Co
Huseltion
Myers
Reeder
Bohman
Ronald Eichorn
Riverview Ave
Robert Smith
Central Avenue
Main
Spiedel
Baker’s Jewelry
Geese
NLRB
Waar
Frap Carviso
Stephen C
Ridenour
Maurice E. (Moe
Janitrol
Bryant
Winkler
Trenton Heating & Air Conditioning
West State St
Dial
Wilson School
Lemon
Madison
CE Cream Co
Clark St
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