East End merchants seek cemetery parking lot
East End merchants pressed to convert land in front of Middletown Cemetery into a parking area. City Commission discussed the proposal amid mixed views from officials who said the space remains a cemetery. The plan involves grading and graveling with city oil or asphalt, while downtown lot construction raises questions of equity and funding.
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East End
City Commission
Webban Senne Dann
A Igusi Stuits
Cuba Vucusaau
East Enders
H. W. Starick
Francis Carmody
Middletown Cemetery
Ross A. Hill
Harold Goetz
Streifthau
Carmody
Middletown
Cemetery Association
Denny Lumber Company
Lumber Company
Kramer
Howard Kramer Considers the City Manager Role
Howard Kramer a city manager candidate said he considered the whole job scope and related responsibilities during discussions with city officials. He emphasized leadership, municipal services, and financial oversight as key aspects of the position.
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Howard Kramer
Cty
Red Propaganda Books Show Only Small Part Of POWs Real Life
Middletown ex-prisoners Charles Riddell Jr Roland Hamilton and William Roosa read a Chinese Communist booklet about POW life in Korea and rejected its sanitized view. They recalled brutal diets medical neglect and forced singing for propaganda while noting progressives enjoyed perks and treated malnutrition with light narratives.
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Stan Meisler
Charles Riddell Jr
Middletown
No. 3
Richard A. Peterson
Riddell
Peterson
Roland A. Hamilton
William F. Roosa
Hamilton
Korea
Roosa
Hamton
Midletown
Public service speaker at Friendship Baptist Church Friday
Dr S C Richards former pastor of New Hope Baptist Church will speak at 8 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church 1404 Garfield St for the Building Fund. A rummage sale for the Church of God building fund at 1317 Grove St starts Saturday 8 30 a.m. Elder Reynolds says church business meeting is 7 p.m. Saturday. The Ohio Valley Alliance meets at 3 p.m. Sunday at Friendship with Rev Ernest Jones. The Rose Bud Club gathers at Viola Mitchells 934 8th Ave 8 30 p.m. Friday. Oysters nine inches long were common along the Atlantic coast at the Pilgrims arrival.
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S. C. Richards
Allen Chapel
CME
College Corner
New Hope Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church
Garfield St
H. Hart
Church of God
11Th Avenue
Lincoln St
Grove St
William Reynolds
Ohio Valley Alliance
Ernest Jones
Rose Bud Club
Viola Mitchell
8Th Ave
Atlantic
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Schick
Miller’s
Central Ave
Ernest Hardware
Ironing Board
Ernest
Charles ST
Colored News
Middletown Paint & Glass CO
Dial
Cal
OUR Childrens Dept’s
DuPont
Orson Slipover
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