Easter Seal Canvass Set Sunday Afternoon
Middletown volunteers prepare a house to house canvass Sunday afternoon to support the Easter Seal drive for the Butler County Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc. General chairman Robert S. Hayden expects better collections than previous years following the successful lily sale on March 3. Assistants include Harold Agee and Kenneth Shafer with 15 to 20 ward chairmen and many workers. donations may be mailed to 3038 Front St Hamilton or given through canister collections by Middletown DeMolay under Terry Lawrence.
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Middletown
Robert S. Hayden
Hayden
Harold Agee
Kenneth Shafer
Butler County Society For Crippled Children and Adults Inc
Front St
Hamilton
DeMolay
Terry Lawrence
Priest Stops Death Leap Atop 150 Foot Tower
In Austin, Texas, for 40 minutes a father clung to a 150 foot tower with his 2 month old son, threatening to jump. Police say Joe Avila Garcia, 36, fled with his wife after night, appeared intoxicated, and was held without immediate charge after a Roman Catholic priest persuaded him to surrender the infant and descend via a maintenance elevator.
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Austin
Tex
Joe Avila Garcia
Garcia
Police Warn On Old Unpaid Tickets In Middletown
Lt James Combs head of the Middletown traffic bureau says 500 unpaid tickets dating back to 1961 and recent ones will be pursued. Warrants will be issued and violators brought to court with an extra five dollar warrant fee. If needed officers will arrest them at work until backlog clears, starting next week. Anyone with tickets should visit the traffic bureau.
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James Combs
Middletown
Combs
Fire Damages Home on Forrest Avenue
A fire blamed on faulty wiring caused about $1,000 damage yesterday around 1 p.m. at Tracey Walters home, 915 Forrest Ave. The blaze was confined to the living room, firemen said.
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Franklin
Tracey Walters
Forrest Ave
Deaths And Funerals Claude C. Farmer 78 Navy commander
Claude C. Farmer 78 a retired U S Navy commander and World War I II veteran died this morning at a Milledgeville Georgia nursing home. He was a native of Lee County Kentucky and lived in Lexington after retirement. He is survived by a son Capt Claude Farmer Jr a Navy officer in the Panama Canal Zone three brothers and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Claude C. Farmer
U. S. Navy
North Avenue
Milledgeville
Cmdr. Farmer
Lee County
Lexington
Capt
Claude Farmer Jr
USN
Panama Canal Zone
Arlington National Cemetery
Obituary for Aaron A Hendrix longtime Fisher Body worker
Aaron A Hendrix, 706 Lory Lane Reading, formerly of Middletown, died yesterday at Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati after months of illness. A tool glider at Fisher Body Hamilton for 15 years, he would have turned 59 today. Native of Bath County Kentucky, Mt Sterling High School graduate. Survived by wife Lenora, mother Mrs Leslie Hendrix of Mt Sterling, and brother Glen Hendrix of Marlboro Maryland. Calling after 3 pm Sunday at Schmidt Dhonau Funeral Home 433 Reading Road. Services Sunday 8:45 pm. Graveside Monday at 1 pm Winchester Cemetery Kentucky.
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Aaron A. Hendrix
Lory Lane
Reading
Middletown
Bethesda Hospital
Cincinnati
Fisher Body
Hamilton
Hendrix
Bath County
Mt. Sterling High School
Lenora
Leslie Hendrix
Mt. Sterling
Glen Hendrix
Marlboro
Schmidt-Dhonau
Reading Road
Winchester
Mrs Johnnie Johnson Dead After Fire Department Response
Mrs Johnnie Johnson 41 was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 1 30 am today after a fire department emergency squad responded to the incident.
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Johnnie Bell Johnson
Middletown Hospital
Fire Department
Convict Free 2 Days Dies in City Jail
A 36 year old ex convict paroled Wednesday from Ohio Penitentiary collapsed at breakfast in a Columbus city jail and died, authorities said. Detectives identified John E Stinson of Phoenix City Alabama as the deceased, noting death appeared due to natural causes. Stinson had served 32 years for an armed robbery and was being held on an intoxication charge. he was sentenced in 1957 in Cuyahoga County.
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Columbus. Ohio
Ohio
City
John E. Stinson
Phoenix City
Ala
Stinson
Cuyahoga County
Oakley Woman 73 Dies After Hospital Stay
Mrs. Mattie Drake Oakley, 73, of 2015 Howard Ave. died at 12:20 a.m. today at Middletown Hospital after being a patient since March 14. Born in Montgomery County Kentucky, she is survived by son William Drake of Germantown, daughters Mrs. Sarah Brumley of Ashtabula and Mrs. Jefferson Howard of Clearwater Beach, Fla. Also surviving are half-brothers Pat Cochran of Osawatomie, Kan., Buster Cochran of Parker, Kan., a half-sister Mrs. Margaret Bryant of Kansas, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Arrangements at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home are incomplete.
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Mattie Drake Oakley
Howard Ave
Middletown Hospital
Montgomery County
William Drake
Germantown
Sarah Brumiey
Ashtabula
Jefferson Howard
Clearwater Beach
Fla
Pat Cochran
Osawatomie
Kan
Buster Cochran
Parker, Kan
Margaret Bryant
Kansas
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Gratis Woman Lillie Swisher Dies After Hip Injury
Mrs. Lillie P. Swisher 9 of Gratis died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a broken hip on March 18. She was a Gratis resident, charter member of Gratis Brethren Church, survived by daughters Ada Bratton Gratis and Alice Denny Camden Rt. 1, two grandchildren, four great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren. Service 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Zimmerman Funeral Home, Rev. Arthur J. Tinkel officiating. Burial Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. tomorrow.
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Grove St
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
F. H. Hampton
Gratis
Lillie P. Swisher
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Zimmerman ‘Funeral Home
Arthur J. Tinkel
Buria
Fairview Cemetery
Deaths of Steele children and Bergmann services noted
Two Hamilton area death notices list David Ray Steele age 2 and Gary Ray Steele nine months as sons of Chester and Barbara Steele of Laurel Indiana, with funeral service at 10 45 am tomorrow by Brown-Dawson. Also Barbara M Bergmann age 35 of 445 Fair Ave has services at 10 30 am Saturday by Proeschel.
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Hamilton
David Ray Steele
Gary Ray Steele
Chester Steele
Laurel
Ind
Brown-Dawson
Barbara M. Bergmann
Fair Ave
Proeschel
Deaths of Mediation Official and Noted Columnist
CHICAGO AP Charles H Alsip 65 regional director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service since 1955 died of a heart attack while driving his car He headed the region covering Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota North and South Dakota and part of Michigan He had served 20 years New York AP Tom O Reilly 56 horse race columnist for the New York Herald Tribune died Thursday of cancer Springfield Mo AP Florence Steidel 65 Assemblies of God missionary who founded a large leper colony died in Siberia Thursday after a brief illness
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Chicago
Charles H. Alsip
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Alsip
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Michigan
New York
Tom O'Reilly
New York Herald Tribune
Springfield
Newport Sheriff Ticket Fuss Over Flamingo Club Arrest
Newport Ky AP report details Sheriff George Ratterman facing a traffic ticket after attempting to seize property at the Flamingo Club to satisfy delinquent taxes. A photographer clashed with a dog, a numbers man confronted the photographer, and a patrolman cited the sheriff for illegally parked car awaiting identification. Floyd Bowman, a former employee, was charged with breach of the Flamingo.
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Newport
George Ratterman
Ratterman
Old Flamingo Club
Cincinnati Post and Times - Star
Byron Schumaker
Frank Andrews
Schumaker
Andrews
Floyd Bowman
Flamingo
Daughter of Germantown Mayor Dies
Mrs. Jan et E Struble 33 daughter of Ross Brewer mayor of Germantown died yesterday at her home 79 Kemp Ave She had been in failing health six months Born in Dayton she had lived in Germantown 23 years Formerly employed by Dayton Register Co Survived by husband James daughter Joni Marie father Ross Brewer stepmother Mrs Ross Brewer Germantown brother Capt Donald Brewer USAF Washington DC and step brother David Brewer Germantown Funeral arrangements at John Arpp Funeral Home
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Germantown
Janet E. Struble
Ross Brewer
Kemp Ave
Donald Brewer
USAF
Washington, D. C
David Brewer
John Arpp
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Trenton
East End
Bunny
Puritzan Air Cleaners
Innext
Paul Collins
Ohio Rt. 5
Ravenna
Johnnie Johnson
Mattie Oakley
Mrs. Lillie Swisher
Hi-Jinks
Lowrey Organ
Norris
First Ave
Rogers
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