Water Tank Troubles Prompt Rationing Plan
Public Utilities Director Dan Rothe explains that Kensington and Curryer elevate tanks can overflow if the control switch isn’t reset when the pull is heavy. Rationing remains in effect with odd even lawn sprinkling rules in place due to drought, low rainfall this year, and only a fourth of an inch in June.
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Kensington
Public Utilities
Dan Rothe
Kothe
EastEnders
Curryer
Lebanon county okays 5683 dollar radio equipment buy
Warren County commissioners authorized a 5683 dollar purchase of new radio gear for the sheriff's department to link with all law enforcement, water, maintenance, dog warden and county fire units. The old system must be replaced by January 1963. Motorola of Cincinnati received the bid for the alarm system. Assistant prosecutor Swan will draft county waterway regulations. A public hearing was set for Meadowdale Estates annexation. A property adjoining the courthouse may be auctioned. A tax suit over prior property payment remains in court. A county engineer will study road damage from the winter flood. An oral polio vaccine dispensary may be set up in county health. The Pacific Ocean level near Panama is about eight inches higher than the Atlantic.
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Cliff Swan
Swan
Miami Conservancy District
Arch Harvey
State Checking Area Beetle Traps Are Back Again
Harold L Porter, chief of Ohio's Division of Plant Industry, announced traps for Japanese beetles will be set in Midletown and Franklin for about six weeks. Traps aim to gauge beetle occurrence and guide control, mostly in residential areas, with inspectors carrying credentials and police notified. Beetles overwinter as grubs, emerge in spring and summer, fully about half an inch long, green brown white, feeding on blossoms, fruit and foliage, damaging turf on lawns and golf greens.
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Midletown
Franklin
Harold L. Porter
Division of Plant Industry
Ohio
Porter
Cruiser Damaged In One Of 7 Accidents Here
Police logs recount seven traffic incidents this week with two police vehicles struck. Ptl Donald Stamper collided with a truck driven by Alfred Cornett on Tytus Avenue after Cornett backed from a driveway. Stamper cited for unsafe backing. cruiser damage $250. Other crashes involve Edward Loewe and Nancy Cairns Charles, with multiple rear and side impacts and whiplash injuries.
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Ptl
Donald Stamper
Tytus Avenue
Stamper
Alfred Cornett
Beecher
Malvern St
Cornett
Edward E. Loewe
Bellomonte St
Baltimore Street
Loewe
Nancy Cairns Charles
Eldora Drive
Louise Ratliff
Corta Via
First Avenue
Maud Youth Sent To Lima State Hospital for Exam
Donald R. Steward aged 20 of 7901 Second Street Maud was ordered sent to Lima State Hospital for examination today after a Common Pleas Court hearing before Judge Fred B. Cramer. He faces four charges from an incident in West Chester on June 15 including assault to rob and three counts of assault with intent to kill, which wounded Deputy Harry McDaniel.
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Hamilton
Donald R. Steward
Second St
Maud
Lima State Hospital
Common Pleas Court
Fred B. Cramer
Steward
West Chester
Harry McDaniel
Middletown Salvation Army Picnic Draws 500 Kids
About 500 Middletown area youngsters are registered for the 21st annual Salvation Army picnic at LeSourdsville Lake tomorrow. Chartered city buses will pick up attendees at the Citadel at 10 30 a m and return them at 4 30 p m. The day includes morning games lunch rides and free tickets, with off duty police and fire personnel as chaperones. The event is funded by local service clubs civic groups and private donors.
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Middletown Area
Salvation Army
LeSourdsville Lake
Citadel
N. Clinton St
Juvenile Police Busy With Multiple Incidents
Police reported a busy day with juveniles involving a 16 year old suspect from Mi amisburg in break ins at Henrys Drive In and Northway Inn plus a juke box cash theft. Two 16 and 13 year olds were arrested for car theft and burglaries at Roys Barber Shop and local bars. Two girls and Clara Flo Ferguson faced delinquency charges after staying out and lying to police. Three girls aged 12 to 15 were arrested for disorderly conduct at Yankee Road pool.
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Miamisburg
Henry's Drive-In
Sutphin St
Northway Inn
Clara Flo Ferguson
van Ave
Yankee Road
Pack 22 Cubs Given Awards at Blue Ball Church
Cub Scout Pack 22 members received awards at a meeting sponsored by Blue Ball Presbyterian Church. Recipients included Mike Janeway Jim Layer Rodney Daniels Mike Berry Hank Chandler and Billy Cumberson. The program also featured a softball game and a watermelon party.
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Cub Scout Pack 22
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
Mike Janeway
Jim Layer
Rodney Daniels
Mike Berry
Hank Chandler
Billy Cumberson
Class Donates Three Volume Reference Set to Middletown Library
The Middletown High School library received a three volume set titled Who Was Who spanning 1898 to 1960. The gift from the graduating class of 1942 cost $60 and honors 16 deceased members. The class recently marked its twentieth anniversary reunion.
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Middletown High School
Boy Hurt As Prank Backfires On I 75 Overpass
Earl Key aged 10 of 716 Julia Drive Franklin suffered severe cuts after a prank with a companion on the Lower Springboro Road overpass caused objects to fall on cars on Interstate 75. A truck driver M G McCall pursued the youths. Key darted into traffic and his arm went through a windshield hitting Mrs Georgia Bailey. He was treated at Middletown Hospital and then Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton as investigation continues.
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Earl Key
Julia Drive
Franklin
Springboro Road
M. G. McCall
Ardmore Drive
McCall
Georgia Bailey
Factory Road
Middletown Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dayton
Fine Suspended For Wells In Larceny Case
Fine suspended for Ina Wells a 62 year old resident of 1205 Oxford State Road after Monday Municipal Court session. A Journal yesterday misreported that she was ordered to pay the fine in a petit larceny case.
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Ina Wells
Oxford State Road
Franklin Albert W Wilgus named superintendent of schools
Franklin Albert W Wilgus, 36, formerly assistant superintendent at Wadsworth, Ohio, was named superintendent of Cleveland schools at an annual salary of 11500. A Cleveland native and Navy veteran, he will assume August 1, succeeding J Forrest Burns who resigns July 31. Wilgus holds AB from Baldwin Wallace and master's from Kent State, and directed Kent State extension center in Wadsworth. He and his wife Joyce have three children. Burns announced raises for cafeteria workers and secretaries and reported 13 teacher vacancies, with new hires including two area residents. summer school enrollment stood at 112. A jet aircraft from Wright-Patterson AFB will support Schenck School playground.
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Franklin
Albert W. Wilgus
Wadsworth
Ohio
Wilgus
Cleveland
Parma High School
Burns
Baldwin, Wallace College
Berea
Kent State University
Kent State University Extension
Joyce
Carol
Albert
Richard
Jeanne Forsythe
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Schenck
Lukens Re elected Sixth Term as Ohio Firefighters Secretary Treasurer
R. M. Lukens, a retired Middle town firefighter, was reelected for a sixth term as secretary treasurer of the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters at yesterday’s Springfield meeting. He has 24 years in association posts including vice president and president roles. Edward Haggerty of Cincinnati was also reelected to his sixth term as president.
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R. M. Lukens
Middletown
Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters
Springfield
Lukens
Edward Haggerty
Cincinnati
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