Nine New Jobs Approved for Oxford Sewage Plant Opening
City Commission approved nine new positions at the Oxford State Road sewage treatment plant including assistant superintendent and operator classes with salaries from 347 to 500 dollars monthly. The plant may open in three weeks as it nears completion part of a nine million dollar postwar sewer program.
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City Commission
Oxford State Road
Kelsie Singleton
Singleton
Bulls Run
Meadowlawn
North Middletown
Achievers Stock Sale Set Oct 51
Junior Achievers plan their fourth annual stock sale at Green & Ladd stock brokers on Thursday in October. William Robinson, JA board chair, stated 14 JA company presidents and treasurers will participate. From 3 30 to 4 30 p m on October 31 they expect to sell 20 shares per company to business men, with some over the phone.
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Green & Ladd
William Robinson
Robinson
M. G. McCall
Jack Linzie
Local Boys Hurt When Car Hits Pole
Three Butler County youths were injured when their car left Hamilton Trenton Road and struck a telephone pole. Hubert Cole Jr. 19 of Hamilton suffered head cuts and a fractured right arm. Roger Hardin 17 of Yankee Road had left knee contusions and was released. Robert Gephart 18 of West Middletown had left leg abrasions and right shoulder contusions. The car was westbound and nearly demolished in rainy weather near Trenton at 11 35 p m.
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Butler County
Hamilton - Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Hubert Cole Jr
Gephart Rd
Hamilton
Roger Hardin
Roy Hardin
Yankee Rd
Robert Gephart
Glenn Gephart
West Middletown
Hardin
Trenton
Knights of Pythias Halloween Fete at Castle Hall
The Lafayette Lodge 37 Knights of Pythias plans a Halloween party and square dance at Castle Hall. A 6 30 p m fish dinner for members and guests opens the evening, followed by square dancing led by Mr and Mrs Roy Stutz. Prizes will honor best costumes in the masked grand march. The party committee includes Noah Lambert Theodore Thompson Pleas Turner Elza Abraham A G Armitage and Jack Combs.
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Lafayette Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Roy Stutz
Noah Lambert
Theodore Thompson
Pleas Turner
Elza Abraham
A. G. Armitage
Jack Combs
Fire Engine Quells Manchester Ave Blaze No Damage
City firemen responded yesterday to a fire in the 1500 block of Manchester Avenue caused when a street torch was upset. There was no damage reported and no injuries.
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Manchester Avenue
Commissiones discuss railroad crossing improvements and street lighting plans
City officials debated urging railroads to accelerate crossing upgrades within the city. Plans include resurfacing Manchester Avenue and New York Central crossings next spring after Bulls Run sewer work, with follow through on grade crossing changes with NYC, B&O and Pennsylvania railroads.
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Arthur Sanderson
Charles W. Thompson
Manchester Avenue
New York Central
Bulls Run
Thompson
NYC
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
William W. Denham
Public Service
Denham
Creekview
Poppy Drives
Central Avenue
Middletown Schools Hit Hard by Bug Epidemic
The illness outbreak raises absentee rates across Middletown public schools led by McKinley Junior High with 34 percent of students out. Roosevelt Junior High reports 20 percent absent, Middletown High 15 percent, Edison 14, Central 11, Lemon Monroe-Fenwick 9, and Holy Trinity parochial school 18 percent out. Fenwick sees a slight drop as 12 return. planned Fenwick vs Shawen Acres football game proceeds though ar illness lingers.
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Middletown
McKinley Junior High
L. J. Ragland
Roosevelt Junior High
Middletown High School
Fdison
Central
Lemon-Monroe
Fenwick High School
Lawrence Krusling
Krusling
Fenwick
Shawen Acres
Dayton
Holy Trinity
Alma Mary
St. John's
St. Mary's
Bird Enjoys Gob Cooking On Coast Guard Vessel
LONG BEACH California a large bird resemb ling an American eagle was picked up by a Coast Guard ship about 1000 miles from shore and returned to port. It circled the USS Ponchartrain ten days ago then landed on the weather ships bridge. It fed on fish then gobbled scrambled eggs and has since feasted. Crew considers keeping it as a pet or turning it over to a wildlife group.
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Long Beach
Calif
Coast Guard
Lambert Greenlee
Greenlee
Whittier
Green
Woman Charged In Cutting Case At Moonglow Cafe
Eloise Nord, 31, of 707 Louis Point, is charged on a warrant with cutting Mary Young, 20, of 1325 Grove Street, last Friday night at the Moonglow Cafe. Mrs. Young, in Middletown Hospital in good condition, suffered abdominal and neck wounds. Police say the fracas began when Young spilled Leer on Nord.
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Eloise Nord
Louis Pt
Mary Young
Grove St
Moonglow Cafe
Garfield St
Police Briefs Thieves Target Pigeons Bicycle Vandalism
Police report yesterday details as 38 pigeons stolen from kennels behind Kenneth Moore's home at 822 18th Ave. A bicycle was taken from Gail Martin at 2608 Poincian and Mattie Ballard described a heavyset man pouring liquid on rugs and a chair at 2809 Fleming Rd. About 75 dollars in damage occurred. Vandals damaged Barkelew Electric Manufacturing Co. by destroying lights windows and tearing roofing.
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Kenneth Moore
18Th Ave
Gail Martin
Poincianand
Mattie Ballard
Robert Barnard
Fleming Rd
Barkelew Electric Manufacturing Co
Explorer Fred Hollon Becomes Eagle Scout
Explorer Scout Fred Hollon aged 16, son of Clyde and Mrs. Hollon of 615 Garfield St., was awarded the Eagle Scout rank last night. An honor student at Fenwick High, he earned second and first class ranks, has 23 merit badges, and served as patrol leader and senior crew leader. He participated in Philmont and Cumberland Trek expeditions and is active in the Junior Classical League and school plays.
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Boy Scouting
Fred Hollon
Clyde Hollon
Garfield St
Fenwick High School
Elza Abraham
Philmont
N. M
Middletown Traffic Woes On Rain Slick Streets
Eleven city accidents on slick streets caused 2795 in damage and one minor injury. A bus carrying 16 Journal editors collided with a Franklin Dayton area student’s car at Central Avenue and Curtis Street at 9 43 a m. Police cited Bernice Ketchem for red light violation.
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Middletown
Journal
Central Avenue
Curtis Street
Middletown Hospital
Bernice Ketchem
Maple Dr
Franklin
Billy Watkins
Baltimore St
Louis Dunfee
Yankee Rd
Jesse Wills
Sheffield St
1St Avenue
Crawford Street
Scouts Attend Eagles Hall Program Led by Hollow
About 85 scouts and parents attended the program at the Eagles Hall. Eagle Scout Hollow served as master of ceremonies with Frank Karstovich as troop chairman Arnold Wehr Eagles Lodge vice president Roy Wells Paul Shafer and Francis Ditmeyer also participating.
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Eagles’ Hall
Eagle Scout Hollow
Frank Karstovich
Arnold Wehr
The
Eagles Lodge
Roy Wells
Paul Shafer
Francis Ditmeyer
Patterson Under Knife at Mayo Clinic
Roy Pat Patterson secretary of the Middletown Chamber of Commerce underwent abdominal surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He had gone there for diagnostic study and the operation was successful though final results will take time. His wife Mrs LaVerne Patterson accompanied him.
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Roy
Pat’’ Patterson
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
Patterson
Mayo Clinic
LaVerne Patterson
Scout Refresher Set For Thursday
A refresher course for Girl Scout leaders will be offered Tuesday from 9 30 a m until 2 30 p m in the Girl Scout clubroom. The course aims at leaders with no prior group leadership training and also reviews for those with past training. Registrations will be accepted in the Girl Scout office.
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Girl Scout
Margaret Bailey
Girl Scout Office
City employee unions seek 15 percent across the board hike
Union requests reach City Manager Charles W. Thompson on behalf of fire streets sewers sanitation water and park divisions Local 336 Firefighters Union and Local 856 Municipal Employees Union demand a retroactive 15 percent rise to July 1 1957 with a meeting sought at Thompson's earliest convenience Thompson says the city plans to propose a two mill tax amendment to fund higher wages and has laid out a basic wage hours policy in separate memoranda with both unions
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Charles W. Thompson
Afl-Cio
Park Department
Firefighters Union
American Federation of State
Ralph Curtis
al Bilik
Cincinnati
Municipal
Middletown City
Thompson
Middletown
Afl-Cio Municipal Employee Union
Boro Youth Bound To Jury
The final of three 15 year old Spring Borough youths was bound over to the Grand Jury under a 700 bond by Warren County Juvenile Court Judge Ralph H. Carey. The youth, caught in Maysville Kentucky by state troopers, was postponed for pre hearing psychiatric evaluation before his hearing. The other two youths fled to Georgia before arrest and faced federal charges with one receiving a year in a federal reformatory and the other probation for a year.
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Lebanon
Springboro
Kentucky
Georgia
Warren County
Ralph H. Carey
Maysville
Baker
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Walnut St
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Yankee Road
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Brown Ave
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