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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1961

Page

25

LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park Grand Opening

Tomorrow marks the official start of LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park season with daily open rides. Berni Murry Inc backs a $230000 beautification and new attractions including a Wild Mouse ride, a four acre pool, a new 18 hole miniature golf course, expanded dining, and a tropical landscaping program with live palms and a Hawaiian Tiki. 2000 orchids will be given on Mother's Day.

LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park Berni - Murry Inc Tri- State Howard Berni LeSourdsville Management Frank Murry

Industrial Picnics At LeSourdsville Lake In 1961

Local firms plan summer company picnics at LeSourdsville Lake. Park staff coordinate all details to ensure a day of fun. Companies may use a special plan for annual picnics and contact LEnnox 97339 or write LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park Middletown Route 1.

LeSourdsville Lake LeSourdsville Lennox Middletown

Miss Butler County Beauty Contest at Le Sourdsville Lake

The Jaycees of Hamilton sponsor the Miss Butler County contest at Le Sourdsville Lake on June 14 with a top prize of 2530.00 and a 400.00 Pepsi scholarship pool. The winner advances to Miss Ohio and potentially Miss America, with entrants must be 18 to 28, single, residents or students in Butler County, and possess talent and poise. Pepsi Day at the park follows, offering 4 percent ride discounts and five cent bottles plus fireworks.

Nancy Anne Fleming Montague Trail Mich Butler County LeSourdsville Lake Jaycees Hamilton Atlantic City LeSourdsville Pepsi - Cola Walter Grass Martins Town and Country Shop High Street Ohio Tweed Pepsi Cola Bottling Company

Experience Is Costly and a Lesson for Mansfield

In Mansfield Ohio Raymond Stiltner told police two $100 bills were stolen. Police questioned several men who denied the theft. Stiltner said he would not press charges and would chalk it up to experience.

Mansfield Ohio Raymond Stitner Stiltner

It Wouldn't Fit In Envelope

A Maryland Academy of Sciences letter from South Carolina asks for the academy by mail. The sender encloses 25 cents for cost and provides a Valhalla South Carolina address. Officials respond by sending a copy of the Graphic Times Table of the Heavens astronomical chart instead of the full academy.

Baltimore Maryland Academy of Sciences South Carolina Route 2 Valhalla S. C

Timken To Call Back 145 More Employees

Timken Roller Bearing Co. said it will recall 145 laid off workers to its Canton and Columbus plants by month end. Since January 1 the company has recalled 567 idle employees, most in the last six weeks. By May 31 total returns will be 476 at Canton and 236 in Columbus.

Canton, Ohio Timken Roller Bearing Co Columbus Timken

Lake park paints its way to spring makeover

More than 300 gallons of paint refreshed LeSourdville Lake as pastel colors brighten park buildings. The project, started by Berni-Murry Inc. last winter, is part of a broad improvement program opening this season costing about $250,000.

LeSourdsville Lake Berni - Murry Inc

LeSourdsville Lake's Early Ownership and Park Origins

The land that became LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park began with Dr. Clarkson Freeman in 1791 at five dollars per acre. Over the years ownership passed to Benjamin LeSourd, A. H. Knorr Ice Co, and others, shaping a village and a major resort via canal trade, ice works, and later Berni-Murru Inc. ownership in 1960.

Clarkson Freeman LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park Freeman Benjamin LeSourd Cincinnati Dayton Cainal A. H. Knorr Ice Company Ice Company Elm and Henry Streets Cincinati Knorr Company Bender W. T. Taylor Edgar Streifthau Don Carey Streifthau Berni - Murru Inc

Godey's Ladies Book First American Woman's Magazine

Godey's Ladies Book is noted as the first magazine published for women in the United States, marking a milestone in American publishing.

Godey America

New Menu Additions Prepared For Sake

This year spaghetti dinners will be featured on the dining room menu along with fried chicken. Patrons may try spaghetti family style with home made sauce meat balls meat sauce or mushroom sauce. Antipasto salad will delight the most sophisticated palates. Fish fries with fresh perch flown in weekly from Lake Erie are scheduled for Fridays.

Spaghett Lake Eri

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