Middletown Knights sponsor bingo amid legal dispute
The Middletown Council 1610 Knights of Columbus admitted sponsorship of the September 24 bingo at the K of C Hall. Bob Hudson reported the lodge will take full responsibility after earlier statements. Police arrested Joseph Mulligan and Ed Hobbs as the hearing approaches October 9 while attorneys seek a declaratory judgment on gambling law.
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K. of C Hall
Middletown Council 1610
Knights of Columbus
Bob Hudson
Grand Knight
Hudson
Joseph B. Blackmore
Ralph Bauer
Roy Crout
Joseph Mulligan
Ed Hobbs
Ohio Ave
Max Finkleman
David F. Dillon
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Legion Home Manager Leaves 10 Year Role in Portmouth
Ed Portsmouth, longtime Legion Post 218 business manager and executive secretary, resigns as office duties are discontinued. Mrs. Harold Lovely will remain office secretary. Portsmouth now works at Armco Steel and runs a home art studio. He helped grow Post 218 to leadership in the state before stepping down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Portsmouth
Legion Post
Legion
Arthur A. Albaugh
Harold Lovely
Pinta Ave
Lovely
Joyce Boots Weatherwax
Portsmouth
AIC
Armco Steel Corp
Armco Dr
Legion of Tce
Harold Goetz
William Niblock
Howard Wilson
Paul Long
R. D. Stevens Jr
S. J. McAdow
Walt Spindler
Roger Dillman
Cecil Runyan
Robert Barnard
J. FE. Windsor
Legion Home
McAdow
YMCA Launches Businessmen's Night Program Lunch Hour Classes
The YMCA announces a businessmen's program with a look better feel better live better theme. Special noon classes from 12 to 1 30 p m serve male Y members at lunch. Activities include swimming volleyball handball squash and badminton. The program runs Monday to Friday with volleyball on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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YMCA
Trimnastics Classes Open at YMCA for Women
The YMCA will begin trimnastics classes for women tomorrow at 10 am with exercises games and activities followed by swimming. An hour long class will run each Thursday morning and a separate evening class for working women will be held weekly from 7 to 8 pm with the same format.
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YMCA
Heater Explosion Injures Woman in Home Incident
A 27 year old woman, Mrs Edward Lee of 2511 Carmody Blvd, suffered minor burns to hands face and chest when a hot water heater exploded at her home. She was driven to Middletown Hospital by her husband and released after treatment.
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Edward Lee
Carmody Blvd
Middletown Hospital
Architect Succumbs in Cincinnati
Robert S. Crapsey, 2, renowned architect who redesigned Cincinnati’s major buildings, died Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Robert S. Crapsey
Land Plea Up Before Commission
A petition to vacate part of Santa Barbara Drive will be presented to city commissioners at 7:45 p.m. The filing is by J. D. Sawyer president of Jayem Realty Co owner of adjoining property, seeking the street’s vacation north of Stevens Avenue and south of the New York Central tracks. Jayem owns about nine acres south of the railroad west of Santa Barbara east of Shafer Street and north of Stevens Avenue. The land is zoned industrial and vacation would add about half an acre.
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Santa Barbara Drive
J. D. Sawyer
Jayem Realty Co
Stevens Avenue
New York Central
Jayem
Santa Barbara
Shafer Street
Fast Work Saves Tol From Creek
A 19 month old boy Gary Feltner was found unconscious in a shallow creek pool. His mother Mrs Herman Feltner waded in to recover him while Calvin Webber and two Miamisburg firemen provided rescue breathing and revived him within minutes. A physician praised the responders and the boy was kept under observation at home.
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Miamisburg
Gary Feltner
Union Road
Herman Feltner
Germantown
Calvin Webber
Lower Germantown
Harold Whitmer
Ray Stamps
Webber
Amanda Boys To See Miami University Basketball Game
About 30 Amanda YMCA boys will attend the Miami University Xavier game Saturday. They will depart Amanda School by car at 11 30 a.m. in charge are Jack Wiley and Les Theodore with arrangements by John Brickels. The boys will return to the YMCA for a swim after the game.
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Amanda Ymca
Miami University
Xavier
Amanda School
Jack Wiley
YMCA
Les Theodore
Amanda
John Brickels
Damage Minor In Somerville Crash
Somerville report says a stake truck driven by 18 year old David Ebersole of Eldorado struck the rear of Roy Taylor's panel truck. Taylor 43 of Hamilton had stopped behind a school bus. No injuries and damage described as slight.
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Somerville
David Ebersole
Maple Street
Eldorado
U. S
Roy Taylor
Ross Ave
Hamilton
Taylor
YMCA drive tops all time record for women in campaign
The YMCA membership drive finished at 2,523, beating last year's 2,311. Five divisions reported 117.03 percent of their 2,150 quota, led by neighborhood division co chairs Mrs. Don Cross and Mrs. Tom Wilson. Awards went to top point getters including Cale Ledford, Mrs. Steve Kocos, Harold Dorn, Herb Johnson, and Gene Gross.
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YMCA
Don Cross
Tom Wilson
Armco East Works
Ray Melampy
Mac Sample
Armco General
Bill Saunders
Bob Ramsdell
City
Marion Swisher
Ross Kramer
Industrial
David Driscoll
John Harkrader
Cale Ledford
Oxlesby- Barnitz Bank
Steve Kocos
Franklin
Harold Dorn
Gardner Board & Carton Co
Office Outfitters, Inc
Herb Johnson
Armco Personnel
Gene Gross J
Armco Steel Corp
East Works
Charlene Seidner
Arden Swope
Eugene Turner
Ed Hoppley
John Reznor
Mike Dannis
Robert Barker
Morris Johnson
Vernon Agee
Joseph Constiner
Frank Dykes
John Evans
Mary Flannagan
Jane Hall
Betty Clem
John Walker
Herbert Stabler
Emerson Wendt
Joe Wells
al Myer
Merrill Gose
Harry James
Eugene Miller
Bill Gillespie
Eddie Layer
Gene Gross
Earle Leidner
Michael Danner
Asher
Coal Office Is Entered and Cash Stolen
Thieves broke into Parrott Coal Co. at 321 N Verity Pkwy last night and took $8 to $10 in change after smashing a south side window. Garfield School was also entered with glass broken at a south door and the principal’s office ransacked. nothing missing. Police said earlier juveniles damaged 54 Maple Park School windows with ball bearings.
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Parrott Coal Co
N. Verity Pkvy
Ptl
Jack Barnes
Garfield School
Homer Weikel
Weikel
Maple Park
Trinity PTA Names Four Committee Chairmen
Last night's Holy Trinity PTA meeting named four committee chairs. Mrs Glenn Kraft heads the cafeteria committee, Mrs Stanley List the school committee, Mrs Jess Borders the sick committee, and Mrs R F Yauch the program committee. Louis Rossi reported PTA fall festival plans for October 12 and the fifth grade won the attendance prize. A dinner meeting is set for November 12 in the school cafeteria.
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Holy Trinity Pta
Glenn Kraft
Stanley List
Jess Borders
R. F. Yauch
PTA
Louis Rossi
Civitan Club hears inflation talk at lunch meeting
Ray Creech of the Miami Detective and Collection Agency Middletown spoke at the Civitan Club luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. His talk titled Is the Question Mark Replacing the Dollar discussed inflation and the danger of overextending credit. Al Schwarz was program chairman.
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Ray Creech
Miami Detective and Collection Agency
Middletown
Civitan Club
Manchester Hotel
Creech
al Schwarz
Tragedy Averted Boys Carry Dynamite On Bus
In Wayne County two 13 year old boys carried three dynamite sticks on a school bus to the Boy Scout cabin behind Waynesville school. They admitted stealing explosives from a neighbor and planned to blow the cabin but delayed wiring. They were suspended then released to parents after juvenile proceedings.
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Waynesville
Warren County
Richard Satterthwaite
Satterthwaite
Charles LeMay
LeMay
Middletown
Agee Succeeds Hayden On Election Board Here
Harold Agee 31 of 1503 Highland St. is appointed assistant clerk of the Middletown Board of Elections, succeeding Robert Hayden who resigned to focus on business duties. Agee, a local auto salesman and GOP committee member, was chosen by the Butler County GOP and sworn in by Clerk R. B. Wilkerson. He is expected to be reappointed when the county board reorganizes in spring. Hayden served since September 1952 and cited increased responsibilities. Agee is a Middletown native with a wartime Navy Air Corps service and Purple Heart. active in local organizations. Mrs. Agee is vice president of the Young Republicans Club.
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Harold Agee
Highland St
Middletown
Board of Elections
Agee
Howe Motors
Central
Republican
Robert Hayden
Hayden
Armco Steel Corp
Press of Business
Butler County
GOP
County Election Board
R.B. Wilkerson
Frank
Fourth Ward
Lanier High School
Preble County
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Navy Air Corps
Saratoga
Pacific
American Legion Post 218
Sherman School
PTO
Lincoln Lodge
F&am
Rotary Club
Disabled American Veterans
First Presbyterian Church
Young Republicans Club
City Commission
Miami Tightens Wiring Orders After Small Dorm Fire
Miami University issued stricter wiring orders after a minor residence hall fire early Tuesday caused by a lamp cord contacting a metal bedpost. The blaze in Anderson Hall was discovered quickly during a routine drill, with damage deemed slight.
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Oxford
Miami University
Anderson Hall
Sue Ackermeyer
Cincinnati
Dorothy Meyer
Toledo
Helen Page
Light Bulb Blamed For Highview Fire
Heat from an electric bulb caused a fire at a one story frame garage owned by Eugene Lewis at 109 N Highview Rd last night. It did 75 dollars damage to the building but not the contents. Firefighters found a second small blaze at 4200 Tytus Ave this morning, a 10 dollar 1951 model bar owned by Mary Goodwin, short circuit blamed.
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Eugene Lewis
Highview Rd
Tytus Ave
Mary Goodwin
Middletown Men’s Horticultural Society Meets Tonight
The Men’s Horticultural Society of Greater Middletown meets at 8 p.m. today at the Shanty 1108 Elwood Street. The program covers fall care and preparation of plants in season.
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Sobiety
Greater Middletown
Elwood St
Tax Exemption Denied for Ohio Legion Property
The State Board of Tax Appeals denied real estate tax exemption for Matamoras Post No. 372 American Legion property in Washington Court House. The one-acre site with a meeting hall was ruled not exclusively charitable, keeping taxes for 1954 through 1957 in place.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Tax Appeals
Matamoras Post No
American Legion
Washington Court House
the Legion Post
Police Briefs Recover Stolen Cars and Items
Police recovered a car stolen from A. B. Botts on Manchester Ave near Lylburn Road and another car stolen from Clarence Miley on Girard Ave. A patrolman found the second vehicle on S Canal Street after 3 10 a m today. Thefts also included bicycles from Thomas Burnett and Billy Shirley, two hubcaps from Robert Davis, and a spreader valued at 15 dollars from K H Gregory Construction Co at the National Guard Armory.
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Leonard McFeeters
A. B. Botts
Manchester Ave
Lylburn Road
Clarence Miley
Girard Ave
Virgil Sorrell
S. Canal Street
Thomas Burnett
Swood St
Billy Shirley
Penfield Ave
Robert Davis
K. H. Gregory Construction Co
Xenia
National Guard Armory
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the Journal
Lodge
Portsmouth Sn
the Legion
Civilan Club
Future Investments Club
Tommy
Eddy
Stetson
Playboy
Brock
Osce. and
Central Avenue
Trimnastics
Public Service
C. A. Boeke
South Highlands
Miami
Riggs Funeral Home, Inc
Broad ST
Richard Miller
E. C. Muselton
B. P. Allen
Mrs. Cross
Trinity Pta
Richard D. Watters
Dobrovsi
Highview
Diamond
Home of
Central Ave
Lady Sylvia
Verity Easy
Parkas
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