Jaycees Honor Grant and City Manager Talks Annexation
Middletown officials discussed annexing nearby territories only at the request of freeholders. City Manager Herbert W. Starick listed housing, streets, and services as priorities and warned against forced annexation. Earl E. Grant received an honorary life membership from the Jaycees at Bosses Night. Don McKillop was named chairman of the 1951 Clean-Up Campaign.
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Herbert W. Starick
Middletown
Earl E. Grant
Crystal Tissue
Delbert Mann
Grant
Civic Association
YMCA
Junior Achievement
City Commission
The
Jaycees
Starick
Don McKillop
Truck Driver Fined for Bridge Crash in Ohio County
George W. Butterbaugh, 25, of Bellville Ohio, was fined 20 dollars plus costs for reckless operation after his truck entered the Poasttown bridge as Ralph W. Mead, 51, of Dayton, crossed. Mead’s car was crushed against the bridge side. no damage to the truck. Patrolmen found no skid marks to support Butterbaugh’s speed claim.
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Poasttown Bridge
Squire J. E. Jackson
George W. Butterbaugh
North Main St
Bellville
Ralph W. Mead
Dayton
Mead
Dareige
Butterbaugh
Parolmen
Huber to Carry Local Hopes In Toastmaster Test
Clayton Huber of the Gardner Board and Carton Company was named best at a Toastmasters Club meeting. He leads the local entry competing against other clubs for the area meet on March 21, with Earl Billman as critic and Don Van Ausdall presiding.
Man Admits Car Theft Held For Grand Jury
A 21 year old Franklin man Frank Leight admitted stealing a car from a Germantown Road body shop and was held for the Butler County Grand Jury with bond set at 1000 dollars. A 17 year old AWOL from the armed forces was remanded to Juvenile Court for action after a Kentucky wreck involving the same incident. Two other men involved faced larceny by trick charges dismissed at police and prosecutors request. Bradley Wells and Horace Perry were fined for disorderly conduct after fighting.
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Butler County Grand Jury
Frank Leight
Hudson Ave
Franklin
State Patrol
Germantown Rd
Russ Dempster
Leight
O. J. Simmons
Route 4
Alton H. Combs
McCarthy
Central Ave
Kentucky
Paul Fouts
Tilmon Ellison
Fouts
Leonard William Yancey
Manchester Ave
James C. Sheppard
Bradley Wells
Lawn Ave
Horace G. Perry
Chester St
Frank Was Charlie or Charlie Was Just Being Frank
Judge Alton H. Combs quizzes a 64 year old arrested for cadging food. The defendant cites travels across Ohio from Toledo to Dayton and Cincinnati, claiming a brother named Charlie. The judge suspends a $10 fine on condition the man go to Dayton and seek relatives or relief institutions.
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Alton H. Combs
Municipal Court
Dayton
Charlie
Frank
Toledo
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Grass fires trigger alarms across Middletown area
Middletown Fire Department logged six fire alarms since yesterday noon due to grass and rubbish fires. Sparks from burning rubbish at 512 Yankee Rd ignited a roof at 510 Yankee Rd causing 5 dollars in damage. Additional fires occurred at 3113 Bexley Dr, 109 Burton Rd, 123 Meadow Ave, near South Ave and Wycoff St by Armco Steel land, and soot burning at 826 Yankee Rd.
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Middletown
Yankee Rd
Bexley Dr
McGraw Construction Company
Burton Rd
Carl Snelling
Meadow Ave
Wilbur Cox
South Ave
Wycoff St
Armco Steel Corporation
Yankee
Minor damage in two parking lot accidents
Police reported two minor crashes yesterday afternoon causing only vehicle damage. John Dickerson’s auto in a restricted Philadelphia Ave. zone was hit by Helen McGonigle as she parked. Simon Brooks backed into Tomas Davies’s parked car on Lafayette Ave, causing $25 in damage.
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John Dickerson
Garfield St
Philadelphia Ave
Helen McGonigle
Buena Ave
Simon Brooks
Walnut St
Tomas i Davies
Baltimore St
Lafayette Ave
Davies
Simon to Lead Navy Band on Network Show
Frank Simon, longtime conductor known for the Armed Band, will lead the U S Navy Band in a worldwide radio broadcast from Washington at 1 p m Saturday on ABC stations. He teaches at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and helped organize the Bandmasters Convention in Middletown 22 years ago. Bennet Chapple Sr aided the effort and honorary members included Mrs Guenheim, a New York philanthropist.
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Frank Simon
U. S. Navy
Washington
ABC
Simon
Philip Sousa
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Middletown
Bennet Chapple
Armco
Cold snap hits Miami Valley with 20 degree low
Temperatures plummet to around 20 tonight in the Miami Valley, ending any early spring hopes for a day. A high near 40 and tomorrow's warm-up to 42 are forecast with partly cloudy skies. Record lows and past highs noted, including 28 this morning and 41 at 6:30am.
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Miami Valley
JA Bowling Saturday Bowl Schedule Set by Association Leader
The Achievers Association of Junior Achievement holds its regular monthly bowling league tomorrow. Girls’ team to bowl at 10 a.m., boys’ team at noon, said executive director Robert McDade.
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The
Achievers Association of Junior Achievement
Robert McDade
Paramount and Strand Film Showings This Weekend
Paramount and Strand theaters schedule multiple classics this Friday and Saturday. Tarzan and The Slave Girl screens at 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 and 10:05 p.m. Golden Twenties plays at 1:30, 4:00, 6:25 and 9:00 p.m. Three Desperate Men appears at Strand 1:15, 3:40, 6:25 and 9:10 p.m. Barbary Pirates shows at 2:20, 4:55, 7:40 and 10:25 p.m. Call Me Mister runs at Colonial 1:15, 2:50, 4:30, 6:20, 8:10 and 10 p.m.
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Paramount
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