Ohio Historic Homestead Register adds 160 families nation wide
More than 160 Ohio families across 69 counties qualify this year for the Ohio Historic Homestead Register recognizing continual ownership of land for 100 years or more. Local entries include several in Butler Montgomery and Preble counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Montgomery
Preble
Ohio
General Assembly
Ohio Historical Society
Thomas Smith
The
Historical Society
Butler County
Henry Halstead Robinson
New London Road
Hamilton
William Lawrence King
Busenbark Road
John D. Francis
Montgomery County
Lowell
Margaret Shaffer
Germantown
Rt. 2
Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board
Ohio Bell Expands Bill Paying Locations in Area
Ohio Bell increases authorized bill paying agents to 22 with three new locations Monroe Pharmacy American Savings and Loan Association and Citizens Savings and Loan Association. First National Bank of Middletown ends telephone bill paying at branches in Middletown Trenton and Monroe citing economic infeasibility and nondepositor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Bell
Monroe Pharmacy
American Savings & Loan Association
Citizens Savings & Loan Association
First National Bank of
Middletown
Trenton
Monroe
Ann Baines
Ohio Bell Middletown Telephone
HUD Denies Middletown Research Grant for Urban Renewal Study
The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development rejected a Middletown group’s request for a 50000 grant to study public reactions to urban renewal. Tim McCarty of HUD cited changed priorities and lack of alternative funding, though the group will seek other sources and has surveys including attitudes toward the City Centre Mart available at the Middletown Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Middletown Group
Middletown
Tim McCarty
Robert L. Blake
HUD
City Centre
McCarty
Vincent Price Tickets Sought at Miami University Event
Vincent Price tickets are sold or distributed to students for the 8 p.m. Friday performance in Dave Finkelman Auditorium Middletown Campus. Over 100 people remain on a waiting list. season ticket holders may return tickets as a tax deduction by contacting Johnston Hall or calling 424-4444.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Price
Middletown
Miami University
Dave Finkelman
Clare Easton
Johnston Hall
Auction Nets 2178 For Maple Park School Equipment
A net of 2178 was raised Saturday in a sale of school equipment at vacant Maple Park School. Obsolete desks adding machines and two trucks were sold while two school buses were canceled from the sale due to Ortman-Stewart Transportation Co. closure. The buses will be renovated and kept in the fleet for future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Park
Ortman-Stewart Transportation Co
Annie Glenn visits Doty House during Middletown trip
Annie Glenn wife of Senator John Glenn traveled to Dayton for a state wide workshop on disability resources then stopped in Middletown to visit Doty House and lunch with Mr and Mrs David Smith. She recalled a 1974 visit and spoke of helping in her husband’s office and her interest in nursing home residents and the mentally retarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Glenn
John Glenn
Annie
Dayton
Middletown
Doty House
David Smith
Smith
Butler County
Democratic Party
Mary Jane Veno
Anna
John
Pearl Street Man Shoots Self in Leg
Willard Owens, 25, of 2006 Pearl Street, was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with a gunshot wound to the right leg. He shot himself yesterday evening about 7 50, kept the revolver as officers arrived, pointed it at a patrolman, and was disarmed after officers talked him down. He received treatment for the leg wound and faces a felonious assault charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Street
Middletown Hospital
Willard Owens
Pearl
Owens
Ptl
Ralph Dwyer
Vehicle hood theft and multiple break-ins reported
Rick Jones reported his car hood stolen while at Heber Jones dealership on Verity Parkway. Vandals damaged Rose Furniture with a ball bearing causing 150 damage. Leroy South Jr. lost a radio and tapes valued at 160 at his home on Bavarian Drive. Hans Huf had a tape unit and two speakers stolen from his Baltimore Street car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Jones
Heber Jones
Verity Parkway
Rose Furniture
S. Main St
Leroy South Jr
Bavarian Drive
Hans Huf
Baltimore St
Racketeering ring figures all guilty
All 10 defendants indicted in a southwest Ohio drug racketeering ring were found guilty on multiple counts. Judge Carl Rubin called it the longest and most complex trial in Cincinnati. Sentencing date not yet set. defendants detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S
Carl Rubin
Zoning Commission Recommends Rezoning near Trenton
Butler County Rural Zoning Commission urged county commissioners to rezone 3.6 acres on Radabaugh Road from flood plain to agricultural for Roy A. Cooke. They noted the 634.5 foot minimum elevation set by the Miami Conservancy District and expect final action in about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County Rural Zoning Commission
Radabaugh Road
Trenton
Roy A. Cooke
Miami Conservancy District
Fire and medical calls log list recent incidents
Fire runs on yesterday evening at multiple city addresses with injuries and hospital transports. Notable entries include Arlene Haddix delivery at 2903 A Street delivering a girl, and Willie Adkins admitted in critical condition at 617 Waite Street. Other patients range from ill to fair, with several transports and one nontransport emergency run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Ave
Marilyn Nickell
Waite
Alice McClain
16Th Ave
Waite St
Willie Adkins
Yankee Road
Robert Jackson
17Th Ave
Betty Anderson
Casper Ave
Boyd Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Middletown Public Library
Susan Swirczynski
Sheckler
Preble County
Burdette Allen Ehrhardt
Camden
Merill F
Anna R. Brubaker
Inez M. Hart
Eaton
Harold O. Wright
Ohio Historical Center
I-71
17Th Avenue
Columbus
U.S.D.A
Iens Moyer
Madison Township
Vena
Carl Otton Jr
Edwin Adams
Carlisle
Adams
Edwin
Franklin
Charles E. Craven
Cyeatra Ann Carter
Samuel Harris
Joseph Elkins
Samuel
Zoning Commission
Price
S. Breiel Blvd
Shopping Plaza
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