Public Hearing Splits Over Rt. 122 Relocation Plan
A public hearing in the City Building debated Ohio Rt. 122 relocation. Opposing the Grand Avenue terminus plan were Middletown Butler County Hamilton planning bodies and a Bachmann Subdivision group. Support backed by city and county planners favored extending the Warren Street System and U. S. 25 interchange, with petitions from Manchester Road residents opposing the change. Attendance neared 100 as engineers and city officials heard both sides on routing and condemnation risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Rt. 122
Grand Avenue
Middletown
Butler County
Hamilton
Batset Elsahaatdscan Shalamene
Rt. 122
Warren Street
Richard D. Williams
Manchester Rd
Manchester Road
Francis Carmody
City Commission
James Keister
Grand Ave
Bachmann
Ben M. Kitchen
Harry Bachmann
Breiel Boulevard
Blue Ball School
Blue Ball
Nelson
First Box Bed Spring Imported From France in 1857
A historical note records that the first box bed spring in the United States was imported from France in 1857. The item marks an early US adoption of advanced bedding technology and reflects transatlantic trade in mid 19th century furniture.
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United States
France
New Union For Police Gets Charter
Middletown Municipal Employees Independent Union holds first members meeting at 8 p m at the Police Pistol Range. Ptl Theodore Thompson says incorporation letters have been received from the Ohio Secretary of State and temporary officers will be chosen. Question remains whether to include all departments. current membership is limited to the police division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Municipal Employees Independent Union
Ptl
Theodore Thompson
Ptl. Thompson
Ohio
Division of Police
Council Race In Hamilton Grows With New Filing
Hamilton special report notes Fred G. Grant filed petitions to seek election to City Council joining Mayor Edward Beckett and incumbents Arthur H. Wilson and Bernard Kirsch on the ticket. Jack Blumenthal confirms he will not seek re election to City Council to focus on family and business.
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Hamilton
Fred G. Grant
S. Monument Ave
Grant
Edward Beckett
Arthur H. Wilson
Bernard Kirsch
Jack Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Hamilton Middletown Beagle Club Incorporation
Ohio Secretary of State Ted W Brown issued a not for profit charter to the Hamilton Middletown Beagle Club Inc with principal office in Oxford. Trustees named Henry Reed George Fecht and Chester Marsh to serve until the first annual meeting. Incorporators listed as Henry Reed Buford Lakes and Harold Hollingsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ted W Brown
Hamilton-Middletown
Research Chief To Address Aeronca Engineers Club
Dr. Roger Merrill director of research at the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus will speak to the Aeronca Engineers Club on research management. The dinner meeting is set for 6 30 p.m. at the Sportsmen's Club with Merrill noted for aeronautical engineering electronics and research expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Merrill
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Aeronca Engineers Club
Merrill
Sportsmen's Club
Dorenbusch Named Director In New Oglebay Norton Plan
E H Dorenbusch Armco traffic manager will join directors of a proposed Oglebay Norton Co merger in Cleveland. Plan calls for nine firms to merge including Montreal Mining and Ferro Engineering. Projected assets reach 53 million dollars with 3.75 million earnings after taxes in 1956 and about 3000 employees.
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E. H. Dorenbusch
Armco
Oglebay Norton Co
Cleveland
Oglebay and Norton
Tar Kettle Explodes On Sewer Job Burns Worker At Manchester Grimes
A tar kettle used to heat tar for a sewer project at Manchester Avenue and Grimes Street exploded about 9 45 this morning. Willie Green 42 a laborer for Charles McCurdy Construction was burned and rushed to Middletown Hospital. Firefighters fought the blaze for about 15 minutes as flames reached 30 feet. Damages to sewers and materials estimated at 2000 with additional property losses on Manchester Avenue. Green sustained first and second degree burns and is hospitalized. The incident follows a prior McCurdy Co accident on the Bull's Run sewer last October with one death and two burns.
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Manchester Avenue
Grimes Street
Green
Middletown Hospital
McCurdy
Bull's Run
Main’ S Street
Charles Hansel
McCurdy Co
Manchester Ave
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Telephone Company
W. Court St
Cincinnati
Journal
Weith
Men Earn Engineering Certificates in Middleton Area
Three Middletonians and eight other area men qualified for registration with the Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors. Walter E. Weber will receive an engineer in training certificate after passing the July board exam. Full registration awaits Robert Blickensderfer III, and Nicholas M. McArdle qualifies for professional engineer and surveyor status. New registrants will receive certificates at a Cincinnati meeting on Monday, November 4.
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Middletonians
Ohio State Board of Registration For
Walter E. Weber
Wildwood Rd
Robert Blickensderfer III
Woodsdale Rd
Nicholas M. McArdle
Mon- Toe St
Donald M. Renneker
Hamilton
Fernand E. DeLoume
Mason
Charles V. Copas
Harry Grieselhuber
William B. Hill
Eugene R. Levitt
Richard J. E. Schawe
Mark J. Wise
Lewisburg
Middletown
Cincinnati
MU's Dr. White On Cincy Panel
Oxford Special Dr Ho ward White, chairman of Miami University's government department, will represent the academic view on proportional representation in a three man panel at a Hamilton County Good Government League luncheon in Cincinnati Friday. Theodore M. Berry Cincinnati councilman and William Hessler newspaperman join, presenting their own viewpoints.
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Oxford
Howard White
Miami University
Department of Government
Hamilton County
Good Government League
Cincinnati
Theodore M. Berry
William Hessler
Aeronca Unveils Employee Education Subsidy Plan
Aeronca Manufacturing announces an educational subsidy up to 250 dollars yearly for employees who take courses related to job effectiveness or advancement within the company. Eligibility includes GI benefits, with the subsidy covering tuition and fees only, not books or equipment. A subsidy committee, plus supervisor recommendations, will judge applications.
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Aeronca Manufacturing, Corp
John A. Lawler
Aeronca
Lawler
Cutting Charge Is Filed After Street Battle
Ballard Jackson, 38, of 1303 Walnut St., charged with cutting with intent to wound a Franklin man in a street fight at Yankee Road and Hanover Avenue Friday night. Orville Susong, 38, stabbed in the abdomen, underwent surgery at Middletown Hospital. Police said Jackson used a pocket knife during the brawl involving seven men, four Negroes and three whites, sparked by a dispute over green-light traffic. Susong wounded, Jackson treated for an injured left eye. skull fracture X rays were negative. A witness said Susong tried to pull friends away after being cut.
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Ballard Jackson
Walnut St
Franklin
Yankee Road
Hanover Avenue
Orville Susong
Middletown Hospital
Jackson
Verity Parkway
Susong
Welfare To Meet Fenwick Welfare Assn
Welfare to Meet Fenwick Welfare Association will hold its first fall meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the school auditorium.
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Fenwick Welfare Assn
Park thefts and juvenile incidents reported
John Walker of 2811 Moorman Place reported two fender skirts stolen from his car. Officers responded to Gardner Park for juveniles cutting trees. they had fled. Police found three knives on an 11 year old and placed him with his parents.
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John Walker
Moorman
Gardner Park
Board Approves Architect Terms For Middletown Schools
Middletown Board of Education awards contracts to Brandenburg & Switzer and Goetz & Associates for Jefferson Sherman Edison school additions and renovations. New lockers bid approved from Lyon Metal vs Office Outfitters. Minor grounds work at Middletown High Lemon Monroe. Steelex construction discussed. Temporary literature ban on grounds. class rings specs set. salaries adjusted for summer training. two new teachers hired. Next special meeting with A M Kinney to review Amanda Junior High plans.
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Jody Terney
Middletown
Middletown Board of Education
Brandenburg &Switzer
Jefferson School
Goetz & Associates
Sherman School
Edison School
Jefferson
Sherman
Edison
Lyon Metal Products Co
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
McKinley
Marty Hadley
Berger
Office Outfitters, Inc
William Owen
Lyon
Slop
Howard R. Cromwell
Jack Christy
Middletown High School
Lemon- Monroe
Cromwell
Middletown High
Lemon-Monroe
Spring Hill
Raymond Freeze
Roger Terrell
Armco Drainage & Metal Products Co
Steelex
Terrell
Ad& MP
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations
Tilmon Ellison
New Richmond
Ind
Board of Directors
Armco General
Wildwood
Armco Girls Club
Lemon-Monroe High School
Marjorie Gose
Doris Pulley
Lincoln Schools
Ortman-Stewart Transportaton Co
Roy Russel
Tytus Avenue
Manchester Road
Maple Park School
A. M. Kinney Associates
Amanda Junior High
MU Prof Named For Symposium
Dr. Orton K. Stark of Miami University’s bacteriology department was invited to present unpublished findings at the 1958 international symposium on The Mechanism of Hypersensitivity at Henry Ford Hospital Detroit March 27 to 29. His paper covers immunological unresponsiveness in mice induced by Type I pneumococcal polysaccharide.
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Oxford
Orton K. Stark
Miami University
Department of Bacteriology
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
Stark
Woman Receives Emergency Aid After Home Call
Marie Powers of 1811 Fleming Road was treated by the Fire Department emergency squad at 1 07 p m yesterday and was in fairly good condition at Middletown Hospital today. She was transported by Baker's Ambulance.
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Marie Powers
Fleming Rd
Fire Department
Middletown Hospital
Baker's Ambulance
City firemen respond to three minor alarms
City firemen yesterday answered three minor alarms with no damage reported.
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Knivets Nichalusyvt
Joint Committee
Oxford State Road
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Charles Thompson
T. Edward Knapp
Hamilton Planning Commission
Robert Nelson
Nixon Ct
Robert Osborne
Nelson Rd
Dewey Ackerman
Division 8
Larry H. Gamble
Edward Jasper
Martin B. Miller
Charles B. Stiles
City Planning Commission
A. C. Neff
James Cox
New Middletown Branch
New York Tech
Central Ave
New Union For Police
Beagle Club Incorporated
Dorenbusch
Castell Drugs
Willie Green
Charles McCurdy Construction, Inc
Burn
Dr. White
Okayed
Ruth Lyons
Admiral
Lady Sylvia
Verity
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
DOXOL
Mexico City
Bath
First National Bank
North Main Street
Charles
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