Schatzmann Questions Legality of Subdivision Rules
City director of law Fred J. Schatzmann questions whether the proposed subdivision ordinance can be enforced beyond city limits. He says rules apply within the corporate area but not to three miles outside, and suggests county-wide adoption or outside-the-city plat controls. The council acted on traffic changes and other city matters.
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Fred J. Schatzmann
City Commission
Schatzmann
City Planning Commission
Local Planning Commission
Stop Signs Installed On Elwood
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore said two stop signs have been installed at Panama Avenue and Elwood Street to reduce accidents at the intersection. The city ordered 24 new reflectorized red signs and six 30 by 30 signs, with old signs being repainted for use as needed.
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Panama Avenue
Elwood Street
Joseph Blackmore
C.A. Boeke
Middletown
Doty Street
North Avenue
Vail Avenue
Grimes Street
Leibee Street
Armco Roses In Bloomin Welcome At East Works
Armco plants roses along the West side of East Works and Crawford Street road. More than 200 bushes bloom now with the first planted in 1941. White roses with reds and evergreens to bloom early next week. The project has earned the Plant-America Award from the American Association of Nurserymen for industrial landscaping and civic pride.
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Armco
East Works
Crawford Street
American Assn. of
Plant-America
Dayton DWI judge fines Werts and sentencing others
Municipal Court fined Clarence E. Werts 49 of Dayton two hundred dollars plus costs and a one year license suspension and three days in jail for DWI after a Tuesday arrest at Clark Street and Tytus Avenue. Samuel Walters 28 of Middle Town got fifty dollars and a 30 day license suspension for careless driving after a Tuesday auto crash at S Verity Parkway and 18th Avenue. Louis Cunningham 59 and Daniel Razor 72 were fined twenty five dollars for disorderly conduct after a Tuesday fight at 8th Avenue and Lincoln Street with fines suspended on good behavior. Razor’s knife was destroyed. A new coal mining machine extracts coal over 200 yards into a mountainside without underground workers.
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Clarence E. Werts
Dayton
J. T. Lamb
Werts
Clark Street
Tytus Avenue
Samuel Walters
Middletown
Louis Cunningham
Daniel B. Razor
8Th Ave
8Th Avenue
Lincoln Street
Razor
Taxpayers rush final day to pay Middletown taxes
Middletown real estate tax deadline brings a flood of payments. Deputy county treasurer Carl Wedekind laments the heavy workload and notes most taxpayers chose the last possible day to settle their taxes.
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Middletown
Carl Wedekind
Wedekind
Two Auto Mishaps Cause About $100 In City
Police report two minor accidents yesterday totaling a little over 100 dollars. John Shirey 68 of 404 McKinley St collided with a southbound truck driven by C A Poffenberg er 45 of 1023 Kunz Ave at 102 N Sutphin St causing 20 and 75 dollars in damage. Earlier a driver reaching for cigarettes hit Ewell Collins 36 of 422 Vannest Ave at Aberdeen Drive and Central Avenue causing 15 dollars in damage. the other driver was unnamed.
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John Shirey
McKinley St
C. A. Poffenberger
Ewell W. Collins
Vannest Ave
Aberdeen Drive
Central Avenue
Collins
Politz Elected Ahepa Head in Middletown Chapter
Konstantine A. Tyke Politz was chosen president of Middle town Chapter 209, Order of Ahepa, at the annual meeting. He succeeds George Cavalaris, who served as president through 1953-54, with George Revelos as vice president and John Jelson as secretary. Cavalaris becomes chairman of the board of governors alongside George Poolitsan, George Manos and John Dallis. Installation is set for the June 16 meeting.
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Konstantine A
Tyke) Politz
Middletown
Order of Ahepa
George Cavalaris
Hamilton
Delhaore
George J. Revelos
John Jelson
Gus Lazares
Cavalaris
George T. Poolitsan
George Manos
John Dallis
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount: Lili showings 1 30 3 30 5 30 7 30 9 30 p m. Saints Girl Friday 1 15 3 50 6 30 9 10 p m Dangerous Mission 2 25 5 05 7 45 10 25 p m. Strand: Here Comes the Groom 1 15 4 40 8 05 p m Scarlet Angel 3 15 7 40 10 05 p m Friday Jivaro 1 45 4 55 8 10 p m The Forty Nin ers 3 25 6 40 9 50 p m. World cone mileage note adds nothing to schedule.
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Paramount
Groom
Jivaro
Annual Election of Pastors Delayed
The annual election of officers of the Ministerial Department of the Council of Churches, scheduled for today, was postponed. Hugh Harvey, manager of the Middletown Bell Telephone office, hosted 34 ministers at breakfast at the Manchester Hotel, followed by a tour of the telephone building.
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the Council of Churches
Hugh Harvey
Middletown Bell
Manchester
Funeral for Leroy A. Evans Held in Delaware
Leroy A. Evans 65, former foreign correspondent for the New York World, obituary notes his death Tuesday in a Dayton hospital. He recently served as public relations director for the U S Soil Conservation Service at Dayton. Funeral services are set for tomorrow in Delaware.
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Delaware
Ohio
Leroy A. Evans
Old New York World
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Dayton
Thieves Break Into McCann Motors Overnight
A night break in at McCann Motors 215 Charles St left no loot found as intruders shattered a window then unlocked another. Mechanic Leo Bronnenberg discovered the entry at 7 40 am with Detective Herbert Frazier and aides Paul Fouts Louis Janka leading the probe.
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McCann Motors
Charles St. Netter
Herbert Frazier
Leo Bronnen
Diplomas Await 356 At MHS Graduation
The Urbana Junior College President will address 356 Middletown High School seniors at the Miller gymnasium commencement. Edward F. Memmett’s speech is titled The Society of the Concerned. R H Snyder will present diplomas as ten veterans are noted among the graduates.
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Urbana Junior College
Middletown High School
Miller Gymnasium
Edward F. Memmett
Society of the Concerned
R. H. Snyder
Armed Forces
Eleanor Moon
Carol West
Robert Bell
D. A. Biggs
Church of God
Hugh Butler
Don Fields Earns Eagle Scout at Middletown Ceremony
Don Fields son of Mr and Mrs Aaron Fields 3016 Navaho St was presented the Eagle Award the highest honor in Explorer Scouting at Middletown Explorer Post 6 ceremony He has been a Scout for four plus years serving as patrol leader crew leader deputy senior crew leader and past senior crew leader He plans to attend aquatic school to meet requirements for junior and senior life saving He urged participation in the Indiana Lincoln Trail trip on June 11 and 12 Others honored included Harold Gillespie Jim Davis John Ejihorn Dick Bagizedes Benny Frye and Don Stamper Ed die Zickgraf and Don Davis with Emmett Gilbert presenting awards and Zickgraf Davis in charge
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Don Fields
Aaron Fields
Navaho St
Middletown
Fields
Camp Hook
American Legion
Harold Gillespie
Jim Davis
John Ejihorn
Dick Bagizedes
Benny Frye
Don Stamper
Eddie Zickgraf
Don Davis
Emmett Gilbert
Zickgraf
Pick Your Fight Then Your Weapon
Police answered a noon fight in the 800 block of 9th Avenue yesterday and found two youths, ages 17 and 16, who admitted fighting. They reported weapons included a knife, a razor, and a six inch iron pipe. officers found the pipe but the youths denied using the others and were ordered to report to juvenile authorities.
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9Th Avenue
Grand Banks Seen As World’s Largest Offshore Fishing Grounds
The Grand Banks off Newfoundland are identified as the world’s largest offshore fishing grounds. This designation highlights the area’s vast productivity and prominence in marine harvesting. Local fleets and international operators rely on the grand bank complex for substantial catches and economic activity.
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Grand Banks
Newfoundland
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