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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1958
Page
19
Parks department announces Circus and Carnival Week with parades acts skits games and movies across 35 parks this week. Training of 35 park supervisors under Miss Joan Wilson completed as they plan summer programs and inter playground leagues for softball and volleyball with age group divisions for boys and girls.
The Summer Festival concert will be held next Sunday at 5 pm in the Garfield School auditorium. It features classical and sacred vocal music and instrumental solos performed by Mrs Augusta Knox directing 32 Middletown church vocalists. It marks the kick off for next year and the first show since 1946 to 1951 with many returning vocalists.
Miami Conservancy District officials report no flood damage in Middletown despite high water along the Miami River, crediting a four mile long levee built 1955 with protection of Avalon Harlan Park Aeronca property and the Germantown Road airport. City officials contributed funds and aerial patrols confirmed the levee’s performance.
Two films Washington, The Capitol City and Admirals in the Making will screen at four parks on successive evenings starting tomorrow at Doty then Douglas Fleming and Gardner. A bookmobile visit will run through summer to Sunset Lincoln Crawford Douglas Barnitz and Goldman parks. Weekly themes follow: Wild West Week June 30 to July 4 Tournament Week July 7 to 11 Hobby and Pets Week July 14 to 18 Family Week July 21 to 28 Olympic Week July 29 to Aug 1 Splash Week Aug 4 to 8 Recreation Week Aug 11 to 15.
Harold Kesselring of Middletown High School is among 20 high school teachers chosen nationwide for a summer radiation biology course at Duke University. The session runs from tomorrow through August 12 and is sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation.
The executive committee will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Elmer Vornheder 141 Gordon Ave Hamilton.
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore warns the Great Miami River is hazardous due to sunken logs whirl pools and strong currents especially near dams. He notes three boating accidents in Butler County over 10 days and urges water sports enthusiasts to avoid the river and boat soberly.
Deep water on Oxford State Road between Engle's Corner and the Miami River stopped the mail truck, which could only go to the end of the line before turning back. For four to five days, about 10 marooned families met the truck for mail while roughly 15 families lived in the area, according to Postmaster Morton Taylor.
Mail not delivered due to flooding was sent back to the Post Office after a 10 day delay. Spot checks showed evacuees staying with relatives while several residents refused to leave their homes, some claiming spring floods are a routine hardship.
The program features en ensemble soprano and alto numbers including Grieg Come Holy Spirit Lord Open Thou Our Eyes by Sullivan and Holy Art Thou from Handel Xerxes. James Hood will accompany Philip Gregory in Pilgrim Song and Vision Fugitive. Piano solos include Grieg Erotic and Scotch Highland Scene. Sponsoring clubs list concert tickets through club members.
Floodwaters knocked down mailboxes along Oxford State Road. Taylor urged residents to raise the mailboxes at once. Postal rules require boxes to be up and display a name and address before mail is delivered.
Meetings listed across Manchester Middletown and nearby areas include Industrial Council at noon Monday at the Manchester Hotel. Board of Education at 7:30 p m at the high school. Civitan Club noon Tuesday at Manchester Hotel. Rotary Club noon Manchester. Soroptimist Club noon Colony. Sertoma 6 30 p m Manchester Hotel. South Middletown Fire Dept 6 30 p m Amanda Fire Station. Middletown Personnel Assn 6 30 p m Colony. United Cerebral Palsy of Middletown 7 30 p m First Presbyterian Church. VFW Miami Valley Post 3809 Officers 7 30 p m Post Headquarters. Mayfield Fire Dept 7 30 p m Sheffield Street Fire House. Battery A 180 AAA Battalion 7 45 p m Armory. FOE Lodge 8 p m Eagles Hall. 100F Miami Lodge 8 p m Monroe IOOF Hall. SPEBSQSA 8 p m Legion Home. Alcoholics Anonymous 8 30 p m.
Three years after residents of Harlan Park and Avalon approved property assessments for flood defense, memories of the 1952 flood shape their stance as more residents question the plan and discuss the long term burden.
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control issued new permits to two business places in Butler County last week. C-1 permits went to Robert A Crone at 1040 Cleveland Ave Hamilton and to Kroger Co at 4787 Dixie Hwy Fairfield. A C-1 allows 3.2 beer for carry out while C-2 permits permit sale of high powered beer and wine for carry out.
Philip Gaunt, a Miami University bachelor’s candidate from Middletown, unveils a balsa wood model for a proposed Civic Center. The plan includes municipal building, civic association building, and municipal auditorium on 20 acres north of Columbia Avenue, with mass production features and a private court system connection to the police. He worked four months on the project and earned his BA while dreaming of a future city upgrade.
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control issued C-1 and C-2 permits last week to Charles E. Thompson doing business as Tommy's Recreation at 25 N Mechanic St Lebanon. The permits authorize carryout beer and wine sales.
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