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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1956
Page
2
Butler County official count shows Snyder ahead of Reiff by 205 to 196 after recount. School bonds and levies largely pass though several local measures fail. key countywide offices mirrored unofficial results with minor shifts.
A grudge between Middletown police and firemen moves to a bowling match set for 5 p.m. Sunday at J and J Bowling Lanes. Each seven-kegler team will play a three game series with captains Arnold Ferguson and Robert Wheeler. The police seek to reclaim the trophy from the firemen who won 16-12 in extra ends last season amid a spirited protest.
Hamilton construction records show 347 permits for new dwellings in the first ten months of 1956, estimated at 4 000 000 dollars. The prior high year was 1955 with 313 permits and costs around 4 035 652 dollars.
A kitchen fire caused $10 damage at 2405 Waneta St around 8 a.m. Ne. Fire Chief Wilbur Sroufe of South Middletown reports a stove pipe leaning against a kitchen wall ignited the wall in a one story frame home.
Supt. John D. Blackford says the School Board will meet with a limited membership at Middletown High School at 7 p.m. tonight. No decisions are expected on the recently approved building issue and tax levy.
Firefighters battled a blaze at 1908 Grand Ave destroying a garage owned by Mrs. Alice Pierce and blistering paint on a second garage at 1906 Grand Ave. Losses around 860 and 60 dollars were estimated. No injuries reported. Fire crews also checked a junkyard fire at Cohen Bros. and other small blazes with no damage.
City commissioners were set to act on establishing an urban renewal agency with a first reading. The move aims to secure federal financing guarantees for slum clearance in substandard housing areas. A notice from Clark Street residents asked for removal of no parking signs near the Shuttle Division plant to ease parking issues.
Israeli official Y Ben-Dror compared Egypt's Nasser to Hitler during a Miami University talk, condemning expansionist aims in the Suez crisis and warning against condoning dictatorship. He criticized U S policy ambiguity and urged a clear plan, questioning UN police force effectiveness and matching arms.
Pa Middletown officers Jack Barnes and Melvin Barker resign effective Nov 3 to run a new service station at Winona Drive and N Verity Parkway. Barnes joined the force June 1 1952 after criminal division service and was a traffic officer. Barker joined June 16 1953 in the criminal division.
Oxford special report lists MecCullough Memorial Hospital appointing staff under administrator Earle Wilks. Rolfe A. Heck elected chief of staff with Gene Thompson as assistant chief and Joseph W. Hance as secretary. New surgical head Sheffield Jeck from St Joseph joins. Pathologist Paul Ivins and X ray expert Carl A Schuck based in Hamilton.
Two nine year olds, David Krebs and Charles Kahne, both fell at home yesterday and broke their left collarbones. They were treated at Middletown Hospital’s emergency room within 25 minutes of each other.
Construction of the Kunz Avenue relief sewer will start Monday. Public Service Director C. A. Boeke says the Kunz and 14th avenues intersection will be closed for about two weeks. Contract awarded to Walter Follmer of Hamilton.
About 200 people attended the Soroptimist Club benefit card party and smorgasbord at the Legion auditorium. The event supported the club’s project for gifted children and was led by Miss Betty Leasure and Mrs. Robert Freeman with committee help from Mrs. Ral Augsperger, Mrs. Marsh Gelowen and Miss Esther Wittenm yer. Tea hosts were Mrs. Fred Yoder and Mrs. Crebs Walsh.
Middletown Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 36 votes to hold its annual Christmas party for children of FOP members on December 23 at the pistol range. Officers are nominated for 1957 with election set for December 12. Pearl Hollis of Norwood outlines district activities and urges quarterly meetings as four new members and four guests from FOP Associates attend.
Fairfield voters approved a 785000 school bond and the board bought a 10 acre East Road site for 20000 to build Fairfield West Elementary School planned for 24 classrooms to serve 700 pupils. Architect Fred J. Winkler of Hamilton will prepare plans by March with construction to start soon after.
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