Guardsmen Begin Two-Week Summer Camp at Ravenna Arsenal
About 200 National Guardsmen from Middletown join the 372nd Combat Engineers for a two week session at Ravenna Arsenal Ohio. They will convoy from Middletown to Ravenna via Ohio 63 and Interstate 71 with activities including bridge work road repair and recreational events like softball basketball and bowling.
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Middletown
372Nd Combat Engineers
Ravenna Arsenal
Ravenna
Ohio
Armory
Lebanon
Dale Cox
Furniture Store Loot Nets $3290 In Night Theft
Intruders used tin snips to cut a hole in a wall at Ben's Furniture Store on Mid dletown Oxford Road Jacksonburg and stole about $3290.67 in items. Police report three portable black and white TVs four color sets four stereos nine portable radios and four tape players taken. A Pomeranian valued at $200 was reported stolen from Delbert Poe and a car seat worth $25 from Linda Stoffregen's vehicle.
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Ben
Middletown
Oxford Road
Jacksonburg
Delbert Poe
Lester Ave
Hamilton
Linda Stoffregen
Hodges Retires From CG&E at 47 Years of Service
Chester Hodges 65 leaves Cincinnati Gas & Electric after 47 years, steps down as grand master of the International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay during June ceremonies in Hollywood Florida. He remains executive officer for DeMolay in Ohio and plans a China tour or African safari.
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Chester Hodges
Nes
Peare
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Ac
Cg&e
Hollywood
Fla
International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay
Rabbit Hash
Hodges
Ardmore Drive
Ohio
China
Priest Reassignments Change Middletown Parishes
The Cincinnati Archdiocese announces assignments effective this month for five Middletown clergy. Rev Sylvester Huser retires to St Boniface Cincinnati after leading St Marys since 1945. Rev Paul Galvin becomes St Marys pastor. Rev James Walsh moves to St Matthew Norwood and Fenwick High teaching. Rev James J OConnor to Fenwick principal duties. Rev Paul Cornwell on sick leave. Rev Albert Schetter reassigned to administer Holy Trinity. Father Huser long served Middletown since 1945 and aided parish growth and ecumenical efforts. Galvin previously served at Fenwick and St Johns.
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Cincinnati
Middletown
Sylvester Huser
St. Mary’s Church
Central Avenue
St. Boniface Church
Paul G. Galvin
Our Lady of Grace
St. Mary’s
James Walsh
St. Matthew's Church
Norwood
McNicaolas High School
Father Walsh
James J. O'Connor
Holy Trinity Church
Fenwick
Hie
Holy Tinity
Paul E. Cornwell
Albert E. Schetter
Holy Angels
Father Galvin
St. John's Church
Fenwick H High School
City pools open with higher rates and new lessons
Pools open at 1 p.m. with Sunset from 1 to 9 30 p.m. Yankee and Douglas close earlier. Rates rise as costs triple. Family passes start at 10 for one, rising to 40 for more. Swimming and lifesaving classes begin June 12 with multiple schedules and adult supervision.
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Ed Cox
Sunset
Yankee
Douglas
Cox
Two Injured In Ohio 73 Car Collision
Two drivers were injured in a two car crash on Ohio 73 about 6 a.m. near Cotton Run Road in Butler County. Adam Roth, 20, of Trenton, and Edgar Troy Miller, 30, of Gratis, were treated at Middletown Hospital after Roth's westbound vehicle collided with Miller's eastbound car while attempting to overtake a truck.
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Ohio 73
Cotton Run Road
Butler County
Middletown Hospital
Adam Roth
E. Home St
Trenton
Edgar Troy Miller
Gratis
Roth
Miller
Two Middletown High Students Face Pot Charges
Two male Middletown High School students aged 15 and 16 were arrested at the school on marijuana possession charges. They were released to their parents and will appear in Butler County Juvenile Court next week after causing a disturbance in the cafeteria and allegedly discarding a small bag of marijuana under a chair during questioning by the director of student affairs.
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Middletown High School
Butler County
George Thomas
Main Street
Virigina ‘Phillips
Dorothy ‘Schaefer
Robert Schaefer
Council
Ohio 73
Ohio
Lebanon
Centerville
Worthington
Columbus
Oxford Reservoir Falls Back Toward Normal Levels
Oxford city water pumps remain to be cleaned but residents’ cooperation and recent rains have restored the reservoir to its normal level. Waterworks official Dick Pierson notes small dips to eight percent around 8 p.m. but the reservoir rises as people sleep. Officials had urged residents to avoid wasting water while the iron oxide and bacteria buildup in pumps is addressed, with cleaning expected early next week.
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Oxford
Dick Pierson
Pierson
Water pressure restored as Springboro plans fixes and new pump
Springboro officials move to fix a January main line break under the Great Miami River while awaiting a new larger pump to restore pressure for summer. The village will repair rather than replace the line and seeks bids. a June 27 meeting covers police funding needs.
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Springboro
James Eyler
Deardon Road
Eyler
Pennyroyal Road
Tamarack Hills
Great Miami
Franklin
Bernard Eichholz
Schaefer
Worthington
Charles Reedy
Multiple Small Fires Reported Around City
Fire crews respond to 12:57 p.m. dumpster blaze at 1042 Park Lane blamed on a discarded cigarette with no damage. At 8:07 p.m. a 26 year old woman from 112 Iglehart St suffered a 1 inch forehead cut and was hospitalized. 9:17 p.m. bags of charcoal ignite at Middletown Ice & Coal Co on 605 Curtis St due to a discarded cigarette with $15 damage. 9:54 p.m. a trash burner at McKinley Middle School causes $10 damage with undetermined cause. 11:38 p.m. Sorg Paper Co plant reports a fire in a broke hole at No 4 machine from a discarded cigarette with no damage.
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Iglehart St
Katrina Pfaff
Middletown Hospital
Middletown Ice & Coal Co
Curtis St
Sorg Paper Co
Columbia Ave
County Considers Two Tax Levis For November
Butler County commission weighs two tax requests to voters on November 7. A 3 mill levy seeks a mental health center and a 5 mill levy finances children's services. Also, James Hinchberger notes Mill Creek sewer planning assessments from 8.10 to 50 dollars by property valuation.
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Sol Kiegel
Butler County
Mental Health Board
Welfare Department
Lynne Waxweiler
Mill Creek
James Hinchberger
Ohio GI Frank Newman Killed in Indochina
Army Spec. 6 Frank A. Newman husband of Mary L. Newman of Route 1 34 Run Lucasville Ohio was killed in action in Indochina the Defense Department reported Wednesday.
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Washington
Army
Frank A. Newman
Mary L. Newman
Run
Lucasville
Ohio
Indochina
Defense Department
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Middletown Guardsmen
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Camp Perry
Lake Erie
Ben Ligon
N. Main St
Manchester
Masons
Syrian Temple Shrine
Vietnam
Meone
Uod
DeMolay
Ste
Opinion
Father Huser
Cincinnati-Dayton Rd
Oxford Reservoir
Boro
Park Lane
Logsdon
Joseph Canter
Howe Road
Mental Health and Retardation Board
Crawford St
Logan
S. Breiel Blvd
Trenton Center
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