Mayfield annexation decision eyed by Butler County
Middletown officials promise prompt city services if annexation is approved. County commissioners plan to vote Friday after reviewing Jess Dennis survey on resident freeholders and petition signatures. Opposition cited by Hendrickson but counterpetition deemed invalid. About 60 residents attended the hearing with 32 opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield
Butler County
Middletown
Charles W. Thompson
Gordon Augspurger
Butler County Board of Commissioners
Augspurger
Jess Dennis
Dennis
County Commission
William R. Hendrickson
Monroe
Hendrickson
Walter Bender
Marion F. Scot
Brentwood St
Tillman Ellison
Dan W. Kothe
Thomas Feltz
County
Middletown Commission Sets Final Zoning Reading Tonight
On a hot night the Middletown city commission will conduct the final reading of the new zoning ordinance spanning eighty six pages with Director of Law Tilmon F Yison reading it. An emergency measure to buy land from Middletown Hydraulic Co. for a new city garage is on the agenda along with bids tabulation for selling part of Diver Mill property on West Central Avenue. The board will also consider prohibiting U turns between intersections and receive Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. note that gas rates remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Tilmon F!yison
Middletown Hydraulic Co
Diver Mill
W. Central Avenue
Central Avenue
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Civitan Tour Bright Fresh Air Camp Visitors
Civitan Club members toured Middletown Fresh Air Camp during a lunch meeting as it nears final operation week. About 75 city youths enjoyed the six week program. Civitan plans to return to spray poison oil at the scout camp and next week's meeting features a Wheels Over Africa film at the Manchester Hotel with Eliott Perkins as August chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Middletown Fresh Air
Civitan
Manchester
Eliott Perkins
Misfortune Strikes Amburgey Family With Double Hip Injury
Eleven year old Billy Amburgey of 4120 Vannest St suffered a second hip fracture while healing from a previous break and had hip surgery at St Elizabeth Hospital in Dayton. His four year old sister Barbara fell from a bed, injuring her collarbone and requiring hospital X rays.
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Amburgey
Billy Amburgey
Vannest St
Billy
Dayton
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Bunion Amburgey
Barbare
Mrs. Amburgey
Middletown Hospital
Barbara
Courts May Get Drive-In Hot Potato
Hamilton Ohio special report says Butler County commissioners denied a permit for a Mid-Four Theater drive-in on interim zoning rules. Zoning commission also refused the permit, prompting attorney Andrew Cherney to plan a mandamus action in common pleas court. The dispute hinges on the validity of the interim zoning resolution until a county-wide ordinance is voted by electors. Residents oppose the theater as a traffic hazard and potential property devaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio 4
Hamilton-Middletown
Mid - Four Theater Corp
Butler County Commissioners
Butler County Zoning Commission
Zoning Commission
Theater Corporation
Andrew Cherney
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Accident Victim Listed As Fair
Mrs. A. E Stahl 69 of 2506 S Main St improved from critical to fair at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after an auto crash on N B Street near West Elkton Road last Wednesday night. Driver Miss Susanne Ware 29, a McKinley Junior High School teacher and Stahl’s niece, sustained only minor facial cuts.
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A. E Stahl
S. Main St
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Stahl
N. B Street
West Elkton Road
Susanne Ware
Miss Ware
McKinley Junior High School
Lifeguard Recovers After Paralysis At Sunset Pool
Wayne Hidy a 17 year old Sunset Pool lifeguard is recovering at home after a Sunday afternoon paralysis. Doctors diagnosed sprained nerves in the neck from a severe accidental nose blow suffered hours earlier. He was placed in Middletown Hospital andWalker’s ambulance staff assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Hidy
Sunset Pool
Hidy
Middletown Hospital
Frank Hidy
Fleming Rd
Thailand's Size Compared to Texas
Thailand covers about 197,659 square miles, roughly four fifths the size of Texas. The comparison highlights Thailand's substantial land area in relation to the U S state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thailand
Texas
Black Promoted to VP at WSAI Cincinnati Station
Charles A. Black, husband of Ruth Crane Black and former Middletown resident, is promoted to vice president in charge of station operations at WSAI Cincinnati. Gordon Broadcasting Co. president Sherwood R. Gordon announced the move as Paul Jones rises to program director, noting Black's two years of leadership at WSAI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Black
Ruth Crane Black
Middletown
WSAI
Cincinnati
Sherwood R. Gordon
Gordon Broadcasting Co
Black
Gordon
Wsai Radio
Springfield
Ohio State University
Schuster-Martin School of Drama
Monroe
Paul Jones
Jones
WSATI
Ground Broken for Talawanda High School
Oxford special report notes a hastily organized ceremony as earth was turned for a million dollar Talawanda High School. Board president Clifton W. Smith led the event with trustees present except Mark Sheard. Representatives from Oxford village, Miami University, and Knowlton Construction attended. Heilman of Knowlton Construction pledged completion by September 1 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Talawanda
Bellefontaine, General Contractors
Movie Showings At The Local Theaters This Week
At The Movies listings for Paramount Strand Colonial and Dixie Cruise In showtimes for Wednesday and Thursday. Titles include Love Me or Leave Me Dam Bust ers Silver Chalice Human Jungle Seven Year Itch Mr Scoutmaster Destination Gobi and Vicki with specific nightly start times.
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Dixie Cruise
Gobi
Vicki
Race Track Issue Taken Into Court
Hamilton Raceway Inc seeks court intervention after the Butler County Fair Board and president Maurice Murray allegedly barred access to the fairgrounds for a summer racing meet starting August 15. The injunction, filed by attorney E J Kautz for William Snider, is scheduled for 1 30 p m Monday before Judge Louis J Schneider in Hamilton. The Ohio Supreme Court assignment was made by Chief Justice Carl Weygandt. Previously Harry Wonnell, for the fair board, stated races would not be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Hamilton Raceway, Inc
Butler County Agricultural Society (Fair Board
Maurice C. Murray
Hamilton County Common Pleas
Louis J. Schneider
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
E. J. Kautz
William Snider
Fair Board
Butler County Fairgrounds
Kautz É
Hamilton Raceway
Ohio Sports Enterprises
Middletonian Is Sent Back To Workhouse
Ollie Henry Jr. 23 of Middletown was ordered to serve the remaining six months of his one year Cincinnati Workhouse sentence for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He also faced a $1000 fine for taking juvenile girls to New Jersey last year after violating probation. Henry had prior stints at Boys Industrial School Mans field Reformatory and Cincinnati Workhouse.
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Ollie Henry Jr
Middletown
Cincinnati Warhouse
Henry
Harry F. Walsh
Hamilton
Butler County
New Jersey
Boys’ Industrial School
Pile Torture Soothed in Few Minutes
Relief from piles promised by Peterson's Ointment with a cooling formula. Claims quick itching relief and 40 years of use. Available at druggists 50 cents or tube 75 cents. money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Two Youths Admit $12 Bandit Job In Indiana
Two Middletown youths Albert L. Doyle 22 once in Boys Industrial School and June Hurdix alias June Watson 18 confessed to a $12 grocery store holdup at Grovertown Indiana and theft of two autos. They were arrested with Ernest L. Spencer 22 of Peru after a police stop on U S 421 near Knox Indiana. Doyle had prior Middletown arrests for intoxication and resisting arrest.
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Middletown
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Grovertown
Ind
Indiana
Albert L. Doyle
BIS
Ing
June Hardix
June Watson
Ernest L. Spencer
Peru
U. S. 421
Knox
Ed Burke
Perry
Doyle
Doctor Joins Brother In Office Here
Dr. Clifford H. Fening joins his brother Dr. Walter E. Fening in obstetrics and gynecology at 2119 Central Ave Middletown. A Cincinnati Medical School graduate, he completed three years residency at Medical College Hospital of Virginia and served three years in the Army paratrooper units in Europe. He and his wife live with their three children at 2403 Christel Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford H. Fening
Middletown
Walter E. Fening
Central Ave
Fening
Medical College Hospital At
Virginia
Richmond
University of Cincinnati
Hamilton
St. Peter's School
Hamilton Catholic High School
Xavier University
Cincinnati
17Th
82Nd Airborne
Europe
Christel
Coma Sufferer 13-Year-Old After Bicycle Crash
A 13-year-old, Robert Riley, remains in a coma at Middletown Hospital a week after a bicycle collision with a Middletown man near Peasttown. The accident occurred shortly after midnight last Wednesday, leaving the boy with severe head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Riley
Middletown Hospital
Peasttown
Floyd Cornell
Farmersville Rt. 1
Middletown
Woman aided after fainting at home by emergency unit
Dana Holstein age 18 of 907 Neibar Street was helped by the fire department emergency unit at her home at 7 16 a m today after fainting. She was transported to Middletown Hospital by McCoy Leffler imbalance.
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Dana Holstein
Neibar St
Fire Department
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
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Paramount
Harry Wonnell
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Middletonian
Workhouse
Tyltus Ave
Midway Roller Rink
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Coma
Hempstead Coal & Supply
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