Middletown Declares Sprucing Up Week in April
City commissioners unanimously declare April 15 to 24 Middletown Beautification Week to launch a continuing program of street and park landscaping. Commissioner Denham urges citizen and group involvement including garden clubs sororities merchants and service clubs to plant trees shrubs and flowers along key streets Verity Parkway and other corridors.
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Middletown
William W Denham
Denham
City Commission
Projet
Verity Parkway
Charles W. Thomson
2Nd and
Girard Avenues
Martin B. Miller
Three Vehicle Crashes Cause $265 In City
Police report three traffic crashes yesterday totaling about $265 in damage. No injuries were reported. The incidents involved a parked car owned by George Smith, a second car parked by Frank Lodwick in the Main Street and Manchester Avenue lot, and two more collisions on Gideon Road and Central Avenue Shafer Street with drivers Forest Dunn Charles New Max Marstein and Roger Garrett.
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George Smith
YMCA
Frank Lodwick
Forrest Ave
Main Street
Manchester Avenue
Forest Dunn
Gideon Rd
Charles Newstate
Cincinnati
Gideon Road
Max Marstein
Fleming Rd
Roger Garrett
Ross St
Central Avenue
Shafer Street
Easter Egg Hunt Officially Declared In Armco Park
Middletown officials formalized the annual Easter egg hunt by merchants at Armco Park for Sunday April 1. The City Commission approved proclamations authorizing solemn ceremonies and Easter egg hiding by merchants, with City Law Director Tilmon Ellison speaking in support.
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Armco Park
Middletown
City of
Department of Law
Atmeco Park
Tilmon Ellison
New Signals Control V Main Central Traffic Flow
New traffic signal system at Main Street and Central Avenue started late yesterday. Three signal heads now govern southbound Main Street with arrows for left and right turns onto Central Avenue, easing congestion according to Lt. James Combs. Pedestrians now see neon walk and don't walk indicators.
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Main Street
Central Avenue
James Combs
Central
Theft From Safe Reported At Butler Oil Co
Cash totaling 1404 was reported stolen from a safe at the Butler Oil Co in Hamilton yesterday. Detectives said intruders used a pass key to enter the building. Robert B. Boies, manager, reported the theft occurred sometime after 5 30 p m Tuesday.
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Hamilton
Butler Oil Co
Robert B. Boies
Church To Receive New Members Sunday
Calvary Methodist Church will receive new members Sunday at 10 20 a m as part of the evangelistic program of the Methodist Churches of Ohio. All members will renew the vows with new members and delinquent members will be reinstated. Rev Oliver S Hall will discuss traditional doctrines and practices of Methodism since the church founding over a century ago.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Methodist Churches of Ohio
Oliver S. Hall
Mr. Hall
At The Movies Weekend Showings Summary
Paramount shows Picnic at 1 50 4 20 6 50 9 20 pm Thursday and Friday. Strand presents That Lady at 1 30 4 45 8 00 pm Tomorrow at 3 25 6 40 10 00 pm Thursday. Second Greatest Sex 2 45 5 55 8 55 pm and Top Gun 1 15 4 25 7 25 10 25 pm Friday. Colonial features Thieves Highway 1 15 4 40 8 25 pm Nightmare Alley 2 40 6 15 9 50 pm Friday Blacklash 1 15 3 20 5 30 7 40 9 45 pm Dixie Cruise In Border River 7 29 10 40 pm Veils of Bagdad 9 15 pm.
Police Briefs Report Several Local Arrests and Thefts
Officers arrested Roy Burkhardt on an assault and battery warrant. Wilson Feezer faced intoxication and disorderly conduct charges. Store thefts at Kroger involved three women and two men taking cigarettes and items. A stolen car was recovered by Pennsylvania residents Richard son and MecFeeters. Wendell Proffitt was cited for garbage ordinance violation. Vandals damaged a car on Yankee Road. Fender skirts were stolen from a Armco Fabricating lot car. Robert Curtis reported hubcaps stolen. Leonard Schuyer was arrested on an assault and battery warrant.
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Don Hendrick
Kroger Co
Verity
Marion South
Trenton
Rt. 1
Armco
Robert Curtis
Forrest Ave
Fire destroys McGraw shed at Armco East Works
A McGraw Construction Co. shed containing tools and batteries was burned at the Armco East Works plant last night, causing about 3000 in damage. Firemen from Companies 2, 3, and the ladder unit responded after an explosion in a pig iron machine lit tarpaper. The blaze started in the Armco blast furnace area south of Jefferson Road and was not found until the shed was nearly destroyed.
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McGraw Construction Co
Armco East Works
Armco
Jefferson Road
Cage Trophies Go On Display in Middletown Window
A nearly sixty trophy display from Middletown teams will be set in downtown windows as the Middies chase a sixth state basketball title in Cleveland. Richard Ismourt of Cohn Hardware says two windows are needed for all the trophies. The display includes team and game photos by Bill Veith.
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Middletown
Middies
Cleveland
Richard Ismourt
Cohn Hardware Co
Bill Veith
Journal
Hamilton Appeals Case Involving Pedestrian Fatality
Clem F. Imfeld administrator of Bert Harris's estate appeals to the Ohio Supreme Court against the city of Hamilton. He argues the South and Central Avenues intersection traffic light was unsafe and a green arrow kept northbound traffic green while pedestrians could cross west to east. Lower courts upheld dismissal of the suit.
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Paul E. Wilson
Middletown
Central Avenue
Thompson
Columbus
Ohio
Bert Harris
Ohio Supreme Court
Hamilton
Clem F. Imfeld
Central Avenues
Harris
Common Pleas Court
Imfeld
Women Deans Officers Introduced At Meeting
National Association of Deans of Women opens its four day convention in Cincinnati with new officers announced. Katherine A Towle, dean at University of California Berkeley, named president elect for a two year term to begin after the 1957 convention. Ballot election announced Wednesday night.
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Cincinnati
National Assn. of Deans of
Katherine A Towle
University of California, Berkeley
Competition Starts For Hook Award
A new Charles R Hook Award worth 500 dollars debuts for Southwestern Ohio Junior Achievement companies. David R. Arnold says the best teenage operated business will receive trophies and trips to the National Junior Achievers Conference. Final judging is April 12 1956 with the prize presented at the University of Cincinnati on April 20.
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Charles R Hook
Southwestern Ohio
David R. Arnold
Middletown
Arnold
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Dayton
Hamilton
Rural Pastor To Speak At Evangelistic Meet
The Rev. George Frey of Owensville Kentucky will speak at the evangelistic service at First Christian Church tonight at 7 30. He has pastored the Owensville church for 29 consecutive years and was named rural pastor of the year in the United States two years ago. He is a College of the Bible Lexington graduate. The Christian Women's Fellowship sponsors a social hour after the service and the event is open to the public.
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George Frey
Owensville
First Christian Church
Frey
Unite States
College of the Bible
Lexington
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Home Show Dates Set For May 2-6
The third annual Home and Better Living Show will run May 2 through May 6 at the National Guard Armory on S Main Street. Optimist Club member Dale Lindsay says the event will be bigger and better with features like a kitchen of tomorrow and a color television section. Proceeds support the boys work program and the Opti-Derby. committee members include Dick Brandenburg C Blevins J B Strickland Jim Eliopoulos Layton Goodman Robert Stamper and Lindsay.
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Home and Better Living
The
Middletown Optimist Club
National Guard
S. Main Street
Dale Lindsay
Optimist Club
Dick Brandenburg
C. Blevins
J. B. Strickland
Jim Eliopoulos
Layton Goodman
Robert Stamper
Lindsay
Gardner Worker Stricken In Auto
Frank Day, 54, of Jackson Lane, admitted to Middletown Hospital this morning after colleagues found him slumped in his parked car. He appeared to be arriving for work at Gardner Beard & Carson Co. and was rushed to the hospital at 7 20 by Baker's ambulance. officials say the seriousness of his condition is not yet known.
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Frank Day
Jackson Lane
Middletown Hospital
Day
Gardner Beard & Carson Co
Charles Street
Gardner
Baker
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