Complications Set In City Tax Rate Under Study
Hamilton and Middletown face tax rate uncertainty as Armco annexation complicates dividing a $1.5 million school bond between Middletown Lemon Township and the city. State official Roche notes no formula exists for equitable distribution when territory joins a city. Middletown's two levies raise the duplicate beyond $22.96. Hamilton may rise about 37 percent to around $31.
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Butler County
Middletown
Armco
Gordon Smith
Lemon Township
Mally
Robert L. Roche
Ohio Department of Education
The
Journal
Ohio
Smith
Roche
Mili Levy
Hamiton
Hamilton
Santa Sliding In Ahead Of Turkey
Christmas decorations flapped in the breeze as Paul Reynolds an electrical contractor began putting up decorations. A police officer assisted traffic duty. Judge Alton H. Comms of the Municipal Court announced no session next Thursday with a traffic session set for Friday at 9 30 followed by the criminal docket at 10 30.
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Paul Reynolds
Alton H. Comms
Four Named To National Legion Jobs
National Commander Arthur J. Connell appoints four members of American Legion Post 218 to national committees. Ed Portsmouth announces the selections. J. D. Sawyer becomes vice chairman of the National Economic Commission housing committee. William Verity, the first World War II legionaire on the foreign relations commission, is reappointed to that body. Martin V. Coffey will serve on the committee on law and order and the national security training committee. Sam McAdow will join the distinguished guests. Verity serves until 1956. others’ terms are one year.
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Arthur J. Connell
American Legion
Ed Portsmouth
J. D. Sawyer
National Economic Commission
Foreign Relations Commission
William Verity
Martin V. Coffey
Law and Order
Sam McAdow
Verity
Toastmasters Dinner Meeting at Gecklers Hearth
The Toastmasters Club held a steak dinner for 25 members and guests at Gecklers Hearth. Robert McConaughy chaired the event with Fred Rapp as topic master and Robert Sutton as general critic. Speakers included Robert McIntyre James Malcom John Kauffman George Kalb and Charles Garrett. Duncan Dunning and Ed Turner were welcomed as new members. Next meeting set for December 3 at 7 15 p m in the Gardner Board conference room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toastmasters Club
Gecklers Hearth
Robert McConaughy
Fred Rapp
Walker
Carll
Robert Sutton
Robert McIntyre
James Malcom
John Kauffman
George Kalb
Charles Garrett
Duncan Dunning
Ed Turner
Gardner Board
Officials Warn Nonfilers In Middletown Area Elections
The county Board of Elections warned Middletown and Lemon Township candidates to file campaign expense accounts by once or face court action. Prosecutor Bosch said delinquent candidates would be notified by letter and required to account for spending immediately. Three Hamilton council candidates were among those failing to file. other names were not released.
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Middletown - Lemon Township
County Board of Elections
Jackson Bosch
Frank Dobrozsi
Middletown
Doborzsi
Hamil
Ton
Bosch
Hamilton Council
Charges Dismissed But Man Jailed On Other Complaints
Robert Jones of Lebanon, 33, returned from Butler County jail to face embezzlement charges for $58 as a driver for Carters Beverages. The embezzlement count was dismissed at Back’s request after restitution. Jones was fined $90.80 on resisting arrest and intoxication in Squire J E Jackson’s court, plus a $500 peace bond. His wife Juanita sought the bond as Jones resisted arrest when taken into custody by Constable Otis Coleman.
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Squire
Robert Jones
Lebanon
Butler County
Carter
Walter Back
Alton H Combs
Back
Jones
Squire J. E. Jackson
Squire Jackson
Juanita
Otis Cole Lon Wilbraham
Pupils Stage Entertainment For Kiwanis Ladies Night
Ten Lemon Monroe High School students performed at Kiwanis Ladies Night last night at First Presbyterian Church. Thirty couples attended with Rhythm Youngsters providing music. Acts included tap dance by the Fallen sisters and pantomime by Linda Ratliff and Dale Reiff. The club funded another eye muscle surgery case and plans a joint Thanksgiving program with other service groups Tuesday noon.
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Lemon-Monroe High School
Kiwanis Club
First Presbyterian Church
Rhythm Youngsters
Gene Young
Gene Dennis
Billy Stiehl
Hubert Steele
The
Fallen Sisters
Linda Ratliff
Dale Reiff
Marlene Thomas
Jack West
Charles Reuthe
Fred Stork
Norman Kerr
Earl Dale
First Baptist Church
Manchester
First Polio Dance Set to Benefit Infantile Paralysis Drive
The first in a series of dances to aid the infantile paralysis drive will be held tomorrow at the Armco Center. It is a Sadie Hawkins event with the Jones Band of Indiana providing music. Proceeds go to fight polio. Mrs. Fannie Patterson and Benny Haywood oversee arrangements. Sponsored by the colored Committee for Infantile Paralysis.
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Armco Center
Jones Band of
Indiana
Fannie Patterson
Benny Haywood
Colored Committee For
Jail Escapee Is Captured Near Maryland
A second of four men who escaped the Butler County jail on August 3 has been captured near Hiattsville Maryland. Louis Ginn 31 alias Charles Vernon Walker of 3822 Beekman St Cincinnati is in custody. Ginn was awaiting trial on break ing and entering charges. Robert Lacey of Middletown was captured in Oxford. Harold O Ban nion of New Miami and William Ritchie of Middletown remain at large. An officer will be sent to Maryland to return Ginn to Hamilton.
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Butler County
Hiattsville
Prince George’s County
Charles B. Walke
Louis Ginn
Charles Vernon Walker
Beekman St
Cincinnati
Ginn
Robert Lacey
Middletown
Oxford
Harold O'Bannion
New Miami
William Ritchie
Walke
Maryland
Hamilton
Professional Bondsman Loses Two Customers
Hamilton special report details a bondsman losing two clients who failed to appear for trial, costing him 1500 dollars. Judge Fred B. Cramer ordered confiscation of bonds posted by Albert Nantz of 26 N. B Street. The defendants were William Edward Brown indicted for failure to support his family and Charles Barnes charged with grand larceny, both from Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Fred B. Cramer
Albert Nantz
N. B St
William Edward Brown
Charles Barnes
Thieves Break Into Don Fisher’s Barber Shop
Deputies Loren Gustin and Frank South investigated a break in at 2009 Waneta Street Oneida the other night. Thieves stole three pairs of electric hair clippers two straight razors a card of aluminum pocket combs four bottles of hair tonic a bottle of shampoo and a table model radio.
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Don Fisher
Waneta St
Oneida
Loren Gustin
Frank South
Three Autos Get Tangled On Central
Police investigated two accidents near Central Avenue. A three car crash at 8 a.m. at Central and Sutphin damaged one vehicle by $125 with Hazel Shatto stopping left and Brack Collins rear colliding as Charles Richards pulled right. A second crash at 3 p.m. on Broad Street involved Harry Joslyn backing and Boyd Beverly’s auto sustaining $75 damage. No injuries reported.
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Central Avenue
Sutphin Street
Hazel Shatto
Grand Ave
Brack Collins
Moorman St
Charles Richards
McKinley St
Collins
Shatto
Harry Joslyn
Germantown Rd
Broad Street
Boyd Beverly
Yankee Rd
Beverly
Waynesville man bound over on auto theft charge in Warren
Curtis Meadows of Waynesville was bound over to the Warren grand jury under $5,000 by Squire Welton Hizar after being apprehended by Deputy Ralph Palmer on auto theft charges. State Patrolman Richard Lawrence cited Donald Tebbe of Neptune for failing to observe a stop sign and he was fined $20 costs by Squire Hizar.
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Lebanon
Curtis Meadows
Waynesville
Ralph Palmer
Squire Welton Hizar
Richard Lawrence
Donald W. Tebbe
Neptune
Squire Hizar
Judge Revokes Life Driving Rights for Man in WC Case
Judge Alton H. Combs in Municipal Court permanently revoked driving privileges of Arthur R. Wall 59 of 913 Henry Ave. He received three days in Butler County jail a $100 fine plus costs for operating a vehicle while intoxicated after police arrested him at 11:30 a.m. near Tytus Avenue and Elwood Street following a crash that forced another car onto the Gillen Crowe drug store sidewalk. Wall denied the charges though four officers testified to extreme intoxication. the judge noted a prior DWI and reduced the fine citing sympathy for Wall's wife who would bear the payment.
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Alton H. Combs
Butler County
Arthur R. Wall
Henry Ave
Wall
Harry Richardson
Tytus Avenue
Elwood Street
Gillen-Crowe Drug Store
Intruders Hit Lincoln School and Four Nearby Stores
Lincoln School on E Central Avenue suffered $100 in damage from a break-in reported late last night. Juveniles likely carried out the school intrusion, tearing a window screen to gain entry and damaging a movie screen and portable radio phonograph. Other break-ins targeted Mohata Decorators, Ralston service station, Charles Street hardware, with flashlights and batteries taken.
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Lincoln School
E. Central Avenue
Ralph Bauer
Paul Fouts
Mohata Decorators
Central Ave
Ralston
Charles Street
North Avenue
Ernest Hardware Store
Charles St
James Staton
Wilford Palmer
Cecil Short
James Howerton
William Brewer
Charles West
Wade Owers
Delayed On Merging Of Schools In Butler County
Butler County Board of Education discussed petitions from Milford Township and Somerville to join the Oxford-Hanover district. No decision yet. action possible in a few days. Merger would keep current buildings for elementary students while upper grades attend Oxford schools. A new high school and bond issue likely in spring.
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Butler County
Board of Education
Milford Township
Somerville
Oxford- Hanover
C. H. Williams
Williams
Milford
Oxford-Hanover
Oxford Steward
Oxford McGuffey
Seven Mile
Army Sets Up New Rate Policy On Reenlistments
The Army announces a new reenlistment rate policy. Discharged soldiers who wait over 90 days but under a year will drop only one rank, and for longer waits loss increases by one rank per year. Local officer M Sgt Al Walters explains the change, replacing the old rule that waited veterans reentered as privates.
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Army
al Walters
Constable 47th Traffic Victim in Hamilton County
Hamilton County records the 47th traffic death of 1953 as Harry Jackson 55 of Lincoln Heights with constable duties in Lockland district. A truck overturned after a rear tire blew near Hamilton on Ohio 130 east of McGonigle. Jackson died from a fractured neck. companion Will Hunter, 67, injured. Jackson also ran a fire and burial alarm business in Cincinnati.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Hamilton County
Harry Jackson
Lindy Lane
Lincoln Heights
Springfield Township
Jackson
Will
Hunter
Chester Rd
Woodlawn
Ohio 130
McGonigle
Charles B. Walke
Lockland
Cincinnati
At The Movies Showings This Weekend
Paramount presents Mo gambo with showtimes 1 50 4 20 6 45 and 9 10 p.m Friday and Saturday STRAND screens Fighting Lawman at 1 15 4 25 7 25 and 10 15 p.m Also Sixteen Fathoms Deep plays 2 50 5 55 8 55 p.m Friday and 2 15 5 45 8 45 p.m Saturday with Fighting Lawman at 3 45 7 15 and 10 15 p.m for the weekend program
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Paramount
Safe Driving Training in Middle Town Car
Safely, competently in Middle towns only complete dual control training car. Simplified, scientific lessons by patient and courteous instructors. Learn to drive on regular driver's side under actual traffic conditions. Reasonable rates. Phone tomorrow. Runyan's Driver Training Phone 3-5101.
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Middletown
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Action
Kiwanis
Purity
Olga
Ramo
Hatfield Coal CO
DIAL
Charlie
North Main St
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Gruen
Watch Makers
George
Bill Baker
East End
Warren
Beryl Orr
Stanley St
Fouts
Miss Orr
Staton
Mohata
Olaf Hogg
Bank OF
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sutphia Park Place
Armco East
Monroe Branch
Monroe, Ohio
Runyan
Carmelettes
Joyce
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Debs
Tweedies
Eagles Bazaar
Eagles Hall
Damon Runyan
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