County Awaiting Decision on Middletown Annexation
County Commissioners in Hamilton adjourned a session without a ruling on annexing a 560 acre tract to Middletown as Augspurger’s return from Chicago is awaited. The only clear ruling confirmed was that petition signers cannot be invalidated after official receipt, prompting debate over who should influence such annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Hamilton
Art Reiff
Ben van Gorden
Gordon Augspurger
Augspurger
Chicago
Jackson Bosch
Bosch
Jack Connaughton
George Elliott
Elliott
Connaughton
Regular Cleaning Preserves Rugs and Furnishings
A Johnson Ross Store advertisement promotes Blue Lustre miracle foam for cleaning wall-to-wall carpets Oriental rugs and upholstery. It claims the foam preserves bright colors, does not sog or leave gummy residue, and is easy to use and inexpensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ross
City Commission to tackle storm sewer bills and 1954 sidewalk work
Tonight's City Commission meeting is expected to be routine with bills for work on the Burton and Gideon Road and Grand Avenue storm sewers the Bull Run outfall the Crate process sewer and the 1954 sidewalk curb and gutter program. A bid tabulation for Douglas Park Subdivision street improvements will be reviewed. The legislative item is receipt of certificates from Butler County auditor R H Smith acknowledging ordinances to be registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Burton and
Gideon Road
Grand Avenue
Douglas Park
Butler County
R. H. Smith
Annexation Petition Sparks City Commission Debate
A dispute centers on Skinner seeking water and annexation for land he owns near the city. He claims he was told water would only be provided if his tract joined the city, while officials say the larger annexation petition had long circulated with no action. Morningstar says the petition dates back before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Gorden
Reiff
Howard Kramer
Skinner
Middletown
Kramer
Jack Morningstar
Central Ave
Two Cars Collide on Franklin Bridge
Franklin special report notes a pair of motorists attempting simultaneous bridge entries yesterday caused a $75 crash. Sam Whitman, 61, of 400 Shartz Rd, turning onto the bridge from Oxford Rd, was struck by Roger Stamm, 19, of Union Rd Miamisburg, who was turning left. Damages listed as $30 to Stamm’s auto and $25 to Whitman’s.
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Franklin
2Nd Street
Sam Whitman
Shartz Rd
Oxford Road
Roger Lowell Stamm
Union Road
Miamisburg
Stamm
Robinson Nominated for Middletown Safety Board Post
William K. Robinson of Cincinnati Gas & Electric was nominated to fill the unexpired term of George Kuehnle on Middletown Safety Council's Board of Controls. The meeting also considered compulsory car checks, driver education, and reports on industrial safety awards and local traffic fatalities.
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William K. Robinson
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
George Kuehnle
Middletown Safety Council
Board of Controls
Kuehnle
Cincinnati
Butler County Safety Conference
Middletown
Look Magazine
National Safety Council
City Commission
John D. Blackford
Board of Education
Blackford
Red Cross Drive Reaches $7706 Total
The local Red Cross fund campaign stands at 7706 53 with major gifts from industry and expected large responses from other divisions. The drive is not in home solicitations. all contributions are made at the individual's place of employment. Some confusion arose due to house to house canvassing by Dayton and Cincinnati stations.
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Red Cross
Calvin
Dayton
Cincinnati
Middletown
Ohio School Survey Clinic Final Session Attended
About 20 Middletown school district administrators joined the final Ohio School Survey Clinic at Miami University. The program covered instructional planning and recommendations on personnel and teacher education, aiming to consolidate small high schools and raise teacher salaries.
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Middletown
Ohio School Survey
Miami University
Cline
Ohio School Survey Committee
Ohio
River Project to Resume After Miami River Flood
Foley Construction officials told city public services director Boeke they expect to resume work today on the Bulls Run outfall. The sewer project halted last week when the Miami River rose flooding the area under Sorg Paper Co. The river has dropped to about five feet, allowing the site to drain and work to restart, Lonnie Gibson of the Miami Conservancy District said.
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Foley Construction Co
C. A. Boeke
Public Services
Miami
Sorg Paper Co
Lonnie Gibson
The
Miami Conservancy
City records one accident on McKinley Street
Police report an auto collision on McKinley Street at Central Avenue causing about 100 dollars in damage. No injuries. A 48 year old driver Alice Layer of Middletown Rt 3 was turning right onto McKinley when struck by a vehicle that pulled from the curb at 5 10 p m yesterday City records one accident Tuesday
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McKinley Street
Central Avenue
Alice Layer
Middletown
Fire Damage Reported in Franklin on Chamberlain Road
Firefighters responded to a blaze on Chamberlain Road near Franklin yesterday afternoon. The fire started in a stove flue at the W E Repp residence and was confined to the immediate area with about $200 in damages reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Chamberlain Road
W.E. Repp
Middletown Board Meets In Special Session
Joseph Woodruff, president of the Middletown Board of Education, called a special meeting for 4 p.m. at Middletown High School with members of the Classroom Teachers' Assn. to discuss the teachers salary scale. The teachers had requested the meeting earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Blackford
C. W. Young
Thomas Webb
L. J. Ragland
Andrew E. Roper
D. R. Baker
Robert Truck
Homer Weikel
Walter Gecker
John Bunn
Dale Reed
W. E. Davis
Beryl Orr
Louise McBain
Celia Long
H. H. Lawrence
Joseph Woodruff
Middletown Board of Education
Woodruff
Middletown High School
Gas victims at Armco blast furnace incident
Richard Sauer of Hamilton was treated at Middletown Hospital after a slight gas exposure at Armco Steel Corp. blast furnace. He was released later the same morning with no ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Hospital
Richard Sauer
Not Guilty Plea By Mrs Mullins In Embezzlement Case
Vera Mullins 42 of 225 South Main Street pleaded not guilty to eight counts of embezzlement arraigned before Judge Fred B. Cramer in Butler County Common Pleas Court. A $10 000 property bond was posted by Lan Tallman and Wendell Tallman of Middletown.
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Vera Mullins
S. Main St
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County
Hobart Hayes
Tuley Rd
Hamilton
Vinson Lynch
Cramer
Mullins
Ernett S. Sherron
Wilbraham Rd
Sherron
At The Movies Showings This Week
PARAMOUNT presents Bridges of Toko Ri at 1 30 3 30 5 35 7 40 and 9 40 p m Wednesday and Thursday STRAND screens King Richard and Crusaders at 1 30 5 26 9 22 p m and Five Fingers at 3 25 and 7 20 p m Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Toko-Ri
Hotels Use Foam to Gleam Carpets
Hotels rely on foam cleaners like Fina Foam to refresh high traffic carpets. The product promises quicker use, easier application with a long handle brush, and color restoration after drying. A gallon concentrate costs $2.25 yields three gallons of cleaning solution for several 9x12 rugs.
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Arnold Skinner
Howard Kram
Pontiac
McCarthy Motor Sales
Robinson
Crystal Tissue Co., Paper Co
Gardner Board & Carton Co
Mull’s Cafe
911 Crawford
Mark Twains
Bond
Kentucky
Ates of
Bourbon
the Old Crow Distillery Company
Frankfort, Kentucky
Russell Adkins
Ruth Johnson
Milford Sargent
Aid Ray Holder
Edison Hughes
Harold Basford
U. S
Union Sanitary
U.S
Second Avenue
Union Sam Middletown
Broad & Verity Parkway
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