City approves four percent wage hike for Middletown staff
City Commission authorized a four percent pay increase for about 250 salaried employees, plus city payment of half hospitalization costs, boosting the $1,060,000 annual payroll by $52,000 starting Oct. 1. Police and fire staff gain about $14 more per month, secretaries about $10, and workers backdated adjustments were discussed.
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Middletown
Commission
Charles W Thompson
Thompson
Heals
Ross A. Hill
Tilman Ellison
Ohio Draft Quota Counts 609 Call for October
The Ohio Selective Service headquarters issued a draft call for 609 registrants in October, seven more than September. Minimum age is 21 unless volunteering or delinquent. County quotas list Butler 13, Montgomery 24, Preble 7, Warren 1. About 27,000 Americans go blind yearly.
Tears For Breakfast Cafe Bomb Incident
Mrs Daisy Bowden discovered a tear gas bomb inside the cafe safe at 048 Crawford St causing tears among staff and patrons. Officers Theodore Thompson and Ed Lykins removed the device at 5 53 am with no injuries or damage reported. Police noted the gas tube was likely bumped from a bag containing about 200 in nickels. Earlier a stink bomb was reported at 1203 Central Ave. patrolman Don Porter found it at 6 01 pm.
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Bill
East End
Crawford St
Daisy Bowden
Theodore Thompso
Ed Lykins
Central Ave
Don Porter
Farmer to Be Full Time Fire Chief at Franklin
Edgar Farmer 35 years with Thirkfield's Department Store will leave the store Saturday to take full time duties as Franklin Fire Chief. Appointed Aug. 1, he has served part time since 1935 and will devote all time to the department. Mayor John Shotwell announced new fire department appointments restoring full strength after July resignations. Howard Harville named assistant chief. his brother Paul Harville named captain. Seven call firefighters named include Hineline Burns Herold Collins Cummings ONeal and Shotwell. Donald Taylor placed on qualified list as replacement. Farmer begins full time duties Sunday.
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Franklin
Edgar Farmer
Thirkield’s
Franklin’s Fire Department
Farmer
John Shotwell
Fire Department
Howard Harville
Paul Harville
Shotwell
Charles Hineline
Robert Burns
Donald Herold
Reese Collins
Luther Cummings
Robert O'Neal
Jack Shotwell
Donald Taylor
Jail Empty Seventeen Hours in Middletown Jail
Middletown police reported the city jail was empty for 17 hours from 9:30 a.m. yesterday to 2:30 a.m. today. By 2:30 a.m. four arrests followed a bench warrant and three assault and battery charges. Edward Beavers and Arch Johnson were taken into custody at home, while Glenn Moon and Ernest Patrick were arrested on warrants and charges. Beavers posted bond. police called it a rare occurrence.
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Middletown
City
Glenn Moon
Young
Arch Johnson
Lylburn Rd
Ernest Patrick
Richardson Sr
Edward Beavers
6Th Ave
Holy Trinity Parish Extends Birthday Blessings to Pastor
Holy Trinity Church celebrated Msgr James F McNary turning 78 with 288 voices singing happy birthday after Mass. Students gathered on his front yard to present a card and a spiritual bouquet. He has served the parish 34 years and marks 53 years as a priest.
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James F. McNary
Holy Trinity Church
Father McNary
Big vote planned in California Civic Association election
More than 7000 ballots are expected in the Civic Association's 32nd annual election on Sept. 1926. Tom Venable, managing director, said votes from contributing members will determine 10 posts on the board. Plant posters ballots and ballot boxes will reach local firms by next week and votes will be tabulated Sept. 29 in the Manchester Hotel Junior Ballroom.
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Civic Association
Tom Venable
Association
Civic
Venable
Manchester
Evening film listings for Paramount Strand Colonial Dixie Cruise In
Thursday and Friday showtimes for Paramount with Far Horizon Man from Laramie Unchained Violent Saturday Creature with the Atom Brain It Came from Beneath the Sea How To Be Very Very Popular Tanganyika Frances Joins the Wacs Jivaro Carmen Jones plus Friday sessions and multiple late slots across theaters.
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Far Horizon
Laramie
Tanganyika
Tanganyika” At 1:54, 5:13 and 8:32 Pm.; ‘Frances
Wacs
Dixie Cruise
Jivaro
Carmen Jones
Man Arrested For Shooting Out Window In Hamilton
Sherman Barrett 22, of 2605 Elmo Ave., was arrested for shooting into Hamilton Police Officer Virgil Manns home on a Friday night. Barrett faces charges of shooting with intent to kill and malicious destruction of property, with bond set at 5000. Visitor Peter Di Nicola suffered a facial abrasion from flying debris. officer and wife unharmed.
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Hamilton
Sherman Barrett
Elmo Ave
Virgil Mann
Brough Ave
James Welsh
Phil Baker
Barrett
Mann
Elmer Gabel
Bond
Peter di Nicola
Chester
Middletown Flood Relief Drive Surpasses Goal
Middletown flood relief efforts raised over 5500 dollars, surpassing the 1750 goal after a closing report by the Middletown Independent Unions Flood Relief committee led by Aeroncan union president Enis Marshall. Local workers and unions across Armco and Prior Products contributed, with Red Cross donations in the Eastern states exceeding 10 million dollars.
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Middletown
Middletown Independent Unions
Aeroncan
Enis Marshall
Red Cross
James Blevins
Clayton & Lambert Independent Union
C. J. Merchant
Armco General Office
Ed Windsor
Armco Employes Independent Federation
G. H. Richter
Barkeley Employes Assn
Ivory Howard
Coolidge Independent Union
Harry Brown
Gardner Board & Carton United Independent Paperworkers
Mira Bluhm
Prior Products Independent Union
Angelo Laureno
Garrett Brewer
United Welding Independent Union
Robert Barnard
Post 218
American Legion
American Red Cross
E. Roland Harriman
Sebald Award Heads Named By Jaycees
Paul Deger named chairman of the 1996 Sebald Self-Reliance Award program by the Jaycees with Charles Hill as vice chairman. The $1,590 prize honors eight high school students showing initiative to support themselves while in school.
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Paul Deger
Gary Klouman
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Hill
Hill
John Baker
Columbus
Kansas City
Kan
Finkleman Named Local Rep for National Real Estate Institute
Thomas W. Baird Sr. announced Harry A. Finkleman as Middletown Real Estate Board's local representative of the National Institute of Real Estate Brokers. He received his appointment certificate at a board meeting. The institute release says his duties include stimulating panel discussions on brokerage problems at the local level to acquaint brokers with changes in advertising financing and taxation affecting realty transactions.
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Thomas W. Baird Sr
Middletown Real Estate Board
Harry A. Finkleman
National Institute of Real Estate Brokers
Finkleman
Carmody and Stiles File Petitions for Middletown Commission
Carmody and Stiles filed petitions for Middletown City Commission seats with about 650 and 728 signatures respectively. Three seats are open in the November 8 election, with Miller and others expected to file by the deadline, while potential candidates Agee Wells and Redding are noted.
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Middletown
City Commission
Francis Carmody
Charles B. Stiles
Board of Elections
Martin B. Miller
Ord
Harold Agee
Paul Wells
Petitons
Stiles
Miller
Martin V. Coffey
Mary E.strodtbeck
Roger Dillman
Oliver Smith
Robert Q. Millan
Car Overturns Sending Pair To Hospital
Two men ejected from an open convertible on Augspurger Road were hospitalized at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton. John Kirby 36 and David Seibert 26 sustained head and chest injuries with lacerations as the vehicle overturned multiple times. The wreck occurred at 10 30 p m and the car was demolished. A second crash on New Burlington Road near Waynesville sent Viola Lamb 21 and Roy Lamb 19 to Miami Valley Hospital Dayton with head injuries and facial cuts. The second auto suffered extensive damage.
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Augspurger
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
John Kirby
Main St
David Seibert
Gordon Ave
Kirby
Seibert
Burlington Road
Waynesville
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Viola Lamb
Autopsy Planned On Smith Boy
Donald Smith seven collapses while playing at the boys club at 9th and Chestnut Streets. He was taken to a physician where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy will determine the cause of death.
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Hamilton
Donald Smith
9Th
Chestnut Streets
Loan Financing Terms Noted for OGB Deals
The text outlines miscellaneous charges for arranging loans and states that SAVE 5-Life accident or health insurance is not required when financing through OGB.
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OGB
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