Man is jailed on bigamy and child support claims
Eddie Craft, 2 year old man from Miller Trailer Court, faces grand jury action on failure to provide charges while held on juvenile delinquency counts. He reportedly married Vivian Craft, 15, and another 15 year old girl in Indiana, with a boy age 2 and a four month old girl as children. He pleaded guilty to failure to support and awaits Juvenile Court action in Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Eddie Craft
Miller Trailer Court
J. T. Lamb
Caft
Butler County
Grand Jury
Craft
Vivian Craft
Vivian
Indiana
Local Birth Announcements Hit Franklin and Nearby Areas
Vital statistics list multiple births to Franklin and surrounding towns. Families include Libecap of 147 EB Bryant Street with a boy, Rogers of West Middletown with a girl, Murray of Columbia Avenue with a girl, Deardoff of Farm Avenue with a girl, Brooks of Somerville with a girl, Kaufman of Kunz Avenue with a girl, and out of town Taylor of Pine Street with a boy. Also mentions David Treadway, son of Donald and in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Libecap
Bryant St
Franklin
Paul Rogers
West Middletown Rt
Garland Murray
Columbia Ave
Yester-Ge
Dale Deardoff
Farm Ave
Simon Brooks
Somerville Rt
John Kaufman
Kunz Ave
Marriage Licenses for Hamilton Couples Listed
Robert M. Bronson aged 40 wed Barbara Beeson Beeler 27 in Hamilton. Lawrence Green 26 and Betty Lincks 23 both residents of Hamilton. Arthur Gilbert 24 and Irma J Boykin 18, Hamilton residents, obtained licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Bronson
Barbara Beeson Beeler
Hamilton
Lawrence Green
Betty Lincks
Arthur Gilbert
Irma J. Boykin
Hospitalized Residents List Incomplete Names
The clipping lists numerous individuals by name and address who are hospitalized, including Mrs. Roy Wills, Eugene Cottom, Dennie Baker, Clyde Sargeant, Mrs. Malcolm Riddell, Thomas Howard, William Redkey, Ronnie Wallace, Reece Medley, Edwin Wiredom, Randall Vaughn, James Tewell, Frankie Brown, Mrs. Harley Wilson, Mrs. Almeda Wehram, Mrs. George Root, Mrs. J. M. Fisher, Mrs. Marion Planck, Norma Eacho, Mrs. Bule Justice, David King, Miss Louise Leggett, David Ratliff, and Dr. Dennis Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wills
Meadow Ave
Eugene Cottom
Grand Ave
Dennie Baker
Lebanon
Clyde Sargeant
Highview Rd
Malcolm Riddell
Springboro
Thomas Howard
Harrison St
William Redkey
Clive Redkey
West Middletown
Ronnie Wallace
Harrison Wallace
Minnesota
Reece Medley
Middletown
Randall Vaughn
Reuben Vaughn
Franklin
James Tewell
Millard Tewell
Frankie Brown
Hobart Brown
Korea
Harley Wilson
Highland Ss
Almeda Wehram
Grimes
Norma Eacho
Roland Eacho
Marshall Rd
Bule Justice
David King
William King
Louise Leggett
Curtis St
David Ratliff
Farris Ratliff
Aberdeen
Education Vital at Lions Club Meeting
Middletown Board of Education vice president Harry Hadley told Lions Club members that education goes beyond the three R’s and is key to solving world ills. The club set May 3 for the Scholastic Banquet honoring the top 10 percent of seniors from Fenwick, Middletown, and Lemon-Monroe. Plans were finalized for the Rosé Day sale to fund sight saving and community service work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Board of Education
Lions Club
Harry Hadley
Hadley
The
Lions
Fenwick
Lemon-Monroe
Safety Slogan from 14 Year Old Opens Safety Week
A Middletown Safety Council kicks off Safety Week with a slogan from a 14 year old girl. Her stormy warning urges drivers to drive like lightning and crash like thunder. Paul Galeese chairs the Safety Week program and about 30 projects will mark the week in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Reider to Speak at Sunday Butler Democratic Meet
Hamilton special Democratic candidate Robert Reider will be principal speaker at 2 p.m. Sunday in the YMCA auditorium. Reider, publisher and sole entrant in the governor race after Lausche's withdrawal, will address the Committee for Butler Democratic Organization in Butler County. Committee chairman M. David Urmston invites all Democrats to attend and meet Reider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio
YMCA
Robert Reider
Lausche
Committee For Butler Democratic Organization
Butler County
M. David Urmston
Reider
Woman hit with gun by ex-husband, hospitalized
Middletown woman Agatha Richardson, 29, claims she was struck on the head with a gun as she entered the home of her ex-husband, Tom Richardson, early today. She was treated for head lacerations and admitted for observation after an intoxication arrest. he denies the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Agatha Richardson
Crawford St
Tom Richardson
14Th Ave
Customer Sues Cafe Owner For Loss Of Sight
Charles Marcus Sparks of Middleton sues Ellis Johnson of 1268 Clinton Sr for 55,000 in Butler County Common Pleas Court. Sparks alleges Johnson at Johnsons Cafe known as Poor Boy's Cafe struck him in the left eye at 2 30 pm causing permanent blindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Charles Marcus Sparks
Lincoln St
Ellis Johnson
Clinton Sr
Johnson's
Michigan Ave
Sparks
Johnson
Property Seized For Unpaid Taxes In Ohio Counties
The Internal Revenue Department seized property in Morrow and Pleasant Plain for unpaid taxes. Liens totaled 863.74 dollars for the Toney residence in Morrow and property tied to Thomas and Thelma Ellis in Pleasant Plain also faced seizure. Robert Emory of the Middletown IRS office is named on both notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Department
Morrow
Pleasant Plain
Herschell E
Geraldine Toney
Morrow Rt. 1
Warren County
Toney
Thomas S
Thelma Ellis
Middletown
Telephone Film Shown At Builders Dinner Meeting
Ohio Bell officials presented a film and cable demonstration at the Butler County Home Builders Association dinner at the Frontier Restaurant. Toastmaster Frank Black of Hamilton led 44 attendees as Harold Molter president and Ray McMullen vice president presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Butler County Home Builders Assn
Frontier
Frank Black
Hamilton
Harold Molter
Ray McMullen
First All Women Rescue Course Graduates Local Woman
Erma E. Kruse of 409 Moore St is among 22 women graduating today from the first all women light rescue instructor course at FCDA Rescue School Olney Maryland. The exercises involve rescuing live casualties from burning buildings on Rescue Street. Kruse will join classmates at a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson wife of CD Administrator Val Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma E. Kruse
Moore St
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Olney
FCDA
Olney Rescue Street
Kruse
Elizabeth Peterson
Val Peterson
Was You Heifer In Court A Cow Case In Butler County
Paul Schubert filed in Butler County Common Pleas Court against Robert Aufderhart over a fence breach that let the defendant's beef bull roam into Schubert's pasture. The bull allegedly impregnated two Holstein heifers and a grade heifer, dropping two calves and reducing value from 350 to 40 each. Schubert seeks 3090 dollars for damages including nine months of lost milk production. The case awaits next month before Judges Builli or Creamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Robert Aufderhart
Devil's Backbone Rd
Cincinnati
Paul Schubert
Cincinnati- Brookville Rd
Schubert
Aufderharr
Morgan Township
Builli
Bob
Creamer
Cramer
Sixteen Scouts Earn Awards In Court Of Honor
Sixteen Boy Scouts of Troop 18 earned honors at a court of honor held at Scoutmaster Joe Caldwell's Manchester Road home. Recognitions included Life Scout Mickey Dennis, Charles Berkholtz. Star Scouts Tommy Murrell Jeff Hornbeck John Woods. Second class Kent Jensvold. Tenderfoot James Sebright David Trout Mike Brate Silver Moccasin Trail Bob Caldwell Charles Berkholtz. merit badges awarded to Tommy Murrell Lee Dennis Jeff Hornbeck Jim Berry and David Caldwell. Jimm Fay, neighborhood commissioner, led the ceremony. Troop 18 is sponsored by the Civitan Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Troop 18
Joe Caldwell
Manchester Road
Mickey Dennis
Charles
Berkholtz
Star Scout
Tommy Murrell
Jeff Hornbeck
John Woods
Kent Jensvold
James Sebright
David Trout
Mike Brate
Bob Caldwell
Charles Berkholtz
Lee Dennis
Jim Berry
David Caldwell
Jimm Fay
Civitan Club
Soroptomists Plan Regional Meet in Akron
Middletown Soroptomists map regional duties at a dinner meeting at The Meadows. Delegates will attend the Midwestern Regional Conference April 27 28 29 in Akron. A May 8 card party is set for the Middletown Girls Club with Calesta Van Horn and Helen Davis as ticket chairs. Howard Cromwell will speak at the April 24 luncheon on a proposed gifted enrichment program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Soroptomist International
the Meadows
Akron
Calesta van Horn
Helen Davis
Cochairman
Howard Wilson
Howard Cromwell
Middletown School System
Ohio Selective Service Announces May Induction Call
The draft board issued a May induction call for 7644 men nationwide. Butler County is allotted 16 inductees, Montgomery 14, Preble 2, and Warren 6. The minimum age is 21 by May 1, 1956 unless exempt as a volunteer or due to a prior delinquent status. April's call was 391 and May 1955 stood at 624. The 1956 peak was 1,034 in March and the low was 380 in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Shrine Club to Hear Criminologists at Bedford's Meeting
Middletown Shrine Club will host Joseph Martini and Arnold Set ter of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation as speakers on narcotics fingerprinting and identification next Thursday at Bedford's Restaurant. A family style chicken dinner at 6 30 p.m. precedes the talk with early reservations urged. May 12 is set for the Shrine dance at the Sportsmen's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Martini
Arnold Setter
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Middletown
Middletown Band and Orchestra Banquet at Manchester Hotel
Middletown High School band and orchestra plan a banquet tomorrow night at the Manchester Hotel with dinner at 6 30 p m and a 9 p m dance. The Rhythm Kings will play for the dancing and awards may be announced for state music contest participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Manchester Hotel
Rhythm Kings
Washington Court House
Man Jumps 80 Feet Into Monongahela River
James Reese, 24, leapt from a high level bridge into the Monongahela River, surviving with exposure and reporting he had warned others for days he would do the jump. He was treated in fair condition at a local hospital and told police his actions matched his prior boasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monessen
James Reese
Monongahela River
Reese
Two Local Children Suffer Burns and Fall Injuries
Six year old Randall Baughn sustained second and third degree burns on his right leg while playing near a trash fire and was admitted to Middletown Hospital in satisfactory condition. Severn year old Frank Brown was treated after a fall at his aunt's home resulted in a facial collision with a telephone pole. no broken bones were reported and he was in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Randall Baughn
Reuben Baughn
Harold Ave
Franklin
Frank Brown
Hobart Brown
Korea
Turf Cafe Sold to Joseph Ingram on Central Ave
Joseph C. Bud Ingram disclosed purchase of the Turf Cafe at 906 W. Central Ave from George Bnxing who had run it about four years. Ingram plans interior remodel with new booths and fixtures. former owner also ran Pat's Bar and the Corner Cafe. Ray Haren of Sol A. Finkelman handled negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turf Cafe
Central Ave
Joseph C
Bud) Ingram
George Bnxing
West Alexandria Road
Ingram
Pat's Bar
Ray Haren
Sol A. Finkelman Realtor
Thompson Honored At Toastmasters Club Meeting
Charles Thompson won both best critic and best speaker at the Toastmasters Club gathering held at Civic Association. Howard Holtzclaw, president, received most improved speaker honors. John Brannon served as toastmaster and Charles Garrett as topic master. Robert McIntyre acted as general critic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thompson
Toastmasters Club
The
Civic Association
Howard Holtzclaw
John Brannon
Charles Garrett
Robert McIntyre
Two-Year-Old Hit by Car on Pearl Street Minor Injuries
A two year old boy Virgil Lee Wilson was hit by a southbound car on Pearl Street at 5 10 p m and treated for a small forehead laceration before being discharged. The driver Jesse Trent 56 of 1710 Lawn Ave took the child to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Street
Central Avenue Y
Virgil Lee Wilson
Frank Wilson
Germantown
Girl Scout Counselors Plan Training Sessions
Miss Margaret Bailey, Girl Scout field director, announces day camp counseling training. Registration deadline is Monday. Sessions begin Thursday at Camp Middlemoor with Bailey in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout
Margaret Bailey
Camp Middlemoor
Miss Bailey
Postman Reviews New Postal Legislation at Ohio Meeting
James Layer rural director reviewed postal activities and legislation before Middle town Branch 188 of the National Assn of Letter Carriers. The NAL southwestern Ohio district meeting is slated for April 21 in Columbus, followed by a social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Layer
Congress
Middletown
National Assn. of
NAL
Columbus
Police Briefs Highlight Local Construction Theft and Arrests
Police report a complaint of plywood theft at Middletown Hospital site. George Smith, 21, was arrested on a careless driving charge at 14th and Woodside. A red wheelbarrow worth 35 dollars was stolen from Barney Massa Construction. Charles Felter and Joe Blashock were arrested on assault warrants. A break-in at Antenen Construction tool shed at Sunset Park bathhouse yielded nothing. Capt. Ralph Bauer led the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
15Th Ave
14Th
Woodside Avenues
Barney Massa Construction Co
Charles Felter
Chester St
Joe Blashock
Lafayette Ave
Antenen Construction Co
Sunset Park
Ralph Bauer
Weekend Showings at Paramount Strand Colonial Dixie
Paramount offers Sum mertime with Marty at 1:20 4:50 8:20 p.m. Indian Fighter Headline Hunters at 1:15 5:10 7:00 10:00 p.m. Man Who Never Was at 1:30 3:30 5:30 7:35 9:35 p.m. Dixie Cruise In shows My Favorite Spy 7:20 11:00 Tropic Zone 9:25 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Cruise
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hubby
Robert L. Taylor
Pine Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dayton
David Treadway
Donald Treadway
Edwin Wiredom
Oxford
George Root
Bundy Apts
J. M. Fisher
Tytus Ave
Marion Planck
Lafayette St
Dennis Spencer
1St Ave
Tytus
DIAL
Lincoln Mercury CO
Bryan Philips
Ken Philips
Ardent
MHS
Joseph Ingram
Thompson
DRY Cleaning
Butler
DRY Cleaners
St. Clinton ST
Peter Balzer
Linden Ave
Central Avenue
Balzer
Quentin Hale
Fulton la
Hale
Wilbur Peyton
Ronald Dr
Lawrence Nickell
Raymond Miller
Oxford State Rd
S Verity Parkway
Lawrence Gibson
Woodlawn Ave
Crawford Street
William Sanders
Middletown Rt. 1
F. H. Swinehart
Midway St
1St Avenue
Grimes Street
VDAL
Freeman
Freeman's Jewelry
Postman
Paramount
Marty
First Ave
Harold Norris
Mr. Norris
Harold
Shorty
Jane Norris
Jane
Randall Brandt
Conservatory of Music
Randy
Larry Buck
Larry
Conservatory of Music, Cinn
Mary Jean Buck
Despina Valen Sakelos
Despina
College of Music, Cinn
Frank Settlemyer
Minshall
Don Copple
Glenn Russell
Don
Bangor
Maine
Glenn
Paul Bell
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