Show Must Go On Pageant Tonight In Middletown
About 7 000 residents await a second and third showing of Our American Heritage at Barnitz Stadium. Rain threatened again but sponsors planned 8 15 p m performances tonight and tomorrow with tickets still out and 2000 free seats for students. If rain returns the show would move to Thursday.
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Middletown
WPFB
Barnitz Stadium
Showtime
Sam McAdow
Hugh Wright
Armco Steel Corporation
Miss Middletown
Camden Man 23 Killed in Preble County Crash
A former Middletown man Joseph Stephen Mato 23 of Camden Route 1 was killed when his car struck a tree on Route 503 two miles south of Gratis at 3 a.m. He apparently lost control, bounced off a tree, and tore through a wire fence before wreckage. he died at Middletown Hospital from crushed ribs and body bruises. Mato, born in Middletown, worked in Armco’s machine shop and had Navy service. He leaves parents two brothers Frank and James two half brothers John and Andrew Demeter three sisters Sister Mary Cabrini Helen Gardner and Irene Mato and one half sister Anna Snowden. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Schramm Funeral Home.
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Middletown
Roger Wilson
Joseph Stephen Mato
Camden
Wilson
Preble County
Gratis
Mato
Middletown Hospital
Zimmerman
Armco
Navy
Frank
Richmond
Ind
James
John
Andrew Demeter
Dayton
Mary Cabrini
St. Bernard Parish
St. Bernard
Helen Gardner
Eaton
Irene Mato
Anna Snowden
Schramm Funeral Home
Lebanon Pastor Named District Superintendent
The Rev Paul D Chiles of Lebanon was named superintendent of the Portsmouth District of the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church by Bishop Hazen G Werner in Columbus He will succeed Dr Ernest E Fowler whose six year term ends in June Chiles will end nine years as pastor of the Lebanon Methodist Church and previously led Hicksville Methodist He is a Defiance College and Yale Divinity School graduate, married with four children and known for community project support and church work.
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Lebanon
Paul D. Chiles
Portsmouth
Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church
Chiles
Hazen G. Werner
Columbus
Ernest E. Fowler
Lebanon Meth
Odist Church
Hicksville
City prepares ordinance to force rail crossing repairs
Middletown may enact a city ordinance to compel railroad crossings within corporate limits to be repaired. Director of Law Fred J. Schatzmann says the measure, prepared at the request of Commission Chairman Francis Carmody, requires readings at three meetings and becomes effective upon adoption. The city cites poor crossing conditions and sporadic past repairs. Hamilton has a similar ordinance.
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Middletown
Fred J. Schatzmann
Commission
Francis Carmody
Schatzmann
City of
Hamilton
Middletown Hospital Board Sets 7:30 Meeting
The Light Docket report notes little on the docket for tonight's Middle town Hospital Board of Trustees meeting. Hospital administrator A C O'Conner said the gathering will be at the hospital at 7 30 p m.
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Middletown Hospital Board of Trustees
A. C. O'Conner
Movie Showings at Paramount Strand and Colonial
The listings show Paramount schedule with Father's Little Dividend on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sneak Review at 7:50 p.m., and Ghost Chasers plus So This Is New York with Body And Soul on Strands. Colonial offers Payment On Demand with multiple daily showings on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Paramount
New York
Five Car Crash Claims Two Lives In City
Investigation continues into the five car collision that killed Mr. and Mrs. Sam Zachary of 2905 Grand Ave. Otto Helton, 36, of 1832 Woodlawn Ave., may face charges after being treated at Middletown Hospital. Helton admitted drinking but said he did not know how the crash happened. Police note a detainer and expect updated information today.
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Sam Zachary
Grand Ave
Joseph Blackmore
Otto Helton
Woodlawn Ave
Helton
Zachary
Central Ave
Wallace and
Judd
Ed Poling
Middletown Hospital
Hamilton Man Sentenced To Ohio Pen
Hamilton scene report states Clif ford Eugene Young 26 of 318 South C Street was given an indeterminate term in the Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to breaking and entering in the Miami Model Laundry burglary on January 3. James Parker, linked to the theft, faces a separate sentence. other defendants include Charles Holland ordered to Lima State Hospital for observation and James Little placed on probation with $200 restitution. William Wilson’s forgery case remains under advisement.
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Hamilton
Clifford Eugene Young
South C. St
Ohio
P. P. Boll
Young
Miami
James Parker
Charles Holland
Lima _ State Hospital
James Little
New Miami
William Wilson
Germantown
Property recovered as police hold found tip books and jar tickets
Police recovered five bags and boxes of tip books and jar tickets, awaiting owner recovery. Bob Doughman of Frontier Cafe on Yankee Road reported finding them in front of the Frontier this morning and turned them over to authorities.
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Bob Doughman
Frontier Cafe
Yankee Rd
Frontier
Redistricting bill splits Butler County in two
The Ohio General Assembly approved a redistricting plan splitting Butler County between the Fourth and Seventh Districts. Fourth District would gain about 16,000 people, totaling 417,808, while the Seventh would hold 369,942. The map places most Madison Wayne area in the Seventh, with Hamilton and Oxford areas in the Fourth, reshaping Dayton’s Third District in Montgomery County. House vote 103 to 23. Senate passage expected.
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General Assembly
Butler County
Senate
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Wiggle
wuUula
Wiciaru
Madison-Wayne
Madison, Lemon, Union
Fairfield Townships
Wayne
Fairfield
Hamilton
Somerville
College Corner
Oxford
New Miami
Milville
Jacksonburg
Seven Mile
Reily
Morgan
Milford
Hanover
St. Clair
Ross
James Sexton
Middletown
Sexton
Allen
Auglaize
Darke
Mercer
Miami
Preble
Shelby
Champaign
Clark
Clinton
Greene
Logan
Union
Madison
Warren
Ohio
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Dayton
Butler
Final Fish Fry Stag At Legion Tomorrow
The final fish fry and stag party of the year will be held tomorrow night at the American Legion. Ed Portsmouth adjutant announced the affair begins at 6 30 p m and runs until midnight. Armco War Vets sponsor the event.
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American Legion
Ed Portsmouth
Armco
Annexation talks continue at Franklin in council memo
Franklin village council met to discuss outlying area annexation while deferring a street project until engineers review plans. Engineer Jay Craven to present June 4. Carl Morgan resigns as full time fireman but remains fire chief. Warren County Historical Society plaques approved and back pay matched under the State Retirement Fund for two employees. Police Chief Chamberlain and Patrolman Carpenter affected. act took effect in 1935 with Franklin joining three years later.
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Franklin
Corporation
John Francis
Fourth
Jay A. Craven
Carl Morgan
Morgan
Warren County Historical Society
O. E. Chamberlain
Wilbur Carpenter
Missing Man Found On Trenton Farm
Arthur Rodgers, 79, formerly of 115 South Canal Street, missing since May 12, was found on a farm in Trenton. Salvation Army Captain Kenneth Sharp said Rodgers was brought to his son William Rodgers in Bethany. Rodgers, weak from several days without food, was unharmed otherwise. A farmer noted the man days ago, mistaking him for a transient near the river. Police had mounted searches fearing harm.
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Arthur Rodgers
Canal St
Trenton
Kenneth Sharp
Salvation Army
Sharp
Rodgers
William Rodgers
Bethany
Franklin Teachers Gain 150 Cost of Living Boost
Franklin teachers will receive a $150 cost of living increase for the coming year as the Board of Education discussed salaries and funding. The new salary range rises to 2050 to 3700 dollars, with further increases dependent on state funds. The board also reviewed bids for the high school addition, heating system restudy, and moving the bus garage, while honoring the Franklin PTA for $125 gifts to each of six buildings. Personal property tax receipts totaled 10,204.80 dollars, up 1,442 from last May.
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Franklin
Board of Education
Fred E. Byers
B. D. Morgan Company
Bendure Construction Company
Middletown
The
Franklin Pta
PTA
Gas line on refrigerator at Woodlawn Ave address
Firemen responded to a call at the home of John Conrad at 1516 Woodlawn Avenue last evening reporting a gas line on the refrigerator functioning improperly.
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John Conrad
Woodlawn Ave
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