Funeral services announced for several area residents
Funeral notices list Gladys Ruth Eckhardt 62 of 2827 Oxford Ave funeral Tuesday at McCoy Leffler with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Also Edward Hopper, long crippled by an auto accident, died in Middletown Hospital. services pending at McCoy Leffler. Irene Lawson 53 of 10 Home Ave Trenton dies. services Tuesday at McCoy Leffler with burial at Butler County Memorial Park. Ernest Buster Phillips 54 of 513 Granada Ave dead on arrival. services Tuesday at Webb Funeral Home Hamilton. burial Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Gladys Ruth Eckhardt
Oxford Ave
McCoy-Leffler
Lewis H Thompson
Funeral Home
Woodside Cemetery
Hopper
West Middletown
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Jean Cowgill
Middletown
Dorothy Payne
el Paso
Texas
McCoy Leffier
Irene Lawson
Home Ave
Trenton
Gordon Lawson
Butler County Memorial Park
Ernest Buster Phillips
Granada Ave
Middletown Hospital
Phillips
Akers Packaging Corp
Moose Lodge 501
Legion of the Moose
Lucille
Johanna Whitehill
Janet Needham
Hamilton
Eldon Phillips
Leslie Edmonds
Webb Funeral Home
John Beckett
Rose Hill Cemetery
Two Drivers Fined in Franklin Municipal Court
Velma J. Baker, 30, of Middletown and Christofer Al Wynn, 20, of Hamilton received six month license suspensions and traffic school for reckless operation that cost two lives valued at $100 plus costs. A total of $1,541 in fines was collected for 53 speeding violations.
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Franklin
Franklin Municipal Court
Velma J. Baker
Brown's Run Road
Middletown
Christofer al Wynn
Hamilton
Schools close for a week in Middletown district
The Middletown School District will not hold classes Monday through Friday for Easter vacation. The administration building on Girard Avenue and high and middle school offices will operate Monday through Thursday, while elementary offices remain closed all week. Kern County, California, ranks as the third largest agricultural producer in the United States.
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Middletown
Girard Avenue
Kern County
Calif
United States
Miami Trustees Deny Western Coed Dorm Facilities Expansion
Miami University's Board of Trustees kept the Western College of Miami University from adding a coed shared facilities hall, citing inadequate mix with Western and other students. The board approved Hahne and Flower halls remaining coed, and authorized a Western house addition for educational use while noting Western funding totals and ongoing study of future shared facilities.
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Miami University
Miami
Miami Board of Trustees
Oxford Campus
Western College of Miami University
Western
Robert Etheridge
Multiple Break-Ins Reported in Middletown Weekend
Three break ins were reported to Middletown police over the weekend. Roger Morris said a garage behind his apartment was broken into between 4 and 9 a.m. Saturday with a $6 tape player and other items, totaling over $600 stolen since April 7. Barry Bowen reported stainless steel cookware and other belongings missing from his home at 6 41 p.m. Thursday. Kenneth Mabry reported a television valued at $175 stolen from his home at 24 p.m. Thursday.
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Middletown
Roger Morris
Shelley Sr
Wil Jewell Avebarry Bowen
Kenneth Mabry
Red Bud
Fire Report From Saturday Amin Events
A Saturday early morning fire at a residence on Run Ave started by a cigarette. Both residents left for work. damage to the frame house set at $80 with $70 in contents. Fire crews also responded to multiple injuries with hospital treatment and releases reported.
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Woodlawn Ave
Leonard Mullins
Park
Cathy Clay
Tawibee
Martin's Geil
Central Ave
Elizabeth Udd
Mamt
John Stiles
Rooseve Govleverd
Eaton Avenue
Moroly Myers
Garties
Armina Mitchell
Woalewr Ave
Alice Dollinger
Annie
Tall
Gien Gardner
Walter Sheller
Armona Mitchell
Ave
Harold Jonanson
Haute
Police Briefs Report Vandalism and Thefts in Local Areas
Reports state vandals targeted parked vehicles on Marshall Road and Longford Wicklow drives while Jerry Ricketts of Germantown Road reported theft of 150 dollars from his truck in the Aeronca lot at Lot 205. Don McCarty on Grand Avenue said his car on Wayne Avenue near Crawford Street was broken into, with a tape player two or so tapes and other items missing.
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Marshall Road
Longford and Wicklow
Jerry Ricketts
Germantown Road
Aeronca
Don McCarty
Grand Ave
Wayne Avenue
Crawford Street
Man charged in shotgun firing at Surfside Inn
Bobby Rowe 23 of 3550 S Main St faces felonious assault and careless operation charges after a Friday night shooting at the Surfside Inn on Tytus Ave Howe. Free on 2600 dollar bond. John King 31 of 7790 Kiester Rd charged with careless operation and driving without a license after police stopped two speeding cars leaving the scene. Officers found Rowe with four shotgun rounds and a shotgun in his trunk after patrons reported a disturbance and shots were fired at about 850 p.m.
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Bobby Rowe
S. Main St
Surfside Inn
Tytus Avenue
Howe
John King
Kiester Road
Fairfield Township woman dies as CO poisoning hits home
A Fairfield Township resident died and her husband was hospitalized in serious condition after carbon monoxide exposure at their 1945 Arkamo Avenue home. Authorities say a heater malfunction caused the poisoning, first reported at 4 33 pm Saturday. Virgil, 18, was admitted to Mercy Hospital ICU. The scene was confirmed by Butler County Coroner Garrett Boone.
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Hamilton
Fairfield Township
Arkamo Ave
Butler County
Garrett Boone
Virgil
Mercy Hospital
Butler County Sheriff’s Department
Two-Car Crash Injures Person Near Ohio Patrol Post
A two car accident just north of Ohio Highway Patrol Post 9 on Ohio 4 injured one person seriously, with investigators working as The Journal went to press. The crash occurred about 10 p.m.
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Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio 4
Journal
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Ernest Phillips
Union Sanitary
Ronald
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Burton Road
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Park St
Ind Ave
Gideon Ra
Trenton Shopping Center
Cartesle
Cegeng Center
Miami Trustees
Anl
Remai
Lloyd Goggin
Goggin
University General
Roosevelt Middle School
Middletown Mall
Wendt
Rowe
Worthmore Clothes Shop
PeReing
Belmont Club
Arrow
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Worthmore
Cheese
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