Pumpkin transformed from jack o lantern to turkey gobbler
A 95 pound pumpkin, first painted for Halloween at Lebanon's Golden Lamb, was later transformed by Roosevelt Middle School students into a turkey gobbler named Tom for Thanksgiving. Introduced to Roosevelt teacher Edith Matson, the pumpkin was preserved and posed in the art room under principal Carl McVey with 18 art students aiding Mrs. Elizabeth Ditmyer.
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Prince
Lebanon
Roosevelt Middle School
Hydraulic Engineer Richard F. Thomas to Leave Conservancy
Richard F. Thomas, principal hydraulic engineer at the Miami Conservancy District for seven years, will depart by month’s end after a 15 year civil engineering career. The move follows district reorganizations and a shift in leadership under general manager L. Bennett Coy, with Eiffert taking chief engineer duties December 1 and Thomas’s future role under review. John Fox will become treasurer December 1.
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Richard F. Thomas
Miami Conservancy District
Thomas
L. Bennett Coy
Conservancy
Conservancy Board of Directors
Coy
Max L. Mitchell
Conservancy District
William T. Eiffert
Dayton
Water Department
Eiffert
John Fox
State Auditor’s Office
Gum consumption facts from 1945 to 1960
In 1945 industry sources claimed the United States chewed 15 billion sticks annually, enough to encircle the Earth 260 times at the equator. By 1960 enthusiasts argued that sticks laid end to end would reach the Sun, about 93 million miles away.
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United States
Suit Blames Road Hole For Wreck
Irma Scudder and Cincinnati Insurance sue Butler County commissioners and two road contractors for 55247.61 in damages over a Hamilton road wreck on Hamilton Mason Road in December 1963. The plaintiff says a hole on the south edge of the roadway caused her car to veer, strike a tree and post, and injure her back head knee and hand. Named defendants include Walter L. Follmer Inc and Robert Beedle & Son Inc, plus county commissioners Cale Logsdon William Denham Donald Bacon.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Butler County Commissioners
Irma Scudder
Craig Drive
The
Cincinnati Insurance Co
Central Parkway
Cale Logsdon
William Denham
Donald Bacon
Walter L. Follmer Inc
Riverside Drive
New Miami
Robert Beedle & Son Inc
Creek Road
Cincinnati
Hamilton-Mason Road
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Karen Tyra
Jurt Borneman
Sheckler
Edith Matson
Roosevelt Math
Hydraulics Engineer
Music Center
An-Fm
M&c Shoe Department
Coats
Misses &G
Bethuba
Orig
Stereos & Components
Middletown
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