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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1965
Page
9
Voter apathy may push May elections to a low mark in Middletown and Lemon Madison townships. Officials predict turnout around 10 to 20 percent of the 26 051 registered voters with a 2 000 to 5 200 vote range depending on ward activity.
Ten officers from a slate of twenty will be elected at the Lions Club monthly dinner at Manchester Motor Inn Thursday at 6 30 p m. Candidates include MacTobias and Dr Louis H Bremer for president Glenn Selby and Dale Wilson for first vice president Robert Wearly and Dale Caverly for second vice president Lawrence Johnson and Gene Smith for third vice president Elvin Wagner and Robert Kramer for secretary Charles Beck and James Elder for treasurer William Kiesewetter and Fred Homan for tail twister Harold Leithy for Kontamer and Cecil Runyan Harold Lerch Al Totten and Mike Long for two directors.
The city awarded Erlandson Dodge Inc. the contract to supply 19 autos including six police cars for 28 046 dollars the lowest overall bid. Doebler Bros win three utility vehicles and Rockwell Tractor Sales lands a Parks Department tractor 2947 dollars. Water meters go to Rockwell Manufacturing and other bids cover mowers refuse containers and various trucks with multiple bidders noted.
Suzanna R Thompson of Middletown is named as one of four grandnieces and next of kin in the Mary Limburg estate filed with Hamilton County Probate Judge Chase M Davies in Cincinnati. Limburg who lived alone left a wristwatch valued at 5 dollars 350000 in municipal bonds 700 shares of Procter and Gamble valued at 5548 and other holdings. Limburg 82 died January 25 without a will. After her death 7638 was found in a black stash in her apartment.
A 14 year old boy collapsed and died while running in the Hyre Junior High School gymnasium in Akron Ohio. Coroner Dr A H Kyriakedes said Lawrence A Higgens had a history of heart disease.
Butler County commissioners filed a notice of appeal in the Ohio Dept of Health against a nonrenewal of the Amanda Oneida sewage system permit. Residents face either plant upgrades at about 300000 or tying into Middletown sewer. A full public meeting is set for Wednesday at Oneida School.
Butler County warden J D Carroll warns dog owners that any dog over six months old must be licensed even if kept on premises. Citations will be issued as wardens increase pickups of unlicensed dogs.
A light humorous note on aging, joking that feet hurt before getting out of bed, reflecting common discomforts of growing older.
City Commissioners gave first reading to an ordinance permitting a building in the Canal Street parking lot. Citizens Savings & Loan would vacate a center section, possibly buy and convert adjacent areas, while merchants fear reduced parking. The panel urged repainting parking lines and weighed legal and financial implications before final action.
Two persons were injured slightly in a three car collision at N Sutphin Street and North Avenue. David Combs 22 was treated for contusions and Mrs Henry Webb 72 for a bruised wrist and chest pains. Both were discharged. The Webb car struck a parked vehicle then hit a wall and bushes. Total damage exceeded 500 dollars.
Frank Crane of 713 Forest Ave Franklin was sworn in at a Middletown City Commission meeting as the area's first Job Corps member. PF Johnson of the Ohio State Employment Service described the program and Crane will train for two years starting at Camp Toyon California to gain basic education and government conservation related skills.
Franklin Indiana councilmembers vote to deny final plat approval for Eastbrook Subdivision section two for lacking curbs gutters sidewalks and drainage outside the city three mile jurisdiction tested with this case. Crestview subdivision within city limits wins preliminary plan approval.
After hearings from two residents the council approved extending a water line to five homes on S Canal Street with each resident charged $80. The city ordered the manager to draft a necessity resolution for repairing E Second Street curbs and gutters from Riley Boulevard to River Street in preparation for resurfacing. The city will cover about $1,200 of a $5,600 project. the rest is to be funded by the state.
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