Middletown considers $7.24 million sewer project financed by bonds
City Manager H. W. Starick presents a plan to fund a large sewer and treatment system with revenue bonds and a pay as you go charge of $12 to $22 yearly. The program would run 1951 to 1955, starting with Ninth Ave area, then Lakeside-Wildwood, Lafayette-Michigan, Bull's Run, and finally the interceptor and plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
City Commission
Starick
Ninth Ave
Second Ave
Lakeside-Wildwood
Lafayette- Michigan
Bull’s Run
Robbery Nets Thieves $750 At Bar Here
A break in at Bar 28 on South Broad Street netted $750 in cash. Arthur Deno of the Manchester Hotel, the bar manager, told Sergeants Weaver and Combs the cash was taken Tuesday night. detectives later removed two bars from a back window to aid the investigation and noted keys had opened and resealed the cash register. Further inquiry ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Broad St
Arthur Deno
Manchester
Ernest Weaver
James Combs
Paul Fouts
Roy Crout
Yankee Rd
John Fitzgerald
Sam Moore
E. E. Malcom
Public Vote Not Needed for Mortgage Revenue Program
City commissioners indicate approval of engineering fees for a mortgage revenue based financing plan and expect rates and a collection system next. Legislation would allow bonds against these collections for construction with sewer rentals likely billed quarterly like water charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Three Okayed For Police Fire Staffs
City Commission approves three new safety staffers Vernon Lee Plummer joins the Fire Department Donald E Murphy and Kenneth Thomas are sworn in as police patrolmen All appointments effective July 1 with 90 day probation Also funds transferred from contingency to general departments for personal services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Lee Plummer
Donald E. Murphy
Kenneth Thomas
Autos Collide Injuring No One in Minnesota Street Crash
A car overturned and two vehicles sustained an estimated 450 in damage after a collision at Minnesota Street and Seventeenth Avenue at 5 57 p m Wednesday. Drivers Sarah Grimes 27 of 810 Ninth Avenue and Jettie Bailey 23 of 907 Eighth Avenue each blamed the other for driving too fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota St
Seventeenth Ave
Sarah Grimes
Ninth Ave
Jettie Bailey
Eighth Ave
Grimes
Minnesota
Bailey Auto
Seventeenth
Bailey
Movies and Stage Schedule For Theaters Thursday and Friday
Paramount shows Folsom Prison and When Redskins Rode with multiple daily showings. Strand presents Leather Pushers Alias The Champ and Wrestling in the evening. Friday features Revenue Agent and Six Gun Mesa. Colonial lists On The Riviera with numerous daily showtimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Folsom
Redskins
Middletown Storm Worse Than Blizzard Says Utility Chief
William H. Shawhan, director of public utilities, calls Middletown s big wind the worst he has seen. He estimates 150000 damage, with 62 loads of tree limbs hauled as crews clear Grand Ave and surrounding streets. Police report orderly traffic despite heavy volumes in Jacksonburg Carlisle West Middletown areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Shawhan
Public Utilities
Middletown
Shawhan
Grand Ave
Joseph Blackmore
Jacksonburg
Damage In Butler County Topped By Storm Losses
Butler County storm damage could reach 500000 with farm and home losses estimated between 250000 and 300000. Middletown utility chief puts city damage up to 150000 as Hamilton and other areas add to repairs costs. Rural Electric Cooperative reports over 500 rural services disrupted.
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Butler County
Miami Valley
Butler Coun
William Shawhan
Middletown
Hamilton
Jacksonburg
Butler Rural Electric Co
Man Fleeing Police Arrested After License Charge
Police pursued a man on Girard Ave and Verity Pkwy after he fled when ordered to follow to the City Building. The vehicle was towed pending case clearance. John McGowan, 51, of Monroe, charged with physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated after being arrested in the 1900 block of Central Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard Ave
Verity Pkvy
John McGowan
Monroe
Central Ave
Man who claims he bought drugs in Middletown attempts death by own action
Jerome Capps 39 Ashville NC tried to kill himself twice within hours after telling a police court judge he is a drug addict. He said he purchased drugs in Cincinnati Hamilton and Middletown and later cut his wrist in his cell before hospital treatment. Police said he had been using narcotics for five years and may be released after discussions with the US narcotics office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Covington
Jerome Capps
Ashville
N. C
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Capps
Eugene Benzinger
Albert Seiter
Dixie Highway
Seiter
U.S. Narcotics Office
Ralph Bauer
Bauer
Buer
Principal, Two Others Hurt In Highway Crash
A Middletown school principal and two others were injured in a crash at the Routes 73 and 503 intersection. George Crout, 34, principal of Wilson Elementary, suffered facial abrasions and a fractured shoulder. Thomas Webb, 32, had scalp cuts and facial abrasions. Ruth Davis, 40, suffered a severe scalp cut. All were admitted to Middletown Hospital. They were traveling in Webb’s car, which collided with a truck driven by Clifford Lane, 23, who was uninjured. The injured were brought to the hospital by Klaus Funeral Home of Hamilton.
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Middletown
George Crout
Auburn St
New Wilson
Highview Rad
Thomas Webb
Fernwood St
Ruth Davis
Sheffield St
Middletown Hospital
Miami University
Webb
Clifford Lane
Oxford
Lane
Klaus Funeral Home
Hamilton
West Middletown Woman Dies Just Short of 100th Birthday
Mrs. Monen Mattison of West Alexandria Rd. dies at 99 years 11 months 22 days. Born in Honea Path South Carolina, she moved to the area in 1925 and lived with daughter Aileen Sampson. She was Mt. Zion Church’s oldest member and is survived by three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Maxberry Funeral Home.
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West Midletown
Monen Mattison
West Alexandria Rd
Honea Path
S. C
Aileen Sampson
Mt. Zion Church
John
Lattimore
Philadelphia
Eva Clements
Middletown
Norman Sampson
West Middletown
Maxberry Funeral Home
Two Held Face Charges in Robbery Case
Police arrest Eugene Rich and Edward White after they allegedly admitted involvement in a robbery. Rich, 22, and White, 27, were linked to the assault of John Perry at 109 Manhattan St and were taken into custody near Armco Central Works and Crawford St and South Ave. Detectives Crout and Fouts led the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Paul Rich
Logan Ave
Edward D. White
North Leibee St
Rich
Roy Crout
Paul Fouts
Armco Central Works
White
Crawford St
South Ave
John Perry
Manhattan St
Corson In On Code Revision At State Capital
Building officials and lawmakers in Columbus met to discuss revising Ohio's 1911 building code. Middletown's Orville Corson noted four codes were reviewed, as S O Linzell outlined plans for a new performance code replacing the old 1911 standard.
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Corson
Columbus
Orville Corson
Middletown
S. O. Linzell
Ohio Program Commission
Carson
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Southern Association
Building Inspectors of America
Linzell
Program Commission
Worker breaks leg at Shartle Brothers Company
Robert Scaggs aged 39 of 9 South Main Street Franklin suffered a compound fracture of the right leg after tripping over an I beam at Shartle Brothers Company. The accident occurred at 8 15 am. He was taken to Middletown Hospital where his condition was reported as good today.
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Robert Scaggs
South Main St
Franklin
Shartle Brothers Company
Middletown
Mrs Bertha Perkins Returns From Jamaica Visit
Mrs Bertha Perkins of 70 Eighteenth Ave spent 15 days in Jamaica N Y assisting the Rev E A Reed at Immanuel Temple in Brooklyn. She was guest of Bishop R C Lawson of Refuge Church New York and visited several New York pastors and families. Saturday night services will be at Mrs Sarah Coons 1505 Michigan Ave at 7 30 public invited.
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Bertha Perkins
Eighteenth Ave
Jamaica
N. Y
E. A. Reed
Immanuel Temple
Brooklyn
N.Y
R. C. Lawson
Refuge Church of Christ
New York
Roy Stricklan
Horace Walker
E. F. Akers
Sarah Coons
Michigan Ave
Atlen
Woodward Oklahoma Founded in 1893
The town of Woodward Oklahoma was established on September 16 1893 and reached a population of about five thousand residents by sundown on its first day of existence.
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Woodward, Okla
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H. W. Starick
Floyd G. Brown
Marion
Ohio Board of Health
Ohio
Browne
Gene Fay
Tire Service
Middletowns
N. Verity
Colored Community Center
Arimco Employes Independent Federation
Lion’s Club
C. B. Stiles
Aberdeen Dr
McCoy Oil Company
City Fuel and Heating Company
Public Administration Service of Chicago
East Dixie Heights
Planning Commission
Ross A. Hill
the Riviera
Middletown Party Service
Colored News
Lakeside Inn
Tytus
General Electric
Vradelis
He Asa
South Broad Street
Armour Star Cottage
Armour Star
Armour
LK. Bulk
Dan Carton
Chuck Roast
Veal
Loin Veal
Keyko
Joy Dreft
Oleo Fie
OOK Chemical
Koolaid
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