Car Crashes Into Block Restaurant Injures Woman
A woman was slightly injured and her husband arrested after their car struck the Cottage Restaurant at 3235 Yankee Rd causing minor damage. Mrs. Lloyd Shackelford, 20, of Indianapolis, sustained bruises and left thigh contusions and was discharged from Middletown Hospital at 3:15 a.m. The husband, Lloyd Shackelford, 31, faces a careless driving charge after the eastbound vehicle left the road and hit the restaurant. Ambulance transported Mrs. Shackelford. cement blocks were loosened and auto damage was extensive.
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Yankee Rd
Lloyd Shackelford
Indianapolis
Ind
Middletown
Shackelford
Riggs
Light damage in four city wrecks totals 440 dollars
Four city traffic mishaps produced 440 dollars in damage with no injuries. Involved drivers include Patrick O Maley 63 West Middletown Rt 1 Charles Day 24 3114 Roslyn Dr and Marcella Bush 601 Buona Ave at 1st Avenue and Canal Street at 4 10 p m with 75 dollars damage. A parked Ray Cannoy 42 2014 Baltimore St and an unknown hit skip at Lafayette Ave and Baltimore St Thursday night or early yesterday 175 dollars. Lilian Stubbs address 301 Jefferson Rd Ruth Weatherwax 2198 Arlington Ave and an unknown car in the 2000 block Central Ave at 10 15 a m 165 dollars. A parked car owned by Arthur Smith Franklin Rt 1 and a backing car driven by J C Martin 25 2011 Van Ave at Frisch s parking lot Germantown Rd 10 20 p m 25 dollars.
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Patrick O'Malley
West Middletown
Lilian Stubbs
Jefferson Rd
Ruth Weatherwax
Arlington Ave
Central Avenue
Arthur Smith
Franklin Rt. 1
J. C. Martin
van Ave
Frisch
Germantown Road
VEW's Cooties Install Officers at Pup Tent 50
Installation ceremonies for the Military Order of the Cooties Pup Tent No 50 VEW Post 3809 named Hobart Hopper as commander and John Sparks Jr as senior vice commander along with Stephen Tom Ed Gillum James Harris Strates Demostenes Frank Walner Tony Wells Wayne Smith Ralph Warmoth Glenn South Louis Warmoth and Henry C Warmoth as officers. Color guard members include Warner Smith Harris and Ralph Warmoth. A second citation praising the Cooties hospital work was announced.
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Military Order of the Cooties
Pup
Ralph Warmoth
Hobart Hopper
John Sparks Jr
Stephen Tom
Ed Gillum
James Harris
Strates Demostenes
Frank Walner
Tony Wells
Wayne Smith
Glenn South
Louis Warmoth
Henry C. Warmoth
Warner
Smith
Harris
Deaths And Funerals Judge Anderson Of Lebanon Dead At 80
Judge Frank C. Anderson, 80, Warren County Common Pleas Court judge, died near midnight after major surgery at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. He led First National Bank Morrow and Lebanon Chapter Sons of the American Revolution, active in Rotary and Masonic groups, Presbyterian Church. Surviving wife Lucy and sister Dora Shawhan. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Frank C. Anderson
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Warren County
Morrow
Lucy
Dora Shawhan
Oswald
Susie McIntosh Rites Planned After Middletown Heart Attack
Miss Susie McIntosh 58 died yesterday of a heart attack in Middletown. Funeral services will be held Sunday at Grand Avenue Church of God with Rev. Clifford Hutchinson officiating. Burial is in Tarry Cemetery after services in Keck, Kentucky Tuesday morning. She lived in Middletown 14 years and worked for P Lorillard Co. survived by sister Viola Callahan and three brothers with multiple nieces and nephews.
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Susie McIntosh
Grand Avenue Church
Maude South
Garfield St
Ind
Middletown
Obituary for Mrs. C. Almeda Wehram of Middletown
Mrs. C. Almeda Wehram 71 of 126 N Grimes St Middletown died at 7 05 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital she had lived here about 30 years a widow she belonged to United Brethren Church one brother Frank Shobert Owensville survives Services set for 10 a m Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev E H Hammon officiating burial Owensville friends may call tomorrow 2 5 and 7 10 p m
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Clara Almeda Wehram
N. Grimes St
Middletown Hospital
Owensville
Mrs Stella May Wilson Dies At Middletown Hospital
Mrs Stella May Wilson 63 of 617 Highland St died at 8 15 am at Middletown Hospital after being severely ill for two weeks and in poor health for ten years. A native of Mt Sterling Kentucky, she was admitted Thursday night.
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Stella May Wilson
Highland St
Middletown Hospital
Mt. Sterling
NAACP Middletown Chapter Holds Sunday Meeting
The Middletown Chapter of the NAACP will hold its quarterly business meeting at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Friendship Baptist Church located at 1319 Walnut Street.
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NAACP
Middletown
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Friendship Baptist Church
Walnut St
Appointment Notice in Estate of John Daniel Cummings
Martha Strohman and Marilyn Douglass of Middletown and Trenton Ohio are appointed executrixes of the estate of John Daniel Cummings late of Middletown Butler County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months. Dated April 10 1956 Probate Judge Harry F Walsh Henderson Estes Attorney April 14 21 28.
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John Daniel Cummings
Martha Strohman
Marilyn Douglass
Middletown
Trenton
Ohio
Butler County
Harry F. Walsh
Said County
Henderson Estes
Franklin-Ezra Carpenter dies at 73 in Franklin
Ezra E Carpenter 73 died yesterday morning at his home 513 Park Ave after months long illness. Retired polisher with Barcl ey Electric Co since 1954 he belonged to Modern Woodmen Middletown Chapter. Survived by son LeRoy Franklin five daughters and siblings across Indiana Michigan and Ohio. Funeral Sunday Anglesby Funeral Home with Rev Donald Light officiating. burial Wood Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m today at home.
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Franklin
Ezra E. Carpenter
Park Ave
Carpenter
Barkeley Electric Co
Modern Woodmen of America
Middletown
LeRoy
Florence McGraw
Elizabeth Carpenter
Letta Riddle
Dora Dobbins
Lucille Kalbe
Claude
Dexter
Stanley
West Branch
Mich
Ethel Roush
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Anglesby
Donald Light
Woodhill Cemetery
Estate of Ollie Demetrion named administrator appointed
Case No 29525 notices appoint C L Hughes of Middletown Ohio as Administrator of the estate of Ollie Demettrin deceased late of Oxford Butler County Ohio with four months to present claims Probate Judge Ben M Kitchen Attorney March 19 1956. Also legal notice invites sealed bids for copper tubing from Middletown Ohio city offices due May 4 1956 with 5 percent bid bond required and contract to be executed within ten days of award. FRANCIS S CARMODY Chairman April 14-21
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Ollie Demettrin
C. L. Hughes
Middletown
Ohio
Oxford
Butler County
Harry F. Walsh
Said
Ben M. Kitchen
Director of Finance
Division of Onl and Supplies
New 204
City Building
Nio
Ene
Amoun
City
Francis S. Carmody
Dayton Man Bound Over For Rape Case
Eldren Tanner, 35, of Dayton, was bound over to the Warren County grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to rape for an April 2 incident in a parked car on S Main Street near the Clearcreek bridge. Other cases heard were traffic violations including fines for driving left of center and speeding. several bonds forfeited.
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Franklin
Eldren Tanner
Dayton
Warren County Grand Jury
Yesterdaay
Warren Young
Tanner
S. Main Street
Clearcreek Bridge
Charles Oakley
Middletown
Marvin Johnson
James Voka
Palisades Park
N. J
Donald Henderson
Franklin Rt. 2
Dallas Whitt
Boys Ave
David Johnson
Main St
Ellis Ballard
Thirfield Ave
Harry Gabbard
Franklin Rt. 1
Earl Pearson
Wilson Drive
Police Briefs include missing teen and taxi fare reform
Betty Jean Lockard, 17, of 1502 Smith Ave was reported missing since 6 a.m. yesterday. A theft complaint involved a hubcap and tire stem damage from Donald Denniston, 2707 Wilbraham Rd. Samuel Miller, 46, Dayton, was arrested on a menace and threat warrant. Middletown passes emergency taxi fare ordinance adjusting base and per mile charges and repealing prior rules.
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Betty Jean Lockard
Smith Ave
Donald Denniston
Wilbraham Rd
Samuel Miller
Dayton
Wrong photo misidentifies baseball player in Senate image
A photo run on Page 1 yesterday showed Larry Doby, White Sox outfielder, with his injured hand examined but was captioned as a New Orleans waiter who tangled with Senator Eastland. The error was discovered too late to redo the page.
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New Orleans
Larry Doby
Chicago White Sox
Sen. Eastland
Mississippi
Senate
Club hears of anti dope drive from narcotics agent
Federal narcotics agent Joe Kuczynski told the Optimist Club that since last April 453 years in prison terms have been meted in Dayton for narco tics offenders. He noted nearly 7600 dollars worth of drugs were used as evidence to convict 22 offenders and cited the Known Addict Law in Springfield Illinois where police arrest those with unexplained needle marks. He cited marihuana and opium as drugs of concern and stated over 600 tons of opium are used to manufacture medicine annually in the United States.
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Dayton
Joe Kuczynski
Optimist Club
Springfield
United States
Tools and hubcaps stolen in local theft report
Floyd Starr reported theft of a heavy tool box and metal tapes valued at 200 dollars from 2015 S. Main St. The box weighing over 100 pounds was carried away. Bill Knapp reported 25 hubcaps stolen from cars at the Lincoln Mercury lot on Tytus Avenue.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Floyd Starr
S. Main St
Bill Knapp
Tytus Avenue
Dedication Sunday for Wesley Foundation Addition
The dedication of the Wesley Foundation’s new addition will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in Oxford. The event marks completion of the expansion and will include leaders from the foundation and local community.
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Oxford
Wesley Foundation
Youth Charged With Larceny In Grocery Theft
Wade Jackson an 18 year old of West Middletown Rt 1 was bound to the Butler County Grand Jury on grand larceny charges for stealing a cash box containing 391.05 from Ledford's Grocery in Peasttown. He pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing and was released on 2500 cash bond. Police recovered the intact box from a rail trestle near Peasttown and Jackson reportedly confessed after his arrest. Ledford reported missing money and three or four boxes after the theft.
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Ledford
Peasttown
Middletown
Butler County Grand Jury
Squire Albert Bolling
Wade Jackson
West Middletown
Ed Gordon
Robert Ledford
Jackson
Schultheiss
Gordon
Baltimore & Ohio
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