Morning Fire Destroys Albers Super Market in Middletown
A smoky morning blaze at the Albers Super Market on 11 N. Clinton St caused about 50 000 in damage to contents and building with stock valued at 100 000. Firefighters fought the flames for four hours as investigators probe refrigeration as a possible cause. The store closed for the day and plans to reopen next week.
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N. Clinton St
Middletown
Poinciana Rd
Albers
Health Department
Howard Gall
Fire Prevention Bureau
Asst
Charles Hansel
Hansel
Karl Davis
Central Avenue
Middletown Man Arrested after DUI Crash
Police arrested 33 year old Joseph Mangus of 1338 Garfield St at York Avenue and Garfield Street on a DUI and leaving the scene after a crash on Clinton Street and Central Avenue. The car struck a portable sign, then a parked auto, causing $40 in damage. four other minor traffic incidents were reported with no injuries.
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Middletown
York Avenue
Garfield Street
Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Joseph Mangus
Garfield St
Ptl
Earl Smith
Clarence DeHart
Mangus
Mearl Carman
Crescent Blvd
Kemmir Realty Firm Is Incorporated In Ohio
The Kemmir Realty Co of Middletown receives an Ohio corporate charter. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown made the announcement. Dr. Kenneth M. Smith, located at 112 S. Main St., is named the statutory agent.
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Kemmir Realty Co
Middletown
Ohio
Ted W. Brown
Kenneth M. Smith
S. Main St
77 Veterans Given Suspended Sentences
Seventy seven Korean veterans, mainly from Hamilton, received suspended six month sentences in Cincinnati for filing monthly GI training bill requests while skipping classes. The group is part of 109 veterans arrested. 32 await trial June 24 or 26. Leroy Zimmer, Hamilton, school manager, pleaded guilty to 109 counts of false and fraudulent monthly certificates. Restitution to the Veterans Administration was ordered after health records were reviewed.
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Chhiefly
Hamilton
U. S
Cincinnati
Butler-Hamilton School of Business
Leroy Zimmer
Zimmer
John H. Druffel
Veterans Administration
Legion Post 218 to Elect New Officers Tomorrow
American Legion Post 218 will name new officers at its monthly meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Legion Home led by Commander Ed Windsor. Candidates include Art Albaugh Tom Haney Harold Agee Joe Baker Jr Ray Melampy J F Seibold L Mort Taylor Lou Weishoffer for three vice commanders and three executive committee men along with Rev William J Comfort chaplain Ed Portsmouth adjutant and Charles Palmer financial chairman. Delegates to the department convention July 1921 in Cincinnati will also be chosen.
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American Legion Post 218
J. B. Strickland
William J. Comfort
Ed Portsmouth
Charles Palmer
Department
Cincinnati
Youth Injured In Wisconsin Under Treatment
Nine year old Robert McCormick of 1921 Highland Street was admitted to Middletown Hospital last night for X rays and observation for possible internal injuries. The boy, son of Mr and Mrs Walter McCormick, has been ill since a bicycle accident Friday while on vacation in Wisconsin. His condition today was listed as good.
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Robert McCormick
Highland St
Middletown Hospital
Walter McCormick
Wisconsin
Teen's flat tire leads to crash with fire plug
L. W. Sears, 16, of 808 14th Ave, reported a flat tire on Highland Avenue near Jefferson Road at 3 p.m. yesterday. After stopping to repair, he began moving and struck a fire plug. No damage estimate was available.
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L. W. Sears
14Th Ave
Sears
James Powell
Highland Avenue
Jefferson Road
Teenage Swim Set Tonight At Sunset And Douglas Pools
Sunset and Douglas pools will be reserved for teenagers after regular hours. The first Teenage Swim of the summer is set for 9 30 p m at Sunset and 9 p m at Douglas. Ross Kramer, director of pools, will oversee the event.
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Sunset
Douglas
Ross Kramer
Serviceman completes training and awaits further station
Pvt. Donald Van Dyne Jr has completed three months of training in San Diego California. After a leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Donald Van Dyne of 716 Poplar Street he will begin fourteen months of training with the Marine Air Corps in Jacksonville Florida.
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Donald van Dyne Jr
San Diego
Calif
Donald van Dyne
Poplar St
Pvt
Dyne
Marine Air Corp
Jacksonville
Fla
Petition Protests Merger Looms Over School Districts
About 1325 signatures were filed with the Butler County Board of Education protesting the Ross and Morgan Township school merger. The deadline was 4 30 p m yesterday and signatures will be checked by the Board of Elections. In the last election 2319 electors voted. 1161 signatures would invalidate the consolidation and restore the two districts.
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Butler County Board of Education
Ross
Morgan Township
Board of Elections
Installation Planned for Middletown Templars Officers
The Middletown Commandery 71 Knights Templar will install new officers in ceremonies at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Masonic Temple. Chester M. Conner will become commander and E Harold Hannah will be generalissimo, with Vaughn DeVall and others listed as future officers.
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Middletown
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Chester M. Conner
E. Harold Hannah
Vaughn DeVall
Louis A. Waldner Jr
Robert M. Huntzinger
Harry C. Pell
John O. Taylor
Percy B. Smith
Maxwell M. Kutt
Donald Turner
John Berger
William Amburgy
Golden Agers Birthday and Anniversary Meet Planned
The Golden Age Club will host its monthly birthday and anniversary event at the Civic Association headquarters tomorrow afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gordon will celebrate their 48th wedding anniversary. Gordon serves as club president. An advisory committee meeting will follow at 6 30 p.m. tomorrow at the Manchester Hotel.
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The
Golden Age Club
Club
Civic Association
Harry Gordon
Gordon
Golden Agers
Manchester
Local Patrolman Finishes School at Northwestern Traffic Institute
Edward G. Lykins of the Middletown Police Department completed the 1956 57 class in traffic police administration at Northwestern University Traffic Institute Evanston Illinois He was among 31 graduates finishing a nine month program funded by a Kemper safety fellowship The course trained executive and administrative police personnel with over 1200 hours of study and field work beginning last September
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Edward G. Lykins
Middletown
Realtors To Meet At Middletown Real Estate Board Session
The Middletown Real Estate board meets at noon tomorrow at the Manchester Hotel. The program includes a film on Multiple Selling Service, recently approved by the local board after adoption by several boards, succeeding a two year old listing system. Also on the agenda is discussion of new commission and appraisal rates. The poet Alfred Lord Tennyson once used the pseudonym Alcibiades.
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Middletown Real Estate Board
Manchester
Court Dismisses Drunk Charge After Long Hearing
A municipal court yesterday dismissed a driving while under the influence charge against Ernest Halsey 39 of 219 Grimes St following a May 28 arrest at Grimes Street and Manchester Avenue after a reported auto accident. The judge also dismissed assault and battery charges against Eloise Manly and Dixie Agee both of 404 Crawford St.
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Ernest Halsey
Grimes St
Halsey
Grimes Street
Manchester Avenue
J. T. Lamb
Eloise Manly
Crawford St
Dixie Agee
Insurance man attends Metropolitan conference in Philadelphia
George Neal of Middletown representative of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co is in Philadelphia for a business conference with company officials at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Neal lives at 3106 Keays Ave and ranks among the top Metropolitan staff of 25 000 field representatives.
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George Neal
Middletown
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Philadelphia
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Neal
Keays Ave
Metropolitan
Franklin Residents Protest Water Tax At City Council Meeting
Franklin residents protested higher water rates at a crowded city council session led by Robert Harrison Jr and former councilman Roy Fitzgerald. They cited a petition of 455 signatures and questioned meter accuracy, while council postponed a formal decision to July 1 and discussed possible meter tax reforms.
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Robert Harrison Jr
Roy Fitzgerald
Harrison
Council
Franklin
John Hoffer
Safety Service
Water Department
Hoffer
Fitzgerald
Virgil Clark
Paul Smith
Hamilton Votes To Pay Share Of Rt 4 Widening
Hamilton City Council approved the city’s share of a two mile Rt 4 widening project from Tanglewood Lake to the Columbia Bridge intersection. The $1.5 million highway plan assigns $150,000 to the city, with the State Highway Department funding the remainder.
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Hamilton
Tanglewood Lake
Columbia Bridge
State Highway Department
New Miami Has Opening for Night Patrolman
Hamilton dispatch reports New Miami police chief J R Cain announced an opening for a night patrolman after Fred G Brummer 42 of 30 Belle Ave resigned to enter private business. Applications are being taken at the New Miami village building with contact to Chief Cain or village clerk Harrison Roach Jr. Required age 25 to 45 and a high school education or equivalent.
Cincinnati Founded by 26 Settlers in 1788
Cincinnati began with 26 settlers in 1788. The city now covers a population of about 520000 in the city proper and 950000 in the metropolitan district.
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Cincinnati
Stevens Avenue extension to open in Middletown tomorrow
Donald G. Driscoll, chairman of the Middletown Progress Committee, will lead the 10 am ceremony at the Stevens Avenue extension intersection with Shafer Street. The project completes the 1951 Middletown Progress Program, adding a six-lane divided roadway, industrial and residential tracts, and a second future thoroughfare.
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Donald G. Driscoll
Middletown
Shafer Street
Stevens Avenue
Stevens
Shaford Street
Santa Barbara Drive
Lorillard
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James Agness
Dave Finkelman
First National Bank
N. Main St
Journal
Kemmir Realty Firm
Legion Post
Piedmont Airlines
Asheville
Great Smoky Mountains
Chimney Rock
Knoxville
Little River Gorge
Smoky Mountain National Park
Indian Reservation
Land of the Sky
America
McCoy-Leffler’s
M‘coy - Leffler
Walter N. McCoy
Homer D. Leffler
Broad St
1St Ave
News of Servicemep
Templars
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alcibiades
By Martha Edmiston
Main
River Streets
River
S. Main Streets
New Miami
Shafer-Neibar
Progress Committee
Driscoll
City Commission
Francis Carmody
Charles W. Thompson
Charles B. Stiles
William W. Denham
Arthur Sanderson
Martin B. Miller
Sorg Paper Co
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Charles
Learmers
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