Salvation Army leads Lima Christmas toy and food drive
The Salvation Army joins the Toys for Tots campaign in Lima for the 13th year. Toy shop setup at 614 E Market, pickup days assigned. food baskets prepared with chicken, bread, produce, and more. Lions, Ford Motor Co, and Kettle Drive support, with donations aiming near 6000 dollars. Cap. Deitrick notes slow season but urges community cooperation to aid needy families and keep children in school. Donations welcome by mail to The Salvation Army Christmas Fund Box 24 Lima.
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David H. Deitrick
Santa
Tima Lions Club
Ford Motor Co
Kettle Drive
Deitrick
Salvation Army
Derrick
Lima
Round About Lima Christmas nickel drive grows
Glen Anderson of Rink’s dom estics dept started a nickel and dime collection among workers to aid a needy family for Christmas. The drive has raised well over 190 dollars with excess to fund groceries. The sheriff's department will pick the family and a Lima bicycle auction netted 587.60 for the police pension fund. Twenty uniformed officers attended the funeral of former mayor Homer Cooper, with Tennessee friends contributing over 50 dollars to a local memorial fund.
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Glen Anderson
Rink’s
Sheriff's Department
Lima
Police Pension Fund
Lima Po Heemen
Homer Cooper
Burglar Busy In Putnam County
Unknown burglar hit Putnam County businesses four times, breaking doors with a lug wrench. Occurrences reported Sunday include cash and cigarettes stolen from Donalson Pure Oil, Club 108, and Homier Implement Co. Continental with the heaviest loss at 100 dollars. Entry also at Carpenter Marathon Station Vaughnsville and damage at Diehl Brothers Garage Ottawa Mac and Al's Bar Kern's Garage Miller City and Standard Qit Station Vaughnsville.
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Ottawa
Putnam County
James Ruhe
Donalson Pure Oil
Club 108
Miller City
Homier Implement Co
Continental
Diehl Brothers
Mac
Kern's
Vaughnsville
Tot Found Dead Two Held For Questioning
A West Side couple were held without charge as police questioned them in the death of 2 1/2 month old Walter Martin found dead in their home. The hospital cited multiple injuries and possible skull fracture. Coroner to rule on death fuse. The couple, John Seina 53 and Mary 56, had cared for the child since September 3. The mother, Cor Fene Martin 36, left her son with them due to family troubles.
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Cleveland
West Side
Walter Martin
John Seina
Mary
Repairs Due For Area Monument in Columbus Fort Recovery
The Ohio Historical Society awarded maintenance contracts totaling 6197 dollars for the area monument. Coldwater Maintenance, Inc. will sand blast tuck point and waterproof under 5354 dollars. Matt Schweiterman, Inc. will pour a new concrete slab at the base under 843 dollars. The monument, near a log fort site linked to General Wayne, has been maintained since 1952 after early Indian War events.
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Columbus — Fort Recovery State Memorial
Ohio Historical Society
Coldwater Maintenance, Inc
Coldwater
Tuck Point
Matt Schweiterman
Arthur St. Clair
Middies Adopt Korean Boy Eight Brighter Christmas
ANNAPOLIS Md AP Jong Sung an 8 year old Korean boy will have a brighter Christmas this year thanks to 114 adopted fathers at the QS Naval Academy. Jong Sung was chosen as a foster child by members of the 19th company of the brigade of shipmen under the Foster Parents Plan. A special Christmas package is headed for Seoul including a sewing machine to help his mother supplement the meager income she earns selling homemade bread to support herself and four children.
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Annapolis
Jong Sung
QS. Naval Academy
Brigade Ofshipmen
Seoul
Lima Police Investigate Saturday Car Crash and Fire
Lima police looked into a two car crash at 4 10 p m Sunday on Spring Street involving Ernest Sanders of Flint Michigan who ran a red light and skidded into Richard Lawrence’s parked car. Patricia Sanders 17 was treated for a fractured clavicle at St Rita's Hospital. Firefighters responded to a Sunday morning fire at 359 West North Street in Delbert Hall's home. The fire began in a closet under the stairway and total loss was about 2700 dollars.
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Lima
Ernest Sanders
Flint
Mich
Spring St
West St
Richard Lawrence
Albert
Sanders
Patricia Sanders
St. Rita’s Hospital
Delbert Hall
Burglary at Epworth Church Seeks Missing Items
Epworth Methodist Church in Bellefontaine was entered Sunday by breaking a window. Burglaries left the building ransacked and a $340 electric typewriter plus $19.25 in stamps missing. Lima Police investigated. Eugene Weaver was robbed in the 100 block of B Elm, losing his wrist watch, billfold, and two rings. treated at Memorial Hospital for contusions. Total loss estimated at $120. Lima Chapter of Public Accountants meets Dec 28 at 6:30 p.m. in Delphos Steak House with Albert Horn of the IRS as speaker. Charlea O Mara is program chair.
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Epworth Methodist Church
Bellefontaine
Lima
Eugene Weaver
B. Elm
Weaver
Memorial Hospital
Lima Chapter of Public Accountants
Delphos
Albert Horn
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Charlea O'Mara
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Putnam
Lima Ford
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