Prior Products Plans Rebuild After Middletown Plant Fire
Prior Products Inc will rebuild and expand its Middletown plant destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. President Hi A Yeats said the company will move to larger facilities with added machinery and praised the Middletown Chamber of Commerce for swift support and temporary offices. Authorities estimate preliminary damage around 1.5 million dollars and plan meetings with local groups to finalize reconstruction.
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Prior Products Inc
Middletown
Roy L. Patterson
Red Cross
Chamber
Bell Telephone Co
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Eats
Patterson
Arthur J. Davile
Prior Products
Yeats
Dallas
John T. Risley
Risley
Rissey
Coadjusters
Prior On
Chamber of Com
Fire origin undetermined in $1.5 million plant blaze
Middletown Fire Prevention Bureau and state fire marshal representatives probe a Wednesday night fire at Prior Prod dts Inc 2510 Atco Ave. The blaze began in a paint dip tank and spread rapidly due to fumes from xviol solvent. Investigation notes the time of ignition around 4:33 PM with arson and Cincinnati office investigators assisting.
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Proddts, Inc
Atco Ave
Middletown Fire Prevention Bureau
William Fishbaugh
Middletown
James Kloth
Ray Davis
Cincinnati
Fishbaugh
Western Union
Radio Quartet Plans Program at Church Here
The Christian Brotherhood Quartet will perform at First Church of God on Crawford Street at 7:30 p.m. Sunday led by Dr. R. C Caudill. Members include Ernest Gross Lima Douglas Oldham Middletown Paul Clausen Canton and Ronald Patty Oklahoma City with Carolyn Patty on piano. The group serves as Church of God ministers of music.
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Christian Brotherhood Quartet
Christian Hour Brotherhood
Church of God
Crawford Street
R. C Caudill
Ernest Gross
Lima
Douglas Oldham
Middletown
Paul Clausen
Canton
Ronald Patty
Oklahoma City
Okla
Carolyn Patty
Christian Brotherhood Hour
United States
Canada
Alaska
Patterson cancels meetings at Manchester Hotel until HQ is permanent
The Dallas firm with a local plant since 1946 canceled all meetings and conferences in the Manchester Hotel meeting room until it secures more permanent headquarters here. At the time of the fire the operation employed 85 people and had about a $750,000 payroll last year.
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Merce
Manchester
Patterson
Dallas
Forgetful Vets Face Penalty For Low Return Of VA Forms
Pension payments were suspended for about 150 Southern Ohio veterans due to failure to return annual income questionnaires. R M FitzGerald, manager of the Cincinnati VA Regional Office, urged veterans to submit the forms immediately to restore pensions. The forms, sent in January to non service connected pensioners, determine eligibility based on income. The issue does not affect veterans with service connected compensation.
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Ohio
R. M. FitzGerald
FitzGerald
Cincinnati
At The Movies Friday and Saturday Listings
Paramount shows East of Eden at 1 15 5 35 10 00 pm Battle Cry at 3 00 and 1 2 Strand presents Bengal Brigade 3 15 6 40 10 00 pm Ain t Misbehavin at 1 45 5 00 and 6 30 p m Colonial screens Nake Dawn 2 40 5 40 8 40 pm The Spoilers 1 15 4 00 7 00 10 00 p m Dixie Cruise In features Sleeping Tiger 8 45 pm Back to Gods Country 7 00 and 10 30 pm
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Paramount
East of
Eden
Battle Cry
Bengal Brigade
Spoilers
Dixie Cruise
God's Country
Western Union Names Middletown Manager
Jack Rosenfelder, now assistant manager of the Western Union office in Portsmouth, will become manager of the Middletown office. He succeeds the late J. K Morgan and has 26 years with Western Union. He previously served in Hamilton and lived in Oxford during that assignment.
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Jack Rosenfelder
Western Union
Portsmouth
Middletown
J. K Morgan
Rosenfelder
Hamilton
Oxford
Akron Police Chief Lynett Resigns After 10 Years
Thomas F. Lynett, Akron's police chief for the past decade, resigned on Thursday and requested placement on pension.
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Akron
Ohio
Thomas F. Lynett
Wilkerson Named Clerk of Butler County Elections Board
Richard B Wilkerson of Middletown was appointed clerk of the Butler County Board of Elections following the resignation of Ben Worcester. Harry B Geve y was re elected chairman and J Earl Gray was reappointed deputy clerk. Assistant clerks Frank Dobrozsi Robert Hayden John Lenihan and Robert Hacker were also reappointed with Wilkerson earning 4920 annually and Gray 4800.
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Hamilton
Butler County Board of Elections
Richard B Wilkerson
Ross St
Middletown
Wilkerson
Armco Steel Corp
Robert Hayden
John Lenihan
Hacker
Gray
Church To Honor Veteran Members At 101st Anniversary
Thirteen members of Calvary Methodist Church will be recognized for 50 or more years of membership during the church’s 101st anniversary observance. Services are at 8 30 and 10 20 a m with veterans honored at the second service.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Baby and Two Women Injured in Route Crash
A two year old and two women suffered minor injuries when a car driven by 18 year old Mrs Roger Ivan Johnson ran off Trenton Franklin Road. Johnson and Mrs Everett Goodknight both had cuts and abrasions while the baby received a forehead bump. all refused further treatment. The driver was reportedly distracted by the child.
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Trenton-Franklin Road
Roger Ivan Johnson
West Middletown
Middletown Hospital
February Births Count 170 at Middletown Hospital
Middletown Hospital records show 170 births in February with 92 boys and 78 girls. Among parents 62 boys and 48 girls were from Middletown, plus births from West Middletown Excello Hamilton Trenton Collinsville. Warren County led with 24 births, and several towns boosted the county total to 37. Three births were Montgomery County residents and one from Preble County.
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Middletown Hospital
Middletown
West Middletown
Excello
Hamilton
Trenton
Collinsville
Franklin
Warren County
Lebanon
South Lebanon
Carlisle
Springboro
Mason
Kings Mills
Oregonia
Montgomery County
Preble County
Circleville Man Fined for Beating Pet Dog to Death
Freddie Wall of Circleville, 38, was fined 100 dollars and given a 30 day suspended jail sentence on Thursday for beating to death his wife’s two month old Pomeranian puppy.
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Circleville
Ohio
Freddie Wall
Wind Gusts Toppled Poles Across Ohio In Severe March Storm
Strong gusts estimated 50 to 70 mph battered Ohio, snapping nine poles on West Middletown Hill and cutting service to two homes. Windows broken and trees down in Cincinnati’s Price and Western Hills. Cleveland reported up to 70 mph winds uprooting trees and downing power lines, with a Baldwin Wallace College gymnasium outage and a basketball game delayed. In Columbus a portion of the Federal Building roof was torn off and three police cars damaged.
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Middletown
Ohio
Richard Miller
Ohio Bell Telphone Co
West Middletown Hill
Price Hill
Western Hills
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Associated Press
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
Federal Building
Columbus
Mental Exams Ordered For 2 Juveniles
Judge Harry F. Walsh ordered mental examinations for two 16 year old boys who admitted taking part in burning a Belmont residence at 2150 Alston Ave. Mrs. Doshie Wagers offered $150 to each to burn the dwelling to collect insurance. The house was insured for 7500 with 2500 on contents. One boy admitted throwing matches into a car drenched with kerosene under the house. Hearing continued pending exam results.
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Hamilton
Harry F. Walsh
W. Ray Davis
Cincinnati
State Fire Marshall
Alston Ave
Belmont
Doshie Wagers
Long
Juvenile Theft Report From Local Homes
Ms. C. C. Clark of 2509 Superior Ave reported a child's tricycle stolen from her garage yesterday. Juvenile suspects allegedly entered Ted Cohen's used car lot at 1614 1st Ave but fled without taking anything early yesterday. Entry was through a back door.
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C. C. Clark
Superior Ave
Ted Cohen
1St Ave
Paint Shop Fire at Ross Motors Causes $75 Damage
Sparks from a rubbish can in the paint shop at Ross Motors Inc. 1727 Tytus Ave caused an estimated 875 damage to the building yesterday. Firefighters from Companies 1 and 4 responded to the alarm at 2 11 p.m. Contents suffered no damage.
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Ross Motors, Inc
Tytus Ave
Fires at multiple city blocks damage minimal reported
Two grass fires sent firemen to 1905 Columbia Avenue at 2 44 p m and to the 1800 block of Calumet Avenue at 4 21 pm. A weather blaze caused damage to junked autos at Cohen Bros Inc 1723 Woodlawn Ave. Firefighters from Companies 1 and 3 at 11 26 p m found no damage.
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Columbia Avenue
Calumet Avenue
Cohen Bros., Inc
Woodlawn Ave
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