Middletown School Board seeks new levy and bonds
The Middletown School District votes on a five year levy of 1.5 mills to operate and 2.25 mills for salaries plus 0. etc The proposal would total 2.39 to 2.89 mills depending on bond sale. The measure would exceed the 10 mill limit and fund teachers and non professional staff. The board also seeks a 62 million bond for construction and remodeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Christy
Charles Bonds
Dhetown Board of Education
Middletown
John D. Blackford
Three Hurt in Highway Accidents Near Hamilton and Trenton
A Somerville man, Carlos Brockman, 27, suffered broken arm, chest and leg injuries when his car ran off Rt. 127 and hit a utility pole. Bonita Burns, 29, of Hamilton, received possible internal injuries after veering off Hamilton Trenton Road and hitting a pole. Steve Ketchem, 23, of Trenton, was arrested for reckless operation after a collision on Rt. 73 near Rt. 4. Annabelle Miller, 47, Middletown, had possible left arm injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Rt. 127
New Miami
Carlos Brockman
Somerville Rt. 1
Mercy Hospital
Bonita B. Burns
Tuley Rd
Hamilton
Hamilton - Trenton
Trenton
Steve C. Ketchem
State St
Rt. 73
Rt. 4
Annabelle J. Miller
Kyle Station Road
Middletown
Horticultural Society Of Men Formed Here In Middletown
R F Stewart of Dixie Highway will head Middletown area s first Horticultural Society for men. Officers through 1957 include L E Diver vice president Orville A Brewer secretary H A McCormik treasurer Victor Wootan committee chair. Open to male gardeners in Middletown Germantown Lebanon and surrounding areas. Meetings 8 pm first Wednesday each month at Montgomery Ward Farm Store contact Mac McCormik or officers for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Stewart
Dixie Highway
Middletown
Men's Horticultural Society
Stewart
L. E. Diver
Orville A. Brewer
H. A. McCormik
Victor Wootan
Germantown
Lebanon
Mac McCormik
Montgomery Ward
Police Briefs Roundup Disturbance and Thefts Reported
Police report a disorderly conduct arrest for Van Domineck 38 of 612 Lewis Trace. Edward Geran 4104 Lisa Lane says three fenders were stolen from his car. James Lockerd 15, son of Mabel Johnson, 1502 Smith St missing since Sept. 4. Robert Cline 13 Wilmington Rt. 1 arrested on statutory warrant. Lawrence Shakelford 28 Ohio St charged with no operator license and speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Domineck
Lewis Trace
Edward Geran
Lisa Lane
Middletown High School
James Lockerd
Mabel Johnson
Smith St
Robert Cline
Wilmington
Lawrence Shakelford
Ohio St
New Patrol Officer Assigned to Middletown Branch
Corporal Glenn D. Littler arrives to head the Middletown Highway Patrol office succeeding D. A. Girton. Littler, 39, previously led the Piketon Patrol and hails from London Ohio. Girton departs September 1914 to become executive secretary for the Middletown Safety Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Glenn D. Littler
Middletown
The
Highway Patrol
D. A. Girton
Corporal Littler
Piketon
London
Girton
Middletown Safety Council
Pastor Accused Of Low Tactics In War Time Rumor
MEMPHIS the Rev W D Medearis faced a wartime rumor alleging his wristwatch carried Adolf Hitler code instructions. The Bristol Tennessee Virginia revival story sparked an arrest before authorities cleared him, revealing the watch as a graduation gift from his grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
W. D. Medearis
Church of Christ
Bristol
Tenn.Va
Adolf Hitler
Indian Schools Expand as Development Campaign Surges
Aboriginal schools in Madhava Pradesh have risen to nearly 800 in eight years. The community development drive resettles villagers and builds schools health centers roads and more efficient farms, aided in part by United States funds across about 100 000 villages per the National Geographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Madhava Pradesh
United States
National Geographic Society
Air Force enlists and re-enlists in August
Fifteen men enlisted and three re enlisted in the U S Air Forces during August per local recruiter James P Hinton The list shows airmen in basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and re enlistments including S Sgt Walter Rolin of Elsmere Street at Davis Monthan AFB Arizona and A2C Darrence Woolery assigned to Europe The recruiting officer T Sgt Hinton re enlisted himself for recruiting duty locally
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Forces
T Set
James P. Hinton
Backland Afb
Tex
Lawrence R. Fink
Jewell St
Rodney Dale Preusch
Winona Dr
Mark E. McGlothen
Park St
Ronald L. Ketron
Eldora Dr
Richard Moore
Fleming Rd
Jackie W Rivers
Central Ave
Jack Helton
Hood Ave
Howard L Dalton
Eli St
James EF. Finch
West Middletown
Marvin E. Music
Middletown
Franklin
Walter Rolin
Elsmere Street
Davis-Monthan Afb
Ariz
Darrence E. Woolery
Main St
Europe
Hinton
Middletown Rt. 1
Real Estate Transfers Across Middletown and Surrounding Areas
A detailed ledger lists numerous real estate transfers in Middletown and nearby districts. Transactions involve buyers like Sylmar Coast Co and Lawrence McMonigle with properties across Dalewood, Avalon, Pleasant Valley Acres, and Dixie Heights, with prices ranging from $1.65 to $16,675 and parcels including 77.4 acres and 1,345 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Mitsoff
Sylmar Coast. Co
Rena Wikoff
Cynthia Day
Edythe Mendenhall
Thomas Greene Jr
Lewis Builders Inc
Lawrence Davis
County
Ellis Johnson
Vernon Brock
Dalewood
Tom Florence Inc
Stanley, West Jr
Pleasant Valley Acres
Elmer Childers
Alton Combs
Wayne
Henderson Estes
Com
Marion Colvin
Avalon
And
Joseph Singhoffer
Middletown
Milhur Realty Co
Midd
Lawrence McMonigle
Donald Squire
Willard Hamilton
Mayfield
Earl Cockerham
Dixie Hgts
G. G. Realty Co
North Central Mfg. Corp
Richard Acres
Adrian Yeats
Provident Saw
Bnk
Union
Ned Weinman
West Side Fed
Milford
Oglesby-Barnitz Bnk
Jacksonburg
J. Robert Weir
Lemon
Drexel Williams
Dixie Hayts
Herbert Davis
W's
Thomas Baird
Cedar Knolls
Ralph Zickgraf
Gardner Scholars Choose Colleges
Four area high school graduates awarded Gardner Board and Carton Co scholarships enroll in chosen colleges. John J. Dorenbusch will study commerce at Notre Dame. Carol Dogle attends Denison University to pursue teaching. Charles Revelos heads to Bowdoin pre medical. Dale Riffe goes to College Conservatory of Music Cincinnati for radio TV career. Over a century of applicants since 1950, winners gain $500 yearly for four years and summer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Board and Carton Co
John J. Dorenbusch
14Th Avenue
Fenwick High School
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Carol Dogle
Norwood
Norwood High School
Denison University
Granville
Charles Rev
Dartmouth
Denison
Harvard
Howard University
Marquette
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Ohio Wesleyan
Our Lady of Cincinnati
Princeton
University of Dayton
Drowning Victim Recovered From The Miami River
Ray Kramer Jr a Armco employee recovered the body of J W Stoffregen 62 of Dayton after his boat capsized on the Miami River in the evening Stoffregen a 25 year Dayton fire department veteran and May Co employee was last seen after his boat overturned near Whitey s boat house A second diver located the body at 6 35 p m and the Miami Township Fire Department aided the recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Miami River
Armco
Ray Kramer Jr
Peasttown Heights
East Works
J. W. Stoffregen
Kramer
Duke
West Carrollton
Stoffregen
Whitey
John Taylor
Cleo ‘Porter
Miami Township Fire Department
Fire Department
May Co
Franklinite Man Wounded by Accidental Gunshot
Ferris Gentry, 27, of 922 Turner Ave in Franklinite, was shot in the leg when Wayne Gentry discharged a .38 revolver while they examined it. He was taken to Middletown Hospital, treated for a wound above the right knee, and released after 8:45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Special
Franklin
Foye
Ferris Gentry
Wayne Gentry
Turner Ave
Wayne
Middletown
Gentry
Minor injuries reported in three city crashes
Three city crashes caused slight damage and minor injuries yesterday. Samuel Stewart, 69, was arrested for following too closely after his car hit the rear of a car driven by Woodrow Dixon, 41. A three year old was bumped but uninjured on Fleming Road, and David Terrell was struck when run over by Ernest Egelston. Damage totaled $165 with another collision causing $125 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Stewart
McKinley St
First Avenue
Woodrow Dixon
West Middletown Rt
Stewart
Gentry Mitchell
Fleming Road
David Terrell
Charles Terrell
Ellen
Ernest Egelston
August St
Mildred E. Morris
Waite St
John T. Knapp
Sherman Ave
Serviceman Pvt Glenn Hall Visits During Leave
Pvt Glenn Hall son of Mr and Mrs Orville Hall 1819 Claredon Ave is visiting during a 14 day leave. He travels from Ft Leonard Wood Mo to Camp Campbell Ky for paratroop training. A 1956 Middletown High School graduate he enlisted last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Glenn Hall
Orville Hall
Claredon Ave
Hall
Ft. Leonard Wood
Camp Campbell
Middletown High School
Pigeon Flight To Start Here
A 2000 pigeon flock from the Greater Cleveland Pigeon Club will be released at 7 p m tomorrow at the S Main Street entrance to the disposal grounds. Dave Bailey of 16th Avenue, director of the Ohio Center of Pigeon Clubs, will release the birds for a flight back to Cleveland. A prior week’s flock completed the trip in under five hours, Bailey reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Butler County divorce suits filed in county court
Gladys Mack of 707 19th Ave files for divorce from Willie Mack citing neglect. Robert Evans of Hamilton sues Patricia Ann Evans and a minor Fos ter for neglect and cruelty. Mary Lou Maples, a minor of Hamilton, sues Neal Franklin Maples for neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Mack
19Th Ave
Willie Mack
Robert Evans
Hamilton
Patricia Ann Evans
Foster
Mary Lou Maples
Neal Franklin Maples
Vacation Means Shark Hunting
Decatur couple Mr and Mrs Hiser with daughters Daryce Adair 12 and Judy Anne 9 plan a Gulf of Mexico shark hunt. They tow their cruiser to New Orleans with companion Randolph Young 20 using hand harpoons harpoon launcher and a .30 caliber rifle plus an orange inflated inner tube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ill
Hiser
Daryce Adair
Judy Anne
Gulf of Mexico
Randolph Young
New Orleans
Movie Schedule Listings for Paramount Colonial Dixie
Paramount presents Moby Dick showings Saturday with 1 15 p.m. and additional late screenings. Colonial runs Away All Boats on Saturday and Sunday with matinee and evening showings. Dixie Cruise In offers How To Marry a Millionaire and other films through the night with late river-of-no-return style runtimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Colonial
Dixie Cruise
Red Mountain
Visitor suffers hip fractures after basement fall
A 63 year old visitor from Silver Grove Ky named John Henkel fell 14 cellar steps in his daughter’s home on Thomas Rd mistaking a basement door for a bathroom door. He sustained possible fractures of both hips and was to undergo further examination at Middletown Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henkel
Silver Grove
William Sansom
Thomas Rd
Henkel
Middletown Hospital
Red Cross Aids Mothers To Reach Sick GI Sons
Local Red Cross chapters mobilized to fly mothers to their sons in service. Effie Highley rushed from Greenville to Lackland AFB, then Dayton with police escort, while Mrs. Keever traveled to England to join Alc Donald Keever after a brain hemorrhage at McGuire AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Alc
Donald L. Keever
Earl Keever
14Th Ave
Hammons
Earl Highley
Greenville
Middletown
Effie Highley
Hillsboro
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Tex
Wright-Patterson Afb
Wright-Patterson
Mre. Highley
Oklahoma City
England
McGuire Afb
Keever
Columbus Mayor To Speak At Dem Kick Off Dinner
Mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner of Columbus will be the principal speaker at the Democratic Kick-Off Dinner set for Thursday September 13 at six p.m. in the Hamilton YMCA. The event marks the 1956 campaign launch by the local party and will not replace the Jefferson Jackson Dinner in Middletown where Governor Clement of Tennessee will speak. The slate includes Patterson for Congress and Dell for state senator among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Wilks
Hamilton Ymca
M. E. Sensenbrenner
Columbus
Manchester
Middletown
Clement
Tennessee
R. William Patterson
Congress
Edward H. Dell
David F
Youth Held In Burglary
A 15 year old boy was arrested on a burglary charge for entering Mrs. Ruth Gillespie’s home at 3514 Jewell Street. The home was ransacked and $45 in change was taken. Det. Roy Crout logged the case at 11 55 p m yesterday. The youth, who played hockey for Monroe High School, spent the recovered $17 and will face Juvenile Court Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Gillespie
Jewell St
Roy Crout
Injuries Sought in Civil Suit Over December Crash
Mrs. Mariel Lucas and husband Elmer seek 53262 in damages from Alvin L. Clark in Common Pleas Court. They allege Lucas sustained permanent spinal injuries as a passenger in a December 15 Coles Road collision involving Clark driven car and William E. Miller. Elmer Lucas seeks 3262 for medical costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Mariel Lucas
Elmer
Garfield St
Alvin L. Clark
Middleton Rt. 3
Global rail gauges vary widely from wide to narrow
The standard gauge between rails on common railways is 4 feet 8 inches but rail networks worldwide show gauges from 5 feet 6 inches down to 1 foot 3 inches in different regions and historic systems.
Insurance Agents May Give Safety Books To Schools
The Middletown Board of Property Insurance Agents discussed donating color safety books to local schools and kindergartens during Fire Prevention Week. William Long said $4,030.84 was paid in school insurance losses last year, with $1,360.51 the largest single claim for a student injury. A committee was named to handle forms and distribution, while others were tasked to study extra recognition for school patrol members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Board of Property Insurance
William Long
Association
Long
Ed Jones
Ferris Gillespie
Emrie Dobrozsi
Les Leighton
Joe Canter
Bob Dell
Chester Dennis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ohio State University Bureau of Educational Research
Blackford
Citizens Committee
Harry Hadley
Joseph Woodruff
Horticultural Society of Men
Charles Henry Jr
Lewe Sr
First Baptist Church
Germantown, Ohio
Plum & Center St
C. C. Ingram
Elk Creek
Baptist Church
Elk Creek Baptist Church
Elk Creek Rd
Kalbfleisch Rd
Joe Hill
Worship Training Union
Calvary Baptist Church
Ohio
Grand
Jackson Lane
Robert Mizell
Air Force
Gardner
Armco Employe
Montgomery County
Franklinite
Grard “Ve
Church of God
Butler County Courts
Gentle Horses
Bible School
A.M
Evangelistic
Rev. J. L. Goins
D. A. Biggs
Clayton ST
GOD
Evangelist William Applegate
Rev. Applegate
A. M. Wilson
Trenton Nazarine Church
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