City adopts eminent domain for sewer land use
City Commissioners authorized immediate eminent domain action to acquire a four foot wide temporary easement on E Calhoun Grier’s Arlington Avenue property for a sewer project. The city rejected Grier’s $450 request after earlier talks and will pursue the easement for a two week period to store excavated earth.
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City Commission
Arlington
Linden Avenues
E. Calhoun Grier
Arlington Ave
Tilmon Ellison
Howard Kramer
Linden
Ellison
Grier
Ellison E
Memorial Day parade approved by City Commission
City Commission approved the American Legion Memorial Day parade with a 10 a.m. start at Manchester Avenue and Broad Street, then Main Street to 14th Avenue and Woodside Cemetery. They also funded eight veterans groups with $25 each for Memorial Day observance and approved a July 9 fireworks event by the Armco Employes Independent Federation with a $450 bid for two weeks of strip use.
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American Legion
Manchester Avenue
Broad Street
Main Street
14Th Avenue
Woodside Cemetery
Ohio
Armco Employes Independent Federation
Armco Colored Center
City Commission Adopts Working Public Address System
City commissioners approved a new public address setup in the municipal courtroom. Chair Francis Carmody brought the battery of wireless mics and two rear speakers, activating them by 2 p.m. for the afternoon session. Commissioner William Denham tested the system from different areas, finding it satisfactory. Dr. R A Hill was absent due to an obstetrics case, Carmody noting the absence.
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William W. Denham
Arthur Sanderson
Joseph B. Blackmore
S. Sutphin and
Woodlawn Avenues
Commission
Francis Carmody
Carmody
R. A. Hill
Hill
Doe
Hamilton Girl Injured by Power Lawn Mower
Four year old Patricia Ann Brown was reported in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after a fall from a power mower at her parents 456 Eaton Road home. The injury to her foot occurred while the machine was operated by a teenage sister. Patricia is the daughter of George and unnamed Brown, proprietors of the Brown Dawson Funeral Home.
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Hamilton
Patricia Ann Brown
Mercy Hospital
George Brown
Eaton Rd
Brown
Brown - Dawson Funeral Home
Two Barns Shed Destroyed in Port Union Fire
In Hamilton, a fire of undetermined origin destroyed two barns a tool shed and a double garage at 4370 Port Union Rd. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars. Tenant property owned by William and Anna Sieg 4480 Port Union Rd. Occupant Herschel Cordrey reported the stolen combine and farm tools 250 bushels each of wheat and oats 125 bales straw 50 bales hay and a hammer feed mill. Fire discovered in a barn. wind spread flames. Liberty Fire Dept Manstown and water tanker from Fairfield aided before losses were controlled.
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Hamilton
Port Union Rd
Sheriff's Deputies
Richard Schultheiss
William and Anna Sieg
Herschel Cordrey
Liberty Fire Department
Manstown
Fairfield Fire Department
Woodall Industries Buys 13.7 Acres for Plastics Plant
Woodall Industries buys 13.7 acres in Franklin from R T Burdge for a $550000 plastics factory. Company executives including Henry Polk M E Griffin and Harold Desenburg met with Herbert Hofmann Carl Minnich Lloyd Ritz William Smith and Mayor John Shotwell. Deed to be filed tomorrow and construction hoped to start in early June after an April 22 option on the site near Mackinaw Addition.
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Franklin
Woodall Industries
R. T. Burdge
Henry Polk
Cleveland
M.E. Griffin
Harold Desenburg
Herbert Hofmann
Carl Minnich
Lloyd Ritz
William Smith
John Shotwell
Rite
Woodall
Mackinaw Addition
City Officials Attend Refuse Clinic in Middletown
Middletown city and county health officials joined a day long refuse clinic at the Manchester Hotel. Participants included Commission Chairman Francis Carmody Health Commissioner Robert McConaughy Public Utilities Director Dan Rothe street and sewer supervisor Robert Holida and Health Department clerk Roberta Baker who helped register attendees.
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Middletown
Ohio City
Manchester Hotel
Francis Carmody
Robert McConaughy
Public Utilities
Dan Rothe
Robert Holida
Roberta Baker
Sebald Award Winners To Be Revealed Tonight
More than 75 Middletown civic and school leaders attend the second annual W. W. Sebald Self-Reliance Award dinner at the Manchester Hotel. Armco Steel Corp president Sebald will present 400 dollar checks to two winners. runners up receive 200 and 100 dollar prizes.
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Middletown
W. W. Sebald
Sebald
Armco Steel Corp
Manchester
Jaycees
Knights of Columbus initiates and plans announced
Eleven candidates received the first degree of the Knights of Columbus led by Blydon Van der Haar with the Father Butler Council of Hamilton performing the ceremony. The group includes Rev. Julian Krusling J. T. Clark Dudley Graham William Tokar Norbert Schunk and R. F. Rice from Hamilton others were from Hamilton. A slate of officer nominations for 1955 56 was presented and elections set for the next meeting. Chairman Hugh Stein outlined plans for about 60 members and wives to attend the Cincinnati St Louis baseball game in Cincinnati tomorrow night. The annual meeting is noted as held on June 1.
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Knights of Columbus
Blydon van der Haar
Southwestern
Ohio
Father Butler Council of
Hamilton
Julian Krusling
J. T. Clark
Dudley Graham
William Tokar
Norbert Schunk
R. F. Rice
Hugh Stein
Cincinnati
Three Lebanon High Girls Recovering After Wreck
Three Lebanon High School girls hurt in an auto crash on Ohio 63 remain hospitalized. Shirley Honaker 16 and Betty Musgrave 15 are listed satisfactory and fair condition respectively at Middletown Hospital. Ann Harding 14 is in fair condition with a fractured skull. Five other teens in the car received minor injuries after the vehicle overturned following a late afternoon picnic.
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Lebanon
Ohio 63
Middletown Hospital
Shirley Honaker
James Honaker
Lebanon Rt. 3
Betty Musgrave
Oscar Musgrave
N. Main St
Ann Harding
Owen Harding
Turtle Creek Road
South Lebanon
Nancy van Meter
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount screens Yellow Mountain at 3 5 8 45 p.m. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki at 1 4 7 9 45 p.m. Strand shows Night People at 1 4 7 10 p.m. Miami Story at 2 50 5 50 8 45 p.m. Friday Fire Over Africa at 3 20 6 40 10 p.m. They Rode West at 1 45 5 0 8 39 p.m.
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Paramount
Yellow Mountain
Pa Kettle
Waikiki
Miami
Africa
Hearings Set May 26 On Government Employee Security Program
Senator Olin D Johnston announces public hearings starting May 26 on a broad study of the government employee security program. The case of Wolf I Ladejinsky will be among those examined.
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Washington
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Wolf I. Ladejinsky
Two Middletown Boys Admit Barricading NYC Mainline
Two eight year old boys in the Middletown area confessed to erecting a steel barricade on the New York Central Railroad mainline south of Middletown delaying trains. They will appear in Butler County Juvenile Court next Thursday. About 200 pupils were questioned and a schoolmate said one boy admitted nearly wrecking a train. The barricade of about 200 steel bars could have caused a derailment. A freight train hit the barricade minutes before a fast passenger train was due to pass.
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Middletown
New York Central
Oneida
FBI
Butler County
Hamilton
Jefferson
Oxford State Road
George Knore Jr
Nyc
Dayton engineer Ross Doughty to speak at Air Pollution meeting
Ross V. Doughty a combustion engineer for the city of Dayton will attend the Air Pollution Control Assn annual meeting in Detroit next week. A former Middleton resident he was previously employed by Aeronca Manufacturing Corp in Dayton.
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Ross V. Doughty
Dayton
Air Pollution Control Assn
Detroit
Earl Swain Wins Safety Week Courtesy Award
Earl Swain of 1402 Yankee Rd. received a Safety Week orchid and two movie passes after waiting for another car to turn in heavy traffic at Garfield Street and Central Avenue. Patrolman John Combs, the courtesy officer, also awarded a free lubrication at Sebastian Bros. Service station.
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Earl Swain
Yankee Rd
Garfield Street
Central Avenue
Swain
John Combs
Sebastian Bros
Golden Helmet Lines Up For Memorial Day Parade
Golden Helmet Post 7230 VFW announced at its meeting last night that it would take part in the Memorial Day parade. Commander Alden Williams said members should report to post headquarters on parade day. Delegates to the Fourth District VFW meeting at Monroe on June 12 will be appointed at the next meeting.
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VFW
Alden Williams
Monroe
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O. Elmer Martin
Keyser
W.va
William Roberts
Kenneth R. Tibbs
Burton
Milton Road
Milton
Aberdeen Drive
Milton Court
C.B. Stiles
McGee Avenue
Orchard Street
Sutphin
Woodlawn
Wicoff Street
Action City Commission
Walter Follmer
Floyd G. Browne
Bulls Run
West Co
Gideon and
Burton Roads
Grand Avenue
Western Auto Associate
S. Broad St
Verity
Main ST
Hugh Wright
Elmo Lingrel
Russell Weatherwax
E. Grant
Martin Coffey
Wade Miller
Robert McDade
John Weber
McDade
Jaycee
Weber
Fenwick
Lemon-Monroe
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Hardware Company
Broad ST
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