Reorganized Park System Considered With $1900 NRA Survey
The Park Development Committee recommended major changes to the city recreation program including a $1900 National Recreation Association survey. It urged reorganizing the Park Board, defining its duties by legislation, and coordinating with other local entities. The committee asked the City Commission to act soon to enable possible fall or spring start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Recreation Association
Park Board
City Commission
Harold W. Goetz
Goetz
Commission
Recreation Association
NRA
City Planning Commission
Flying Ants Baffle Entomologists In Regional Outbreak
Miami University zoologist Dr. Robert A. Hefner describes a harmless yet puzzling wave of flying ants not termites. Middletown reports sparse swarms with drivers and motorists affected on Oxford to Hamilton routes. He notes queens emerge from ant hills yearly and that this year may be heavier, possibly tied to weather patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Hefner
Miami University
Hefner
Middletown
Miami
Oxford
Hamilton
Weather Outlook Looks Like Day With Minor Change
The forecast calls for warmer humid conditions with scattered afternoon thundershowers. Tonight will remain warm with temperatures dipping to 76. Highs today near 92 with a low of 72 overnight, and Lonnie Gibson of the Miami Conservancy notes 0.52 inches of rain from yesterday’s downpours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Gibson
The
Miami Conservancy
Missionary Auxiliary to Host Evening Talk at Mayfield Church
The Missionary Auxiliary of Mayfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m Saturday with Miss Shirley Barr of Chicago’s Baptist Missionary Training School as speaker. Public invited. Other notes mention completed association studies, an adopted ordinance, Park Board organization, and site acquisition recommendations. Committee members include Richard Wilmer A C Neff George Bryan Paul Galeese and Robert Miles. Commissioners praised the committee’s report and pledged prompt attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Shirley Barr
Baptist Missionary Training School of Chicago
Association
Park Board
Goetz
Richard Wilmer
A. C. Neff
George Bryan
Paul Galeese
Robert Miles
Bazooka tale debunked as steel mill jet tapper
Officials corrected early reports of a bazooka shell hidden in scrap metal at Armco. The so called bazooka was a jet tapper used in open hearth furnaces to create a hole in the clay plug, not to damage roofs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco
Camden Bike Victim Improves After Camden Crash
13 year old Richard Graham of 70 South Lafayette Street is making progress at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton after a truck hit his motorbike on Route 127 south of Camden. Sheriff Floyd Spitler reports no skull fractures or internal injuries, with facial abrasions and head wounds only. The bike was dragged about 90 feet under the truck after colliding as Graham and four others rode southward.
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Camden
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Richard Graham
Robert Graham
South Lafayette St
Route 127
Preble County
Floyd Spitler
Graham
Johnny L. Bault
Chicago
Spitler
Life Saving Courses Planned By YMCA Red Cross and Pools
The YMCA Middletown chapter and the American Red Cross with municipal pools will offer Junior Life Saving courses for youths 12 to 16 and Senior Life Saving courses for those 16 and older at Sunset Pool. Sessions run 9 to 11 a.m. Monday to Friday from July 28 to August 8 for 20 hours of instruction supervised by Bill Wetzel with Red Cross and YMCA instructors. Enroll at Yankee Rd Pool Sunset Pool Red Cross office or the YMCA after July 21.
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YMCA
Middletown
The
American Red Cross
Sunset Pool
Bill Wetzel
Red Cross
Yankee Rd
Red Creme
Ymca Afteruly 21
USSR Bulletin Banned By State Department Delayed in Middletown
In Middletown the Knights of Columbus Anti-Communist Committee reports the USSR Information Bulletin has not appeared in the public library since last August. Roger Sherwood says the State Department banned circulation of the bulletin in the United States after copies of Amerika were blocked in Russia. He commends the library for withholding the anti American propaganda laden issue and notes protest letters to a congressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Middletown Public
Roger Sherwood
Knights of Columbus
Sherwood
New York
EC Committee
Middletown
United States
U.S
Russia
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount screens Ran for Notorious at 1 15 4 10 7 15 and 10 10 p m Girl in Every Port at 2 40 5 45 and 8 45 p m Strand shows Neath Brooklyn Bridge at 1 15 3 50 6 30 and 9 10 p m Mr Muggs Rides Again at 2 30 5 10 7 50 and 10 25 p m
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Paramount
Brooklyn Bridge
Mr. Muggs
Pay Boosts For Bailiff Fire Chief Aides Likely Through PAS Review
City Commissioners approved a PAS driven salary review affecting multiple posts. Clerks’ pay rises to 278 335 from 266 320, with top steps. bailiff pay tied to clerk. assistant fire chiefs raised but below assistant police chief. Police lieutenant pay set between sergeant and captain. engineer secretary to Planning Commission moved to 335 400. Final ordinance next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAS
Louis Rossi
Alton H. Combs
Bar Association
E. F. Ricketts
Ricketts
Police Post
Planning Commission
James. Kinderknecht
Armco Picnic Plans Set for LeSourdsville Lake This Saturday
Final plans for Armco's 1952 family outing at LeSourdsville Lake will be announced Friday after a committee chair meeting tonight. Art Sanderson as general chairman notes 21 committees organized to handle tickets, identification, transportation, publicity, entertainment, safety, games, and prizes for Middletown and Hamilton Armco families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco
LeSourdsville Lake
Art Sanderson
Middletown
Hamilton
Midge Bailey
Martha Glass
Verne Yauch
C. L. Ratliff
Elmer Barker
Charles Slaughter
Clarence Abel
Andy Myers
Florence Eckhart
Schenck Simpson
Morris Smith
Fred Gerber
Elmer O’deil
J. E. Anderson
Robert Bush
Tom Burney
Wilford Mull
Mark Walke
Ray Miles
Arnold Boxwell
Margaret Sanderson
Hubert Wilson
Thurman Moore
Cycle Rider Hurt In Fall At Main Street Intersection
Barbara Conley twenty six of 1708 Germantown Road sustained bruises and abrasions after tumbling from a motorcycle with William Blaton at Main Street and First Avenue. She was treated and released at Middletown Hospital. A separate alley collision at Crawford Street rear injured no one and caused minor car damage.
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Barbara Conley
Germantown Rd
Main St
First Ave
William Blaton
Camden
Blaton
Middletown Hospital
Wilson Ambulance
Okley Thompson
Crawford St
Carlo Esposito
Grand Ave
Fair season opens at Jackson County Fair in Wellston
Ohio's fair season began with the 38th annual Jackson County Fair in Wellston, held Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, O
Ohio
Jackson County
Wellston
City extends right of way for Wildwood crossing repairs
Emergency measure authorizes a permanent city railroad cross ing right of way as first step toward repairs. The commission will finalize a contract with the railroad and later agree on crossing improvements long sought by residents. First estimates on swimming pool fixes by Pressure Concrete Co of Chicago total 15455.57 with completion planned early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildwood Crossing
Pressure Concrete Company of
Chicago
Firemen Repair Flag Pole Rope With Aerial Lift
Fire Department crews used a tall ladder to fix a broken rope on the flag pole at the City Building this morning. The incident drew attention from workers and pedestrians as repairs were completed quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
City Building
Police Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
John C. Collier
Ussr
Hilda Crooke
Public Administration Service
Eagles
Eagle Hall
William Smith
McCoy-Leffler Funeral
Tom Faeta
Cecil Butts
Central Ave
H. W. Starick
Yankee Pool
Douglas
Crete
Middletown Safety Council
Starick
Traffic Bureau
Keays Place
Jefferson Rd
Val. To
Children’s Dept
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