Mayfield Annexation Fight Sparks Public Statement
Mayfield annexation supporters led by Marion Scott of Brentwood Street issued the first public statement defending incorporation with Middletown. They argued current costs exceed those under annexation, citing figures for water, sewer, and utilities, and disputed fears of higher taxes for Mayfield and North Middletown residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield
Middletown
Marion Scott
Brentwood Street
Scott
Lemon Township
Middltown
North Middletown
Fair Board Renews Pact For Racing In Hamilton
The Butler County Fair Board renewed Ohio Sports Enterprises lease for five years bringing horse racing to Hamilton for the 14th straight year. Rental rose from 1900 to over 3000 dollars. eight to two vote with Magie and Lewis Jr opposing amid local council race talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Fair Board
Ohio Sports Enterprises, Inc
Hamilton
Fairground
Hamilton Council
A. J. Magie
Middletown Rt. 1
Charles Lewis Jr
Tylersville Road
Stores Set Special Hours For December Holiday Shopping
The Retail Merchants Assn executive committee approved eight days of extended hours for Christmas shopping. Stores will open 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Fri. Nov 27, Fri. Dec 4, and Fri. Dec 11, with Dec 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Then Fri night Dec 18 to 9 p.m. The week before Christmas, Mon-Wed 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Christmas Eve closes at 5:30 p.m. Regular hours resume after Christmas week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Assn
Stoes
Need For Polls Here Critical For Nov. 3 Election
Middletown Board of Elections says polling places are urgently needed for three precincts 3-H 3-N and 4-1 for the November 3 vote. Deputies Dobrozsi and Hayden report failure to secure sites covering Aberdeen Drive Glenmore Drive Central Avenue and precinct boundaries. If no sites are found voters in 3-H 3-N may cast at Wilson School. Contact Dobrozsi 2-8093 Hayden 3-1735 or the elections office 2-6221. Additional workers and two voting crews per precinct are requested for election day.
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Board of Elections
Middletown
Frank Dobrozsi
Robert Hayden
Aberdeen Drive
Glenmore Drive
Central Avenue
Corporation
Queen Avenues
Wicorf
Waite
Dobrozsi
Hayden
Board of Elections Office
Wilson School
Pair Jailed For Buying Beer For 15-Year-Old Girl
A Middletown man William Hash 23 and Hamilton acquaintance Albert Jacobs 45 were sentenced to six months in the Cincinnati Workhouse after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor by buying beer for a 15-year-old girl in a Hamilton cafe and a Middletown tavern. They were fined 500 dollars plus costs. Charges against Pau line Curtis 28 of Middletown for selling beer to the girl were taken under advisement and will be ruled on next Friday.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Cincinnati
William Hash
Baltimore St
Albert Jacobs
Hooven Ave
Harry F. Walsh
Pauline Curtis
Lylburn Road
Hash
Jacobs
Oxford Man Seriously Hurt In Early Morning Crash
Oxford resident Jean Williams, 32, of Rt. 3, Oxford, was found unconscious in a wreck on Millville Reily Road near Cochran Road and transported to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton in poor condition. Deputies said he struck a large tree, left the ditch, and was not discovered for several hours. Williams operates a farm on Reily Peoria Road.
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Hamilton
Oxford
Mercy Hospital
Millville- Reily
Cochran Road
Jean Williams
Oxford Rt. 3
Millville
al Mahatha
William Cook
Williams
Reily - Peoria
One Plow For All Hands At Methodist Annex Groundbreaking
The First Methodist Church will break ground Sunday at 10 15 a m for a $147 000 annex as part of a $200 000 improvement program linking church and Wesley Hall and adding classrooms a ladies parlor and new entrance. Rev Louis R Walter leads the ceremony with a community plow gesture and Mrs Mary Harrison signals the first earth with her daughter issuing the 1890 spade memory. Acolytes carry flags as congregants led by the choir sing Onward Christian Soldiers and church leaders guide the plow along the ceremonial route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Louis R. Walter
Mary Harrison
Middletown
Wesley Hall
Car Hits Train Injuring Middletown Man at Early Crossing
A 26 year old man, Wilburn McIntosh of Trenton Rt. 1, was in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after driving into the diesel freight engine The Time Saver at Early’s crossing on the Franklin Trenton Road about 5 AM. He suffered possible skull fracture cerebral concussion and multiple injuries. Firemen extinguished flames as the car wreckage lay along the track. Police ambulance and conductors reported the incident. McIntosh was added to Riggs ambulance for hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Early’s Crossing
Franklin - Trenton
Loren Gustin
Wilburn McIntosh
Wayne - Madison Road
Trenton Rt. 1
Gustin
McIntosh
Victor J. Hauser
Tenth St
Newport
Riggs
Frigidaire
Dayton
Beattyville
Vanderveer Street
Middletown
Girl Dies in BMX Collision Removed From Toll
Hamilton special report says 10 year old Maud girl Allonia McGuire died after riding into a train. Coroner Garret Boone deemed the accident not a traffic fatality since a bike is not a vehicle. Revised toll remains 43. burial set for tomorrow in Rock Castle County Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Maud
Butler County
Garret J. Boone
Allonia McGuire
Rock Castle County
Kiwanis Plans Vote On Two Mil Levy In Manchester Talk
Earle Seidner urged Kiwanis members to back a proposed two mill school tax levy during yesterday’s luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. After the talk the Kiwanis board decided to refer the issue to all members for a vote at next Thursday’s lunch meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Earle R. Seidner
Manchester
Great Britain Adults Over Half Live Without Children
A census style finding reports that more than half of British households have no residents under 16. The data highlights shifting family patterns and demographic change across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Middletown Citizens Committee backs Amendment No 2 plan
The Middletown Citizens Committee outlined plans to sponsor Amendment No 2 for a State Board of Education at a high school meeting. H Lawrence, chair, distributed information and urged members to contact city groups to gain support. The lineup includes Jack Christy Paul Day R C Caudill Dan Humphreys and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Dan Humphreys
Cecil Kindred
J. H. Stalker
Homer Leffler
Hugh Parker
Ralph Ringgenberg
J. D. Sawyer
Russell Thomas
Russell Weatherwax
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Mayfielders
Toronto
State
Liquor Control Department
Fair Board
Ditch
Travel Service
First National Bank
First National
Bank OF
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sutphin Park Place
Armco East
Monroe Branch
Monroe, Ohio
Norman Locke
Bill Sanders
A. E. Bridge
Shuttle Bros. Co
Locke
Sanders
Shattle
Methodists
Wayne Township
Vincent A
Sisson
Pol. Adv
Lincoln Mercury Co
Lincoln-Mercury Company
Tytus Ave
Rogers Diamond Consultants
U.S. Put
Rogers
Wame
Central Ave
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