Real Estate Board Fights City Subdivision Ordinance Hearing
Middletown officials hear opposed to a subdivision development ordinance while city planning and real estate leaders clash over financing requirements. Realtors oppose obligating developers to cover improvements or post bonds before final plat approval, warning of higher costs and restricted growth.
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City Planning Commission
City Commission
Middletown Real Estate Board
Real Estate Board
Carmody
Ben M. Kitchen
Kitchen
Two City Crashes Cause 220 Dollars In Damages
Police report two city accidents totaling 220 dollars in damage. James E Barkelow of Anderson hit a 77 Taxi Co. cab driven by Harry Cowgill at 3 45 p m injuring no one. Barkelow’s car sustained 150 dollars and the taxi 45. In a second crash Crit Carl Mays hooked fenders with a pickup at 2 15 p m causing 25 dollars damage. the truck driver left the scene.
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James E. Barkelow
Anderson
Ind
77 Taxi Co
Harry Cowgill
Central Ave
Barkelow
27 Taxi Co
Carl Mays
Webster St
N. Main St
Subdivision ordinance debate draws varied views
At the hearing on a proposed subdivision ordinance citizens and officials weighed its aims to protect the community from substandard development and limit premature subdividing. Herbert Fast praised such ordinances, Warren Printz compared practices with other cities, and Samuel Redding questioned the proposal. City Attorney Fred Schatzmann raised legal concerns and said he had not seen the master plan or zoning ordinance as the meeting adjourned.
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Kitchen
George Elliott
Middletown
Citizens Study Committee
J. D. Sawyer
C. F. Myers
N. Sutphin St
Erle A. Hanson
Euclid St
O. L. Lawson
Marshal Rd
Lansaw
Commissioners & Committee For
East Middletown
Segoe
Herbert Fast
Cincinnati Real Estate Board
Warren Printz
Te Planning Commission
Olo
Butler County
Samuel Redding
Lafayette Ave
Hoyle
Sawyer
Carmody
Fred J. Schatzmann
City Commission
Citizens Committee
Planning Commission
Seroe
A. C. Neff
Middletown Real Estate Board condemns hearin g process
The Middletown Real Estate Board issues a statement protesting last night s public hearing on the Subdivision Regulation Ordinance. It cites procedural errors, denial of reply, restricted questions to drafters, and calls for safeguarding local control and bond prohibitions for subdivision improvements.
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Middletown Real Estate Board
Middletown
Commission
Carmody
Planning Commission
Flag Day urged. Junior Order promotes wide American flag display
June 14 is Flag Day and Alpha Council 326 of the Junior Order United American Mechanics urges citizens to display the flag from homes and businesses. Fred Lawson says the patriotic observance aims to have an American flag visible on every front porch, window, or yard nationwide, citing Ohio’s LeRoy Van Horn as a founder of Flag Day efforts.
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Fred Lawson
Alpha Council
United American Mechanics
Continental Congress
Zen
Lawson
State Educator Speaks at Lemon Principals Parley
R M Garrison of the State Department of Education served as educational consultant at the Lemon Township school principals workshop at Lemon High School. Thomas F Webb organized the event with topics on elementary curriculum and physical education. The group adopted a core philosophy emphasizing student centered learning, moral development, and civic responsibility. Attendees included school principals and superintendents from Amanda Maple Park Monroe Oneida and Lemon districts. The note adds a science fact that there are two elements composing all matter.
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R. M. Garrison
State Department of Education
Lemon Township
Lemon High School
Thomas F. Webb
Dale Reed Appointed Principal at Oneida School
The Lemon Local Board of Education named Dale Reed as principal of the new Oneida School on Yankee Road. Reed holds a master’s in education from the University of Cincinnati with administration and supervision majors, plus elementary and provisional secondary certificates. He led Woodlawn Local in Hamilton County for eight years and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1942 to 1945. Reed, who is married with one child, will start in August. Acting principal Mrs. Mabelle Crist returns to Monroe Elementary as assistant principal.
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Lemon Local Board of Education
Dale Reed
Oneida
Yankee Road
Reed
University of Cincinnati
Woodlawn
Hamilton County
U. S. Air Force
Mabelle Crist
Monroe
YMCA Fun Club Tours Middletown Police Headquarters
About 120 members of the YMCA boys division summer fun club visited the city police headquarters in Middletown for a rubberneck tour. Supervisors included Harry ter Braak and Phil Alexander with David Truck Clark Apple and Richard Weidner leading junior workers. Officers Sgt. Douglas Barrett Patrolmen Ralph Trimble and Herbert Fawley guided tours of the jail and radio room while officers demonstrated police weapons. The next tour proceeds to the Coca Cola bottling plant tomorrow morning. All participants must submit consent forms signed by parents and obtain parental permission.
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Ymca Boys
Middletown
Harry Ter Braak
Phil Alexander
David Truck
Clark Apple
Richard Weidner
Douglas Barrett
Ralph Trimble
Herbert Fawley
Ter Braak
Gets Ball And Chain Before Wedding Day
New York Bernard Falk a 27 year old to wed Sunday had his ball and chain at a pre wedding party at the laboratory where he works. The chain and key prank ended when a policeman with snips freed the prospective groom after the key vanished.
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New York
Bernard Falk
Falk
Police Briefs On Thefts Reported In Local Area
Police received word that Joseph G. Barger of Franklin Rt. 2 reported his 1950 automobile bearing license 221 MZ stolen last night. William Tuttle of 308 S Main St reported a metal urn valued at about 15 dollars stolen from his front steps Wednesday night.
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Joseph G. Barger
Franklin Rt. 2
William Tuttle
S.main St
Nice People Court Lasts 15 Seconds
Municipal Court met for 15 seconds as a $50 bond was forfeited after a defendant charged with intoxication failed to appear. Judge J. T. Lawd, City Prosecutor Tilmon Ellison, and Bailiff William Daly were the only officials present. no spectators attended. An attache suggested the brief session may set a local record for brevity, with such events occurring about once a year.
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J. T. Lawd
Tilmon Ellison
William Daly
Patton Trial Set for June 24 in Highley Slaying
Trenton man Douglas V. Patton, 20, charged with second degree murder in the death of Wilbur D. Highley, has a tentative trial date of 9:30 a.m. June 24 in Judge Fred B. Cramer’s court. Additional dates set include June 23 for Don Kirby and Guy Bishop, Middletown, also facing charges of obtaining money under false pretenses related to a furnace installation at Mrs. Alabama Gibbs’s home on Gideon Road.
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Trenton
Wilbur D. Highley
Tytus Ave
Jackson Bosch
Highley
Douglas V. Patton
3Rd St
Patton
Fred B. Cramer
Don Kirby
Guy Bishop
Middletown
Alabama Gibbs
Gideon Road
Safety Director Attends All-Ohio Traffic Court Parley
Municipal Judge J T Lamb and Safety Director Paul E Wilson attend sessions of the All-Ohio Traffic Court conference today through Friday in Cincinnati. The three day event at Alphonso Taft Hall is sponsored by the University of Cincinnati College of Law American Bar Assn and the Traffic Institute of Northwestern University. Topics include courts and the traffic problem criminal law rules of evidence model traffic ordinance laws of arrest driver performance and DUI. Cooperating agencies include the Ohio State Bar Assn Governors Traffic Safety Committee Cincinnati Bar Assn Cincinnati Automobile Club and the Greater Cincinnati Safety Council. Dean Roscoe L Barrow of UC College of Law is general conference chairman.
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J. T. Lamb
Paul E. Wilson
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati College of Law
American Bar Assn
Traffic Institute
Northwestern University
Alphonso Taft
Th University of Cincinnati
Ohio State Bar Assn
Governors Traffic Safety Committee
Cincinnati Bar Assn
Cincinnati Automobile Club
Greater Cincinnati Safety Council
Dean Roscoe L. Barrow
UC College of Law
Street Improvements On Commission State Tonight
City Commission tonight to take action on Ae ronca and Shuttle streets and Stevens Avenue enhancements. Two emergency ordinances on the agenda authorize work on the three streets. City Manager Kramer to present bids tabulation for Gladys Drive Florence Street and Lakeside relief sewer section. reports also expected from Brown and Waldner on Sutphin Grand relief project. Street and Highway Safety Month proclamation to be presented. Ohio Bell seeks underground conduit rights between Central and Grand Avenues.
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City Commission
Aeronca
Stevens Avenue
Howard H. Kramer
Gladys Drive
Florence Street
Lakeside
Kramer
Floyd G. Brown
Grand Relief Sewer Project
L. A. Waldner
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Central
Grand Avenues
Water Line Work At Girl Scout Camp Underway
Work to install 2,000 feet of pipe for a water line at Stony Brook Farm, the Middletown Area Girl Scout Council’s new camp near Waynesville, began. Bond & Sheehan of Reading is contractor. Foundations for first buildings underway. Mrs. D. M. Collette noted staff training at Camp Juniper Knoll.
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Stonybrook
Middletown
D. M. Collette
James Morningstar
Alfred Ecklar
Camp Juniper Knoll
Elkhorn
Wis
Reddy Fox Out of Luck with Peter Rabbit chase
Thorn ton W Burgess, the 80 year old author naturalist behind Reddy Fox, says Peter Rabbit will always stay one jump ahead. He plans to keep the adventures light with no tragedy, and shows no plan to retire for 20 years. Burgess, vacationing in Saint John New Brunswick, lives in Springfield Mass.
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SAINT JOHN, N._B
Thornton W. Burgess
Reddy Fox
Peter Rabbit
Peter
Burgess
Springfield
Mass
New Brunswick
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount features Pinocchio at 1 15 4 00 7 00 and 9 45 p.m Gypsy Colt at 2 45 5 45 and 8 45 p.m Strands Quiet Man at 1 30 5 15 and 9 05 p.m Lady from Louisiana at 3 40 and 7 30 p.m
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Louisiana
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Earl R. Mercer
Ralph W. Mull
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Amelia I. Jamison
Harold Young
Monroe School
Oneida Primary
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Daniel Kruger
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C. W. Young
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