Gano to light candles for centennial party
The secluded Butler County village of Gano marks 100 years with a Saturday 7 p m centennial program and ice cream social at Holtsinger Memorial Presbyterian Church. Historian Virginia Showalter explains Gano’s pronunciation and history from its 1873 plat to today’s 48 homes and 157 residents.
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Gano
Butler County
Holtsinger Memorial Presbyterian Church
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Hamilton County
Union Township
Virginia Showalter
Azelle
Shewalter
Gano Church
Col
Samuel Gano
Auction gavel to sound for Liberty firemen
The Liberty Township Firemen's Association hosts its second annual benefit auction Friday at 7 30 p m at the Maystown firehouse to support the volunteer fire department. Chief Henry Taylor calls for donations mainly not large appliances and lists phone numbers for item pickup.
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Liberty Township Firemen’s Association
Maystown
Volunteer
Fire Department
Henry Taylor
Union Township forms new recreation committee amid questions
The Union Township Recreation Committee reports to the Board of Trustees with a seven member slate including Cliff Choate and Jim Riesenberg. The group discussed Beckett Road land, a $130 field restoration, and $300 portable backstops while awaiting prosecutor guidance on funding.
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Mike O’connor
Union Township Recreation Committee
Board of Trustees
Cliff Choate
Pisgah Youth Organization
Jim Riesenberg
Liberty Union Youth Organization
Choate
Rod Vernon
Dick Grace
Pisgah
West Chester
Ralph Ehle
Beckett Road
PYO
Twin Fence Co
Marco Osner
Butler County Prosecutor's Office
Larry Gandler
Gundler
Retiring Liberty School Principal Recalls 36 Years
Harold Wissman recounts 36 years in teaching as Liberty School’s retiring principal. Feature appears on page 10. A Port Union barn fire followed a telephone mixup Sunday, with Bell Telephone Co examining the incident and continuing the investigation on page 7. A Butler County resident argues prom costs are excessive in a letter to the editor on page 3.
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Harold Wissman
Liberty School
Port Union
Bell Telephone Co
Butler County
Liberty School Scout Troop 540 Float In Liberty Parade
Liberty School Junior Girl Scout Troop 540 entered a creative float in the Liberty Union Girl Scout Parade in Pisgah on Sunday. The weather forecast did not deter large crowds lining Pisgah Park Drive to Hopewell School for the event.
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Liberty School
Liberty Union
Pisgah
Hopewell
Journal-News
Mike O’connor
ULJ
Township plans baseball diamond behind fire house
Choate proposes using township land behind the West Chester fire house for a baseball diamond noting the property is public cemetery land not needed soon. Gandler doubts legal risks and urges broader recreation plans while trustees weigh options and potential costs. May is proclaimed Gano Centennial Week as road work costs loom and local complaints surface.
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Choate
West Chester
Gandler
Union Township
Riesenberg
Union and Liberty clash over Ohio lottery proposal
Union Township backed the statewide lottery with 650 for and 402 against while Liberty Township rejected it 152 to 103. Monroe village and Lemon Township approved 485 to 414, as Butler County voters overall approved the state lottery proposal.
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Union Township
Liberty Township
Butler County Board of Elections
Liberty
Monroe
Lemon Township
Ohio
Liberty fire department growth seen inevitable
The Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Department led by Fire Chief Henry Taylor plans a second fire house a life squad and another pumper tanker as Butler County's growth area expands. The department now has 34 members with a pumper a tanker and a grass fire jeep and awaits potential Federal funding for a life squad vehicle. The Ladies Auxiliary supports operations with 20 members.
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Liberty Township
Henry Taylor
Taylor
Butler County
Frank Maus
Guy Riebel
Maus
Liberty Fire Department
Gene Vance
Lawrence Haskell
Lee Reedefeld
David Kern
Robert Schaefer
Jim Miller
Ralph Jordan
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Glendale
Dayton
Cincinnati
Samuel Holtsinger
Journal- News
Mike O'Connor
Holtsinger
Union Two
Hits Recreation Snag
Loaany S
Liberty Girl Scouts
Road Department Business Board
Emile Munch
Butler County Road Department
Munch
Jim Williams
Penn Central Railroad
Ptl
Daryl Vaughn
The
Police Department
Bob McGuire
Dimmick
McCauly
Darlene Drive
Cresthaven
West Chester- LeSoursdville
Farmcrest
Ridemont Drive
la Ray
le Blank
Debbie
Joan
Dimmick Court
County Line
Barrett
Hamilton-Mason
Hamilton-Mason Road
Maud-Hughes
Station Road
West Chester Road
Union
Pisgah, Ohio
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