City awards street resurfacing contract at 134428.50
Hamilton firm Alter L. Follmer Company wins the summer street resurfacing contract for 134 428.50 after a long City Commissioners meeting. Work to apply six coats of surface material with curb gutter and sidewalk repairs starts June 15 in several downtown and residential blocks.
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Nets
Alter L. Follmer Company
Hamilton
Douglas Park
Clinton St
Verity
First
Columbia Ave
Clinton
Wato Garfield
Curtis
Central
Yankee
Clark
Centocytus
Canal
Cen 1
Wailnkee
R. O
Sutpin
Glenmore
Sutphin Central
Wayne
Going Straight Youth Drops Hot Bowling Ball
Captain Ralph Bauer reports a stolen bowling ball with initials E B M was recovered from a youth released from Boys Industrial School. The youth claimed taking it in March April or May of last year and plans to start fresh with no hot balls. owner may reclaim at Police Headquarters.
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Sanrtieee
Ralph Bauer
Tytus Avenue
E.B.M
Bauer
Drive Nets $2,053 For Palsy Fund Drive Nets
Middletown postmen collected 2053.39 dollars last night on their extra walk for the Cerebral Palsy drive. Not all routes were fully covered and letter carriers will continue the drive tonight. Families can signal the mailmen by keeping porch lights on or raising mailbox flags.
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Middletown
Howa Haskins
Butler County Fund
Registration For Summer Study At Middletown High School
Registration for summer school begins tomorrow at 10 A.M. at Middletown High School. Classes run 9 to 11 A.M. from June 15 to July 24, covering sixth to high school levels with a $12 per student fee and a minimum of ten students per class.
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Middletown High School
Car Strikes Culvert on Fort Ancient Hill
An early morning crash on Fort Ancient Hill Route 350 two miles east of Route 22 caused extensive damage to a car but no injuries. State patrol reported the eastbound vehicle driven by Harold Tucker of 2133 Winton Street left the road and hit a culvert at 4 40 a.m. yesterday.
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Fort Ancient Hill
Harold Tucker
Winton St
Break-in at Calvary Methodist Church leaves no theft
Police investigated a break-in at Calvary Methodist Church on 11 South Broad Street. Entrance was by the door but nothing was taken. Separately, Harry Caldwell, 26, of 1219 Sycamore Street, was charged with driving with a suspended license after an arrest on North Canal Street. Orville Williams, 30, of 1820 North Avenue, was arrested on a warrant for petit larceny after allegedly taking a store radio and attempting to return it for money. a charge of investigation was noted.
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Calvary Methodist Church
South Broad St
Bauer
Harry Caldwell
Sycamore St
North Canal Street
Orville Williams
1820
North Ave
Williams
Wee
Rain and Heat Trade Spots in Middletown Weather
An arcing storm dumped .57 inches in under an hour, cooling Middletown to 68. A second shower added .36 more inches, bringing two day total to exactly one inch. Today and tonight look fair with highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s, after a 60 degree low near dawn.
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Middletown
Municipal Court Fines and Suspensions in City Case
Paul Minter aged 26 of 118 Philadelphia Ave was fined 200 dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was sentenced to five days in city jail from June 27 to July 2 and suspended from driving for six months. Joe Aslinger 27 of Middletown Route 1 was fined 20 dollars and costs for driving without a license with half suspended if he passes a test in ten days and an extra five dollars fine suspended if a faulty muffler is repaired.
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Robert T. Sant
Central Ave
Starick
Paul Minter
Philadelphia Ave
Minter
Alton H. Combs
Joe Aslinger
Middletown
Route 1
Defect in Prosecution Dismissals and Sentence Pending
Two cases were dismissed when Crawford Fortune failed to appear on a defraud charge against Charles Childs 26 of 318 Orn St Hamilton. Also dismissed were failure to provide for parents charges against James Smith 27 of East Third Franklin. Eloise Nord 28 of 707 Lewis Pl had sentence withheld after a April 26 arrest for cutting with intent to wound reduced to assault and battery with pending payment of medical bills.
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Charles Childs
Orn St
Hamilton
Crawford Fortune
James Smith
East Third Street
Franklin
Eloise Nord
Lewis Pl
The last great auk believed killed in mid 18th century
The final known individual of the great auk is thought to have died around the middle of the 1700s, marking the extinction of the species.
City Should Buy Undeveloped Land For Future Park Sites
City manager H W Starick urged commissioners to acquire three acres of undeveloped land in the north side of Verity Parkway between Elwood and Wilmore Streets for a future Harlan Park. Residents largely opposed but some softened toward the idea after meeting. Four potential paths were outlined from further discussion to condemnation or postponement.
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Starick
H. W. Starick
Harlan Park
HW W &Stariek
Re Ets
Verity Pkwy
Elwood
Wilmore Sts
Interview Techniques Shaping School Superintendent Search
A Manchester Hotel gathering of the citizens committee selecting the new superintendent was shown interview principles. Robert Miles and Jack Linzie emphasized thorough review of applications and reference forms and planning the interview to assess what candidates have done and will do. The advisory group named Sant chair and appointed Gardner, Sebald, Linzie, Glass, and Wilson to lead final candidate interviews.
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Citizens’ Committee
Robert Miles
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Jack Linzie
Manchester
Miles
Linzie
Wade E. Miller
Robert Sant
Colin Gardner
E. J. Sebald
J. L. Glass
Tom Wilson
VFW Auxiliary Donates $10 to Golden Agers Club
Mrs. Gertrude Angelus of the Ladies' Auxiliary presented a $10 gift to Golden Age Club members at Civic Association. Albert Roff accepted for the club. Plans for a July picnic and a June 17 meeting party were announced. Members urged to attend and bring sales tax stamps.
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Gertrude Angelus
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Veteran of Foreign Wars
Golden Age Club
The
Civic Association
Albert Roff
Lonnie Gibson
Gibsons
Nashville
Tenn
Grand Ole Opry
Cave City
Middletown Sub Committee Details Candidate Tour
In business discussions the group presented an information sheet on Middletown and its schools and planned a city tour for candidates. Chairman Joe Woodruff announced that 65 names of applicants have been received, including four from other states.
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Glass
Park development panel weighs site choices
Commissioner Harold Goetz of the Park Development Committee urges exhausting efforts to secure the first site before considering alternatives. He says experts should guide park location and cites potential future criticism if recommendations are ignored. Starick notes Harlan Park’s recent undeveloped status and urges buying land early for future needs.
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Harold Goetz
Park Development Committee
George W Bryant
Goetz
Bryant
Cincinnati
Frank Herzog
Harlan Park
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City Commission
Charles A. Richards
Field, Richards and Company
Rchards
Richards
Ninth Ave
Ss. L. Gibbins
Highview
Gibbins
L. A. Waldner
Lloyd Miller
Leonard Strauss
Tytus Ave
Police Department
Cecil B. Short, Jr
Webster St
Melvin Barker
Fairmount Ave
South Main St
Planning Commission
B. D. Morgan
L. P. Cavett Company
Floyd G. Browne
Buffalo Meter Company
Reuben Shore
Colonial Theater
Harlan Park Development Group
Smith Farms
Ross Hill
Hill Sard
VFW Auxiliary
Dohn’s
General
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