Thrusday, January 14, 1999
Widow, church seal deal allowing her to stay
BY MARIE McCAIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LOCKLAND — Colerain Township's Immanuel Baptist Church and Lockland widow Mary Arthur came to an agreement Wednesday, ending the dispute over Mrs. Arthur's residence in property the church owns.
The church will allow Mrs. Arthur, who turns 84 Sunday, to stay in the small two-bedroom house in the 400 block of Arlington Avenue for the rest of her life, according to the Rev. Harold Rawlings, pastor of the Landmark Baptist Temple, in Evendale.
Mrs. Arthur belongs to Landmark Baptist and the Rev. Rawlings stepped in to negotiate a deal with Immanuel Baptist on her behalf.
A notary public was present at the 11 a.m. meeting to certify the agreement which requires Mrs. Arthur to take over payment of property taxes, and any upkeep costs incurred during her stay there.
“I'm just happy this is over,” she said Wednesday.
Immanuel Baptist Church pastor the Rev. R.B. Craft agreed.
“We were able to come to an agreement to the satisfaction of both parties and that hopefully ends the story,” he said.
The house was sold to the church with the stipulation that Mrs. Arthur's husband, Walter, could live in it until his death. The sale was conducted by Mr. Arthur's first wife, Martha.
It made no provisions for a second wife or any other family members. The second Mrs. Arthur and her family balked at the church's request for her to vacate the home.
Bad behavior might be just a yelp for help
Enquirer names new editor/VP
Roads back to sheets of ice
Leaky roofs soak schools
Potholes close parts of highways
Schools watch kids after early dismissals
Chabot guaranteed place in textbooks
Qualls says city must change faster
Widow, church seal deal allowing her to stay
'Good kids' will do time for pawn shop armed robbery
Judge allows Flynt trial delay for surgery
A warm popcorn welcome
Cincinnati teachers among highest-paid in Ohio
Council adds $14.5M for pet projects
A boy grows to womanhood
Airport may lengthen runway for non-stop to Asia
Audit into Butler Co. engineer's office expands
BFI sues Warren Co. over landfill by BY MICHAEL D. CLARK The Cincinnati Enquirer
Whew! Cincinnati off 'worst' list
$3M to Cincinnati inner city
Ambulance runs to cost nonresidents
Boone commissioner wants to settle Genesis suit
Coroners combat child abuse
Disaster aided communications
Fort Thomas picks police chief
Grant to help Clermont upgrade communications
Hamilton group aims to beautify Ohio 4
Harrison to upgrade streets
Lebanon anticipates antiques show crowd
MainStrasse markets itself
Mason will add officers to reflect growth
Mayor resigns in Glendale
Monroe to sell bonds to pay loans
New governor names 4 to Cabinet
New partner adds clout for Levee developer BY TERRY FLYNN The Cincinnati Enquirer
Norwood to spend $1 M to fix streets
Old school is issue in S. Lebanon
Reward offered to find school vandals
Seminars offer helping hand to working women
Smoke alarms available for hearing-impaired
Sunday Salons offer lively discussion
Suspect charged with passing counterfeit money
System would track diseases in county
Three ex-officials plead not guilty
TRISTATE DIGEST
Fight for Lucas' seat under way
