Easter Egg Hunt Seeks Golden Prize At Armco Park
Middletown hosts Sunday Easter event with 3600 colored eggs across Armco Park 100 prize eggs plus a golden egg worth five dollars. A 35 pound goose is rumored to supply the prize egg at Leo Smith’s Rt 63 farm. Bob Bender chairs the event with multiple committees including prize redemption and pony rides. Police Red Cross and chamber sponsors organize contests for coloring and egg decoration in schools and local stores.
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Leo Smith
Robert H. Bender
Bunny Hollow
Middletown Area
Paramount Theater
Bender
Elwood Richardson
Robert White
Dave Hampshire
Eye
William Xolodzik
John Hass
Poly Rides
Harold Scarberry
George Todd
Front Gate
Bandsmen Sweep State Contests at Fairview High
Middletown High School bandsmen captured five of seven first places at the state solo and ensemble meets held yesterday at Fairview High School in Dayton. Firsts went to a trombone quartet Jeff Mills Janice Wearly Emmett Rothe Mike Palmer to a flute trio Elaine Ringgenberg Lynn McCall Pat Rogers to a trumpet trio Jane Keuthen Frank Allen Ed Pieratt to a brass sextet Ed Pieratt Jan Keuthan Karen Tewell Jeff Mills Jack Mokry Charles Yoho and Elaine Ringgenberg in a flute solo. Second place went to Jack Mokry in a baritone solo and third to Pat Rogers in a flute solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Fairview High School
Dayton
Jeff Mills
Janice Wearly
Emmett Rothe
Mike Palmer
Elaine Ringgenberg
Lynn McCall
Pat Rogers
Jane Keuthen
Frank Allen
Ed Pieratt
Jan Keuthan
Karen Tewell
Jack Mokry
Wittenberg University Receives 175000 in Annuity Gifts
In Springfield Ohio two anonymous donors presented annuity gifts totaling 175000 to Wittenberg University. One gift of 150000 will fund the endowment, while 25000 is directed toward a proposed music and drama building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio
Wittenberg University
Clarence C. Stoughton
Wittenberg
Local Contractor John Griggs Dies After Return From NYC Surgery
John Griggs 47 of 1613 Croy don Lane died at Middletown Hospital after returning from Memorial Hospital New York City where he underwent radical cancer surgery. He is survived by wife Roberta Baker Griggs two sons David and Phillip two daughters Leslie and Debbie his father James Griggs and two sisters Mattie Bolen and Dortha Fiscus. Funeral arrangements by J. R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home are incomplete.
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John Griggs
Croydon Lane
Middletown Hospital
Memorial Hospital
New York City
Griggs
New York Hospital
Roberta Baker Griggs
Joseph R. Baker
Dayton
Mr. Griggs
Dortha Fiscus
Middletown
J. R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home
Funeral services for Geraldine Ertel in Lebanon
Funeral services for Geraldine Ertel 44 of South Lebanon will be at 2 p m Monday at Oswald Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Hites officiating. Burial in South Lebanon Cemetery. She is survived by her mother Stella Ertel two brothers Ellsworth and Elmer Ertel and sister Evelyn Dragoo. Friends may call Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m at the funeral home.
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Lebanon
Geraldine Ertel
South Lebanon
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Oswald Funeral Home
Ralph Hitesman
Miss Ertel
Stella Ertel
Ellsworth
Elmer Ertel
Evelyn Dragoo
Services set for Mrs Tommiesene Jackson in Middletown
Mrs Tommiesene Jackson 40 a former Middletown resident who died Wednesday in Detroit will be honored with a 1 pm Monday service at Union Baptist Church Middletown Burial will be at Woodside Cemetery Visitation is 7 to 9 pm tonight at Bailey Funeral Home She is survived by husband James two children Cheryl and Jennifer of Detroit her mother Eloise Bigby Middletown six sisters and four brothers all of various Ohio and Alabama locations Mr and Mrs Jackson moved to Detroit from Middletown about 26 years ago
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Tommiesene Jackson
Middletown
Detroit
Union Baptist Church
Woodside Cemetery
Bailey
Janie Kelley
Dayton
Olivia Claytor
Berniece Carter
Barbara Irvin l
Tuskeegee
Ala
Mark, Julius
Alphonso
Lucius Bigby
Jackson
Martha Fairfield Rites Planned in Gratis
Mrs Martha Fairfield 87 died Saturday in a Dayton area nursing home. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 pm at Zimmerman Funeral Home Gratis with burial in Fairview Cemetery. She is survived by son Irving Hime Celina and daughter Mrs Deroty Stamper Dayton. Visitation today from 2 to 7 and 7 to 9.
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Gratis
Martha Fairfield
Dayton
Zimmerman
Irving Hime
Celina
Deroty Stamper
Fairview Cemetery
Franklin Hedger 47 Dies at Home in Middletown
Franklin Hedger 47 of 6005 Franklin Route 1 died suddenly yesterday afternoon after being stricken at his home. He was pronounced dead at Middletown Hospital. A native of Frenchburg Kentucky he lived most of his life here. He worked 20 years as a maintenance man at Frigidaire Dayton but had been off work two months. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth his mother Mrs Ferby Hedger of Middletown one son Raymond and four daughters Mrs Margaret Beckett Mrs Mary Lou Glossip of Franklin Mrs Doris Benton of Cincinnati and Mildred two brothers Roy Hedger of Waynesville Willie Wills of Alvin Wis two sisters Mrs Ethel Jones of Middletown and Mrs Ollie Ferguson of Somerset Ky and one grandchild. Anglesby Funeral Home noted but incomplete.
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Franklin — Lafe Hedger
Franklin Rt. 1
Middletown Hospital
Hedger
Frenchburg
Frigidaire
Dayton
Elizabeth
Ferby Hedger
Middletown
Raymond
Margaret Beckett
Mary Lou Glossip
Franklin
Doris Benton
Cincinnati
Mildred
Roy Hedger
Waynesville
Willie Wills
Alvin
Wis
Ethel Jones
Ollie Ferguson
Somerset
Anglesby Funeral Home
Model Plane Contests On Club Agenda
Middletown Aero Modelers discuss two contests for the summer. The Indiana Model Airplane Association event is set for May 19 and the open contest on June 16 is sponsored by the Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce. Both competitions take place at Smith Park flying circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Aero- Modelers
Sports Bowl
Indiana Model Airplane Association
Middletown
Boy on Bike Escapes Injury in Hit Skipper Incident
A 13 year old, William Jones of 211 Park Street, was sideswiped by a hit skip driver while bicycling in the 2100 block of Central Avenue at 4 45 p m yesterday. The driver fled the scene. Jones reported pain but did not require medical attention.
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William Jones
Park St
Central Avenue
Jones
Local Judge and Attorney Elected State Bar Delegates
Judge Fred B Cramer and Maxwell Finkelman of Middletown were elected delegates to the State Bar Council. Carl L Meier and Robert French of Cincinnati also won seats, with Francis L Dale named executive committee member. The District One meeting at the Manchester Motor Inn drew 250 lawyers and physicians for a medico legal seminar headlined by Melvin M Belli of San Francisco on negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B Cramer
Maxwell Finkelman
Middletown
State Bar Council of Delegates
Ohio Bar Association
Manchester Motor Inn
Carl L. Meier
Robert French
Cincinnati
Francis L Dale
Melvin M. Belli
San Francisco
Parents Not Boys and Hike on Roosevelt Track
Three Wilson School students began a 50 mile lap walk on Roosevelt track at 9 45 a m and finished 7 30 p m by parental request. Gene Santoro Jeff Whitehurst and Gary Grund completed 40 miles before dark while 10 year old Mike Grund quit at 25 miles. Gary’s brother wore out two pairs of shoes and the others changed once.
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Wilson School
Roosevelt Track
Gene Santoro
Frank Santoro
Poinciana Road
Jeff Whitehurst
Robert Whitehurst
Kensington St
Gary Grund
Harlan Grund
Orchard St
Mike Grund
Gary
Whitehurst
Man Held As Billfold Disappears
A 40-year-old Middletown man was detained on charges of intoxication and investigation of a $20 theft of a woman's billfold at The Corner Grocery on Woodlawn Avenue. Mrs. William Delaney reported the billfold vanished while she tied her son's shoelace. The billfold later appeared near the store entrance. Detectives investigated with no charges filed at that time.
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Middletown
William Delaney
Jefferson Road
Woodlawn Ave
Youth Hurt In Accident At Grand Avenue Intersection
A two car collision at Grand Avenue and Jackson Lane at 9 29 p m sent a 16 year old Middletown resident to Middletown Hospital with a head laceration treated and released. Police say Georgia Moon 18 624 Wicoff Street was east in Grand when Clyde Myers 38 805 Eaton Avenue cut into her path. Myers was cited to Middletown Court on careless driving charges.
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Grand Avenue
Jackson Lane
Tax Reminder April 15 Deadline Mentioned by IRS
Taxpayers must file Form 1040 ES by April 15 and pay at least 25 percent of estimated tax due. District Director P L Charles of the Internal Revenue Service in Cincinnati issues the reminder for 1962 income taxes.
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P. L. Charles
Internal Revenue Service
Cincinnati
Young Girl Killed by Car Near Medina
A four year old girl, Sherrie Balsinger of Barberton, was struck and killed by a car while crossing a road near Sharon Center east of Medina on Saturday.
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Medina
Ohio
Sharon Center
Here
Sherrie Balsinger
Barberton
Miami U Student Critical After Early Morning Crash
Four year Miami University student Miss Suzanne Minnis, 20, remained in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati with undetermined head injuries after an early Saturday crash. Passengers Samuel Wood Prather, 25, and Larry J. Sanzenbacher, 22, both from Oxford and Maumee Ohio, were in good condition at McCullough Hyder Hospital Oxford with fractured pelvises and hip injuries. The deceased was 20 year old Mrs. Judy McKay wife of James McKay of Greeley Colorado who had been at a Los Angeles Dodgers spring training camp in Vero Beach Florida. She had joined the aunt and uncle Prof and Mrs D L Heinemeyer and the three students for a late supper after working late at an Oxford clothing store.
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Oxford
Miami University
Suzanne Minnis
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Samuel Wood Prather
Larry J. Sanzenbacher
Maumee
Ohio
McCullough-Hyde Hospital
Prather
Sanzenbacher
Killee
Judy McKay
James McKay
Greeley, Cole
Los Angeles Dodgers
Vero Beach
Fla
D. L. Heinemeyer
Oxford Clothing
Vandalism at Johnny's Body Shop and a Lexington arrest report
Police investigated a vandalism complaint at Johnny's Body Shop on Second Avenue and Park Street after children broke the sign with rocks. Loss valued at 30 dollars. Capt. John Fitzgerald and Patrolman Jack Crocker arrested Frank A. Cavanaugh in Lexington on a bad check warrant and returned him here. Don Wolford reported his topcoat stolen from Tee's Restaurant, value 48 dollars.
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Johnny
Second Avenue
Park Street
John Fitzgerald
Jack Crocker
Frank A. Cavanaugh
Lexington
Don Wolford
Alameda
Tee
Convertible Top Vandalized on 1958 Car
Theodore Miller of 1909 Hill Ave reported yesterday at 12 17 p m that the top of his 1958 convertible had been cut. No damage estimate was available.
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Theodore Miller
Hill Ave
Hubcap thefts reported at two locations
Raymond H Bush reported two hubcaps stolen from his auto on Friday with a $40 loss. John Harden was arrested on an assault warrant at the city building and released on a $300 bond. Dale Miller said his hubcaps were stolen from a 1957 model car in the Pollock Paper Co. lot with an $80 loss.
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Raymond H. Bush
Tytus Ave
John Harden
North Ave
Dale Miller
Pollock Paper Co
Bicycle Stolen From Eugene Pucketts Yard
Eugene Pucket t, 1212 Second Ave, reported his bicycle stolen from the front yard of his home last night.
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Eugene Puckett
Second Ave
YMCA Man Reports Vandalism To 1959 Convertible
John Fugate of the YMCA said a thief cut the top of his 1959 model convertible parked in city lot four on Friday night.
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John Fugate
The
YMCA
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Armco Park
Chamber of Commerce
Department of Parks and Recreations
John Paschal
Greenfield
Treflan
STYRO
Verity
Tytus
Nelbar
Geraldine Ertle
Charles M. Warner
Main St
Joseph L. Wills
Hetzler Road
West Middletown
Warner Auto
Wills
Turner C. Amos
Westville
Okla
Verity Parkway
James H. Tincher
Amos
Miami U
Vradelis Carload
True
Mika
Admiral Thinman
Warren
Precision Admiral
Uri
South Broad
P.M
Freezer
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