Plan to Extend Levee Road South in Middletown
Middletown Ohio officials consider extending the levee-top boulevard along the Miami River to the west end of 2nd Avenue. The extension could cross Gardner Board & Carton Co. property and connect to Ohio Route 4, with study by Acting City Manager Charles Thompson. Projected costs include bridge work over the hydraulic canal and a $7,500 fill estimate by the Miami Conservancy District, while city contracts and parking lot plans progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami River
2Nd Avenue
Francis Carmody
Central Avenue
Gardner Board & Carton Co
Ohio Rt. 4
14Th Avenue
W. Central Avenue
Germantown Road
Carmody
Nout
Jack Hanchett
Hanchett
Middletown
Central
Germantown Riverside Boulevard
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Miami Conservancy District
City Dads Clarify Mrs Koeppel’s Address Mixup
Mrs George Koeppel lives at 1209 S Verity Parkway now but believed 1209 Woodside Ave. A 1936 city ordinance changed Woodside Ave to Verity Parkway, yet mail and precinct staff remain unsure. She plans to move in a few months.
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George Koeppel
S. Verity Pkny
City Commission
Koeppels
Woodside Ave
U. S. Post Office
Tilmon Ellison
Woodside Avenue
Verity Parkway
Four life goals outlined by PR speaker Massman
Glen Massman of Dayton spoke at the Butler- Warren Small Loan Assn dinner at the Elks City Club in Hamilton. He listed four life goals as response recognition new experiences and security noting people respond better to praise than small raises. Civic and business leaders attended the event with Robert Stamper welcoming guests and Roger Downing acting as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Massman
Dayton Human Relations Authority
Butler- Warren Small Loan Assn
Massman
Elks City Club
Hamilton
Robert Stamper
Middletown
Association
Roger Downing
The
Ohio Consumer Loan Assn
NLRB Plans Election at Crystal Tissue and Crystal Wa
An NLRB election on the question of a collective bargaining representative is set for next Tuesday at Crystal Tissue and Crystal Water Co in Cincinnati. About 250 production maintenance clerical and technical workers are eligible to vote. United Paperworkers of America CIO seeks to represent them. Crystal Tissue president Earl E Grant says the company consented to the election and that notice and a sample ballot will be posted at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLRB
Crystal E Co
Crystal Wa Co
Cincinnati
Jack G. Evans
National Labor Relations Board
United Paperworkers of America
CIO
Earl E. Grant
Crystal Tissue
Y Plans Record Dance at YMCA Auditorium
A dance session is set for 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the YMCA auditorium announced by Richard Hofferbert Y adult program secretary. Paul Clark chairs and Arnold Amburgey co-chairs the arrangements.
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YMCA
Richard Hofferbert
Paul Clark
Arnold Amburgey
At The Movies Listings Thursday and Friday
Paramount shows Long John Silver at 1 15 4 45 8 20 p m Lady Godiva of Coventry at 3 00 6 35 10 00 p m Strand presents Return to Paradise at 2 45 5 55 9 00 p m Gun That Won the West at 1 15 4 25 7 39 10 30 p m Colonial screens The Tall Men at 1 49 4 26 7 03 9 40 p m Dixie cruise In offers It Happens Every Thursday at 7 00 10 35 p m Kiss Me Deadly at 8 50 p m
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Paramount
Long John Silver
Lady Godiva
Coventry
Paradise
Dixie Ccruise
Hamilton Sertoma Gives $6300 to Crippled Children Society
A $6300 check was presented to the Butler County Society for Crippled Children by the Hamilton Sertoma Club at a dinner meeting. The funds come from the 1955 Plug Horse Derby held at the Butler County Fairgrounds, continuing a six year total surpassing $30,000.
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Butler County Society For Crippled Children
Hamilton Sertoma Club
Hamilton Club
Butler County Fairgrounds
Oneida PTO Turkey Dinner Planned for Saturday
The Oneida PTO will host a turkey dinner Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Tickets are available through any PTO officer or home room chairman or at the school on Saturday evening.
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Oneida Pto
PTO
Prison Services Planned at Oxford Prison Farm
Devotions at 7 30 p m tomorrow will be led by Miss Eunice Perkins with the Rev Arnold Powell Reverend Hastings Nord and Miss Odessa Parsons assisting. The text contrasts mental deficiency with insanity describing it as a disease of the mind.
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Oxford
Eunice Perkins
Arnold Powell
Hastings Nord
Odessa Parsons
Three Middletown Boys Held for Fires and Thefts
Three Middletown youths, including 12-year old twins, were questioned by city police after being linked to four break-ins, two fires, and two thefts. They admitted setting a barn fire behind Barnes Ice Cream and attempting to burn Yankee Road pool building, with prior cases at Meadowlawn Church and thefts from Sears, Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, and G C Murphy stores.
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Middletown
James Howerton
Garfield School
Barnes
Yankee Rd
Howerton
Yankee Road
Meadowlawn Church
God
G. C., Murphy Co
Sears, Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Oxford Seeks Assistant Clerk
The Board of Public Affairs and Council in Oxford seek an assistant clerk. They will receive and screen applicants and aim to appoint soon. The position opened after Clerk Glenn Hunsinger declined re-election and Louise Yordy was elected clerk treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Board of Public Affairs and Council
Glenn Hunsinger
Louise Yordy
Five Candidates File Campaign Expenses in Local Elections
Five candidates filed campaign expenses with the Middletown Board of Elections as the deadline nears. Reichelderfer reported 100 dollars for his school board committee, Woodruff itemized one dollar, and Chamberlain listed 5.67 dollars. Augspurger and Steward showed no expenses, while all committees must file. Negative expense reports are also required.
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Board of Elections
Donald Reichelderfer
Middletown Board of Education
Reichelderfer
Joseph Woodruff
Woodruff
Marion M. Augspurger
Trenton Council
Clifford H. Steward
Lemon Township
Carl W. Chamberlain
Robert Hayden
Middletown
Eight Elected To Church Board At St Pauls
Eight men were elected to two year terms on the St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church Council at the annual congregational meeting. Elected were William Gade Walter Gibbins Jack Hose Owen Ireland Jack Meeker Harley Miller Stewart Nixon and Harry Taylor. One hundred members attended. Plans were presented for the 80th anniversary celebration in 1956 and the budget was approved.
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St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church Council
William Gade
Walter Gibbins
Jack Hose
Owen Ireland
Jack Meeker
Harley Miller
Stewart Nixon
Harry Taylor
Congregational
Harold Leichty
H. C. Gruenwald
Pedestrian Hospitalized After Auto Collision in Middletown
Jack McKeln, 40, of 502 S Main St, was admitted to Middletown Hospital after being struck by a westbound car on Ty tus Avenue at Clark Street. He is listed in satisfactory condition with cuts to the left ear and scalp. The incident occurred as McKeln crossed against traffic after the light changed to green for Ty tus Avenue. Gerald Hesler, 30, of 577 Shartz Rd Franklin, was driving the hit car. an estimated $15 damage was reported to his vehicle. Also cited was Walter Willey, 34, for a red light violation after a separate 9:22 p.m. crash at Crawford Street and Grand Avenue, causing $305 in damage to William Medley’s car. Additional minor-city accidents were noted on nearby streets.
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Middletown Hospital
Tytus Avenue
Clark Street
Jack McKeln
S. Main St
McKela
Gerald Hesler
Shartz Rd
Franklin
Baker’s Ambulance
Hesler Auto
Walter Willey
Rushville
Ind
Rt. 5
Crawford Street
Grand Avenue
Willey
William Medley
Sherman Ave
Wilson to Attend Safety Meeting at Greater Cincinnati Conference
Middletown Safety Director Paul Wilson will attend the 5th annual Greater Cincinnati Conference at the Netherlands Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati. Miss Frances Frebis and Miss Stephanie Krasnowski also attend from here. A noon luncheon features Dayton chief of police Paul Price speaking on "Safety Is Here to Stay Are You?"
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Middletown
Paul Wilson
Greater Cincinnati
Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati
Frances Frebis
Stephanie Krasnowski
Paul Price
Dayton
Insurance Men Meet to Hear Why I Believe in Life Insurance
Guerney H. Cole will speak on Why I Believe in Life Insurance at the Middletown Association of Life Underwriters meeting tomorrow. The group assembles at noon at the Colony Restaurant.
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Guerney H. Cole
Middletown Assn. of Life Underwriters
Colony
Helen Davis Sister Dies in Mississippi Car Crash
Two Mississippi sisters of Helen Davis, Middletown Civic Association family services director, perished in a three car collision near Jackson. Mrs. Harper Myres of Glen Ellen was killed. Mrs. Dudley Moore of Rolling Rock was critically injured. Davis attended the funeral in Glen Ellen tomorrow.
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Mississippi
Helen Davis
Middletown Civic Association
Jackson
Miss
Harper Myres
Glen Ellen
Dudley Moore
Roling Rock
Miss Davis
Myres
Moore
False Alarm at Lorillard Building In Middletown
Firefighters from Companies 1 2 and the ladder unit answered a second false alarm in two days at the old Lorillard Building at Central Avenue and Grimes Street. They found no fire on arrival as the fault was traced to a faulty alarm system and the call came in at 3 58 pm.
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Middletown
Lorillard
Central Avenue
Grimes Street
Man Bitten by Own Dog Receives Hospital Treatment
Officers responding to a dog bite call found Ben Link at 412 Baltimore St. bitten by his own dog. He was treated at Middletown Hospital.
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Ben Link
Baltimore St
Middletown Hospital
Trains Cause Downtown Traffic Block in Early Morning
Two New York Central trains halted traffic for 24 minutes in four downtown streets beginning at 7:45 a.m. The eastbound passenger train stopped briefly at the NYC depot before a westbound freight train blocked 1st Central Manchester and North avenues until 8:09 a.m. Police and city officials debated arrests for undue delays.
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New York Central
NYC
1St
Central
Manchester
North Avenues
Charles W. Thompson
MC Junction
Thompson
Blackmore
City to Hire Women Police for Schools
Acting City Manager Charles W. Thompson announced a plan to employ married women, preferably mothers of school children, as school guards who will actually serve as police officers with arrest powers. They will be paid by the city, wear uniforms, and work regular hours during school commute times. applications handled in the City Building.
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Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Two Men Treated After Dog Bite Incidents
Two victims reported to Middletown Hospital emergency ward yesterday for dog bites. Ben Link, 71, of 412 Baltimore St, was bitten on the left wrist. Howard Dye, 53, of 2520 Tytus Ave, was bitten on the right leg. Both were dismissed after treatment.
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Middletown Hospital
Ben Link
Baltimore St
Howard Dye
Tytus Ave
Lorain GOP Endorses O'Neill for Ohio Governor
Lorain county Republican executive committee endorsed Attorney General C William ONeill for governor. The tally marks the 23rd endorsement among 88 Ohio county GOP groups and was announced by ONeill.
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Lorain
Ohio
Lorain County
Republican Executive Committee
C. William O'Neill
Ohio County
GOP
O'Neill
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Floyd G. Browne
A. C. Nutting
Middletown Paving Products Co
Wagner-Smith & Co
Hanover
Walter H_ Drain Co
Cleveland
General Fund
Milton Road
Crystal
P.m
Joe Sears
Cleo Laras
S. Sutphin St
Central Ave
Gretta Jacobs
Curtis St
Samuel Blumberg
Grand Ave
N. Clinton Street
Pawl Frisby
Short St
Bonell Street
Wilson
Charles B. Stiles
New York
Cen
Tral
Stiles
Gruen Desire
Gruen Biltmore
GRUEN
Caliente
Caprice
Gruen Autowind Voyager
Freeman's
Doellimann
Carmelettes
Joyce
Doellmann’s
Cenral
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