City Fights Mayfield Annexation in Court Battle
Middletown officials prepared for a court clash over the Mayfield 827 acre annexation after four rural property owners sued to block the merger via a Common Pleas injunction. The action seeks to bar Clerk Kronborg and the city from presenting county records to the City Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Mayfield
Common Inne
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton
City Commission
Butler County Board of Commissioners
William R.ae Monroe
Caroline W. Murphy
Effie H. Baird
Jack Slifer
Richard Bendel
George Hancock
Hancock
Scott
Miss Kronborg
Howard H. Kramer
Auto Wrecks In This Area Injure Pair
An elderly man and a youth were admitted to Butler County hospitals after two Middletown area crashes. Jessie Holloway 74 of Oxford hurt in a front turn collision with a cement truck driven by Gene C Alexander of Hamilton. A 16 year old and a 15 year old were treated for injuries on the Martz Paullin Road near Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Middletown
Jessie Holloway
N. College Ave
Oxford
Fort Hamilton
Hamilton
Holloway
Gene C. Alexander
Lincoln Ave
U.S
David Groniger
Jacob Groniger
Miamisburg
Middletown Pvt. William R. Childers Graduates at Camp Gordon
Private William R. Childers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Childers of Middletown, completes a 12 week Electronic Instrument Repair Course at Southeastern Signal School Camp Gordon Georgia. The program trains recruits to repair and calibrate electrical instruments used in radio radar and meteorological work. He will be assigned to an active unit of the U S Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Childers
Ray Childers
Middletown
Southeastern Signal School
Camp Gordon
Childers
United States Army
Hit Skip Damages Parked Car in Front of Yankee Road Home
City police report a hit-skip driver struck a parked auto owned by Billie Commodore 26 of 1301 Yankee Rd at 11 15 p m yesterday causing 100 damage to the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Commodore
Yankee Rd
Stutenroth Named Head Of Scouts
The Mound Builders Area Council elected Charles E. Stutenroth as president succeeding George E. Harvey. Richard Scheid will resign Oct 30 to become district executive in Phoenix. New officers include E H Bindsey Alfred Hardy Edward Barker as vice presidents and Robert Rogers as treasurer. James Norfolk and Earl Klein assisted with installations. The council also approved district reorganization and with 10th World Jamboree reports from scouts Jimmy Davis and Jimmy Gregory.
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Boy Scout
Richard Scheid
Mound Builders Area Council
Seasion
Charles E. Stutenroth
Armco Steel Corp
Scheid
Phoenix
Ariz
Stutenroth
George E. Harvey
South Dakota
School of Mines
Middletown
Church of Ascension
Civic Association
Franklin
Alfred Hardy
Lebanon
Edward Barker
Robert Rogers
Donald Skinner
Earl Klein
Pokey-Griffith
James Norfolk
Cincinnati
Paul Doughman
Pokey Griffith
Miami
Jimmy Davis
Jimmy Gregory
Post
Talent Scout Seeks Giant for Film Role across 15 Cities
Max Anthony, a talent scout, will tour 15 cities to find a seven foot tall, 310 pound unknown giant aged 19 to 25 for the Latin American strongman role in The Harder They Fall. He will interview athletic giants in each city, film sixteen millimeter prospects, and send footage to Philip Yordan and Mark Robson at Columbia for final selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Yordan
Mark Robson
Columbia
Max Anthony
Humphrey Bogart
St. Louis
New Orleans
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
el Paso
Juarez
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Anthony
Yordan
Robson
Bad Check Complaint At Johnny's Shoe Store
City detectives received a complaint about a $20 bad check passed by a woman at Johnny's Shoe Store on September 10. The check drawn on First National Bank of Miamisburg was returned no account. John Methven, owner, reported to Detectives Her or Frazier and James Hower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny's Shoe
Central Ave
First National Bank of
Miamisburg
John Methven
Heror Frazier
James Hower
Movie Schedules At The Paramount Strand And Colonial
The Paramount offers Pete Kellys Blues at 1 15 4 00 7 00 10 00 p m Gun That Won the West at 2 50 5 45 8 45 p m The Strand shows Magnificent Matador at 2 30 5 35 8 45 p m Operation Manhunt at 1 15 4 20 7 25 10 20 p m The Colonial screens Love Is a Many Splendored Thing at 1 15 5 30 7 45 9 45 p m Dixie Cruise In features Ma and Pa Ket tle on Vacation at 7 30 9 30 10 15 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Kelly
Ma and Pa Kettle
Trio of Hamilton youths die in Indiana crash
Three Hamilton youths died when their car collided with a semi on U S 40 nine miles west of Richmond Indiana. A fourth youth is in critical condition and another seriously injured. The truck jackknifed driver John Lindsey from Indianapolis sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Hamilton
U.S. 40
Here
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Dominic Mottolo Jr
Rambo Harris
Alfred
John W. Thompson
Cereal Ave
Philip C. Garrod
Central Ave
Edward Cordell
John E. Lindsey
Indianapolis
Mottolo Brothers
Colligan Funeral
Thompson
Webb Funeral
Hamilton High School
Hearings Open on UAW CIO Challenge to Aeronca Union
In Cincinnati this morning the UAW-CIO opened hearings seeking to overturn the Aeronca Independent Union at the Middletown plant. Orville E. Andrews of the NLRB presides as attorneys for Aeronca, the independent union, and the CIO press their complaint that the independent union is not a valid bargaining agent under the law. Heinz Seve and Enis Marshall testified for the CIO and the Aeronca Independent Union respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Uaw-Cio
Aeronca Independent Union
Middletown
Orville E. Andrews
National Labor Relations Board
Elliott Levey
Joseph Herr
Aeronca Union
Gordon J. Wolfe
Lowell Goerlick
Washington
Sol
Stanley Goodmar
Aeronca
Aeronca Independent
CIO
Goerlick
Heinz Seve
Toledo
Enis Marshall
Safety Group Hails Ter Braak After Seven Years In Middletown
The Mid Middletown Safety Council traffic division honors Harry ter Braak former YMCA boys work secretary for seven years supervising Middletown bicycle court. The final report shows 1 056 violations heard with 223 635 words in safety essays for offenses like running stop signs and riding on sidewalks. Eight outdoor safety billboards are planned and tree obstructions at Milton Road and Bellemonte St were removed.
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Middletown Safety Council
Harry Ter Braak
YMCA
Middletown
Ter Braak
St. Louis
Sitka
Alaska
George Bryant
Milton Road
Bellemonte St
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Civitans Hear Talk On Juvenile Delinquency
J F Seibold Middletown probation officer spoke at the Civitan Club luncheon on juvenile delinquency. He cited lack of parental supervision as a chief cause and illustrated his talk with actual case records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitans
J. F. Seibold
Middletown
Civitan Club
Chittagong Grows Rapidly Amid Port Boom
Chittagong, principal port of Pakistan, a bustling city home to 260000 people, has more than tripled its population since 1941 reflecting postwar growth and urban expansion.
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Chittagong
Pakistan
Father of 7 Polio Victim Henry Wilkerson Is 15th Case
Middletown records Henry Wilkerson a 44 year old father of seven as Butler County's 15th polio victim and Middletown's seventh in 1955. He lived at 919 8th Ave and was listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after being brought by ambulance. Police found him at home after he wandered from Middletown Hospital. Mercy had labeled him a possible polio patient earlier. He said he did not want to stay in the Middletown Hospital for examination.
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Middletown
Butkler County
Henry Wilkerson
8Th Ave
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Wilkerson
Hamilton Hospital
Middletown Hospital
Man Fined and Jailed on DWI Charge
Oliver O Neil, 26, of 214 Lylburn Road, was fined $100 and costs for driving while intoxicated. A three day jail sentence was imposed by the magistrate. O Neil was arrested Sunday on Oxford State Road in Butler County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Lammie Batley
Oliver O’neil
Lylburn Rd
O'Neil
Butler County
Oxford State Road
Election Offices To Be Open Nights
Middletown Board of Elections announces extended hours to 9 p.m. for the final three registration days. The office on the mezzanine of the Middletown Savings and Loan Assn building will be open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
The
Board of Elections
Middletown Savings and Loan Assn
Sewage Plant Bid Decision Delayed At City Meeting
City Commission may not approve the long delayed contract to build Middletown’s sewage treatment plant tonight as officials await a complete bid tabulation. Miller Construction Co. of Covington KY submitted the lowest bid at 1 192 000 for the Oxford State Road site amid ongoing legal and permit considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Miller Construction Co
Covington
Oxford State Road
City Commission
Miller-Thompson Co
Detroit
Mich
Peaker Construction Co
Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Common Pleas
Fred B Cramer
Peaker
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Mayfield Annexation
Nexation
Francis Carmody
Carmody
Doris Kronborg
Gordon P. Augspurger
Arthur Reiff
Ben van Gordon
Marion F. Scott
Brentwood St
Commission
Stephen Jones
Middletown Rt. 1
Jesse Gray
Somerville Rt. 1
Gray
Melvin Jones
Ohio
LeSourdsville
DIAL
Charles E
Statenroth
Paramount
Dixie Cruise
Indiana
AIU
Safety Group
Butler
Argen
Wal Fee
Ivory
Agen A
Schrock’s
Miami River
Ohio Department of Health
Miller- Thompson
Miller-Thompsons
Miller Construction
Cash & Carry
Union Saint Middletown
Second Avenue
Broad & Verity Parkway
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